Townsville residents are urged to move to higher ground as the council announces the spillway gates of the city’s Ross River Dam may be fully opened from 8:30pm.
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Health professionals fear seeking help will ruin their careers, medical experts warn
Laws designed to prevent suicide in the medical community are actually having the opposite effect and efforts to fix the problem go nowhere near far enough, Queensland medical experts are warning.
Man in custody after Brisbane airport evacuated
Brisbane’s International Airport is evacuated and trains stopped after police made a declaration under the Public Safety and Preservation Act tonight due an emergency situation.
Man on bomb hoax, assault charges over Brisbane airport emergency shut down
A Gold Coast man is facing multiple bomb hoax and assault charges over an alleged domestic violence incident that forced authorities to shut down Brisbane’s international airport, where eyewitnesses reported seeing a man with a knife.
Why couples are choosing to cut the cheese over cake
Cheese-loving millennials ditch tradition by moving away from a white wedding cake and instead stacking wheels of cheese.
'Levels are unprecedented': Townsville's Ross River Dam at 212pc capacity
After four days of monsoonal rain, north Queensland residents are warned the worst may be yet to come, with further water releases expected from Townsville’s Ross River Dam and heavy rain forecast for several more days.
How did Elli reduce her annual household waste down to a single jar?
For 12 months Queensland woman Elli Webb set out to reuse and recycle her household waste, and with some ingenious ideas, she achieved her goal — reducing her waste to the contents of a single glass jar.
Dead driver's insurer ordered to pay cop $1m damages for trauma from fatal crash
The insurer of a driver who died in a horrific car crash has been ordered to pay more than $1 million to a former policeman who held the man’s hand as he died.
Do you know this family? Mystery surrounds customer's op shop discovery
The search is on across Facebook for a family featured in an album full of photos up to 21 years old, after it was found hidden away in a travel case purchased at a Queensland op shop.
LNP expels north Queensland MP Jason Costigan
The LNP expels its north Queensland MP Jason Costigan. It comes less than 48 hours after Mr Costigan, the Member for Whitsunday, was suspended over a harassment complaint.