Residents at Gracemere, south of Rockhampton, are being told they can return home this morning after a catastrophic fire emergency was declared yesterday for the first time ever in Queensland.
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Stillbirth impact helped by Butterfly Suite
After an “inappropriate” recovery in a maternity ward following the stillbirth of their child, a south-east Queensland couple may be one of the last as the state continues to roll out purpose-built facilities to help with the traumatic event.
Victorian Christmas trees trucked north to drought-stricken states
First it was fodder, now Victorian-grown Christmas trees are being trucked north to alleviate a shortage in drought-stricken states.
Meet the neighbours in Australia's juggernaut exhibition of contemporary art from the Asia-Pacific
The 9th edition of the popular Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is an opportunity to better understand the region we live in.
When a bushfire creates a storm, firenadoes and dry lightning are just the start of the nightmare
Australia’s most devastating bushfires, like the ones burning across Queensland, fuel their own fury by creating apocalyptic thunderstorm clouds that whip up weather that’s the stuff of nightmares.
How Sydney's storms and central Queensland bushfires are linked
Parts of central Queensland are on fire and New South Wales is flooding. It’s the second time in a fortnight things have gone awry and it’s all linked.
A builder who was allowed to keep trading after defaulting on a debt later collapsed owing $42m
Despite being advised that the Cullen Group has defaulted on a $75,000 debt, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission allows the company to keep trading, leading to one of the state’s biggest building industry collapses.
'He's like watching paint dry': Mundine goes big on verbal barbs ahead of Horn bout
Anthony Mundine labels himself the “dream crusher”, saying he will deny Jeff Horn on home turf in the River City Rumble in Brisbane on Friday night.
Crews brace for 'firestorm' as Deepwater residents urged to leave immediately
Firefighters battling “horrendous” blazes in central Queensland are facing “conditions never seen before” as authorities plead with residents in the Deepwater area to leave their homes immediately.
Central Queensland's own Billy Elliot one of two male finalists in state ballet competition
From touch football, athletics training and surf lifesaving Charlie King is a boy of many talents, but centre stage in a ballet production is where he wants to be.