Police and SES crews are searching along Queensland’s Fraser coast after the discovery of two one-kilo packages of white powder washed up on two beaches.
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Nick Kyrgios still bound for Brisbane despite spider bite
Nick Kyrgios is on track to fly into Queensland for his Brisbane International title defence after spending Christmas in hospital because of a spider bite.
'It shows people who I am': Kids with disabilities rock their own album
They call themselves the King Stones and they’re out to prove no disability is going to hold them back when it comes to expressing themselves through music.
How grave robbing solved a murder
Grave robbing, backyard experiments on heads decapitated from the corpses of slaves, and the first-known murders of Queensland police officers — this is the lurid story of how forensic medicine was born in Queensland.
'They did everything together': Daughter remembers parents killed on Christmas Eve
One of the three daughters of Cairns couple Malcolm and Esme Beck expresses her “shock and grief” at the deaths of her parents, who were hit by a car after leaving church in Townsville on Christmas Eve.
Hemp's not weed: The hurdle facing Queensland's growing food industry
Experts say Queensland’s burgeoning hemp food industry is being hindered by negative connotations surrounding marijuana and cannabis, despite the two being vastly different.
What made the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race deadly
Twenty years ago the sun was shining as the yachts set off in the annual race but an intense east coast low was about to brew in their path. What have we learnt and could these conditions happen again?
Received a drone for Christmas? Here's what you need to know
As drones are unwrapped from under Christmas trees, safety authorities warn they come with stringent rules of use.
Chris Dawson walks free to spend Christmas with family
Chris Dawson walks free from a western Sydney prison on bail, just weeks after being charged with the murder of his first wife, Lynette, who disappeared from the family home 37 years ago.
Leftover Christmas prawn shells used to fight deadly superbugs
Queensland researchers are waiting to get their hands on our stinky prawn waste from Christmas lunch in a bid to create a wound healer described as a “game changer” when it comes to killing off antibiotic-resistant bugs.