A camera set up to monitor the traffic cops an eyeful of nature when a cockatoo continually pops its head into frame.
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How an 'iPad on wheels' is connecting teachers with students in the outback
It looks like a Segway with an iPad face, but a Queensland family which runs a remote cattle station hopes this robot teacher will give their children a more normal school experience.
Catch of the day is no snapper or flathead, but an echidna
A family enjoying a day of fishing in their local waterway comes to the rescue of an echidna, spotted swimming in the waters about 200 metres offshore.
Winter is coming — but it's looking warm and dry for south-east Australia, BOM says
The Bureau of Meteorology’s long term outlook has just dropped and there is no welcome news for farmers.
Electricity prices to drop in regional Queensland, but savings only 5.5 cents a day
The Queensland Competition Authority approves a $20 a year decrease in electricity bills for outside the state’s south east, even less than predicted.
Wallabies coach says the Brumbies can rest their stars because they're having a bad season anyway
The Brumbies are fighting to keep their stars on the field after the Wallabies asked the club to rest players this weekend ahead of next week’s Test against Ireland.
Mackay alleged gunman fired up to eight rounds with high-powered rifles, police say
A 29-year-old man remains in custody after allegedly using two rifles to fire up to eight rounds into the air in Mackay’s CBD, sparking a three-hour lockdown.
Better scuba diving training could have saved tourist's life, coroner finds
A coroner calls for Queensland’s scuba diving industry to improve its safety measures after the death of British tourist Bethany Farrell, who drowned in the Whitsundays.
Gunman surrenders after firing shots into the air in Mackay CBD
A man who was carrying two rifles and fired shots into the air this afternoon surrenders to police in the north Queensland city of Mackay.
'Catchment fraud' at Brisbane State High sparks call for enrolment cap
The growth in student numbers is being unfairly rorted by hundreds of families pretending to be locals, the school’s council says, but the Queensland Government does not want to put limits on the catchment system.