The value of Australia’s food and grocery manufacturing industry has gone backwards, and local jobs might be at risk.
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'Evacuate immediately': Hundreds told to leave as bushfire nears communities
Fire authorities say “we haven’t seen this in Queensland before” and hundreds of residents are told to leave their homes immediately as a “dangerous and unpredictable” bushfire approaches communities north of Bundaberg.
'We're sitting ducks': The idyllic holiday homes where paradise could turn to hell
A holiday house in the middle of a beautiful forest may sound wonderful, but what if your favourite isolated retreat became a bushfire death trap?
Read up on how to best care for your collection
Whether it’s a family heirloom or a first edition you’ve been given, caring for old books can be a challenge, especially in the Australian climate.
Australian native flower industry looking for new growers
Ever wanted to be a flower farmer? With demand for Australian natives booming at home and abroad, the industry is looking for more growers to enter the market.
Queensland coal mega-mine approval 'reckless', conservationists say
The $6.7 billion China Stone thermal coal mine, planned to sit alongside Adani’s proposed operation, is a step closer after gaining approval from Queensland’s coordinator-general, but conservationists are not happy.
Hundreds of greyhounds still killed each year in Queensland
Three years on from the greyhound live baiting scandal that rocked the industry, fewer than half of the recommendations made by an inquiry into the sport in Queensland have been implemented.
Soumi's university dreams revived after offers flood in
After sharing her story with the ABC this week, a leading school graduate who was destined to miss out on university because of her asylum seeker status says she has now been inundated with offers of support.
'Fighting spirit kicked in': Police officer released from hospital after being struck by car
Queensland police officer Peter McAulay, who was critically injured by two teenagers allegedly driving a stolen car, is released from a Brisbane hospital, almost two months after being struck.
'Shut your mouth': Women describe chilling threats in murder inquest
The inquest into the murder of a Toowoomba teenager hears evidence from two women who say they were threatened by a man whose blood-covered shoe was allegedly discovered in the back of a car.