Floodwaters that crippled North Queensland's cattle industry have turned the Channel Country further downstream into a landscape of dramatic contrasts.

Generations of droving families have been running cattle through outback Queensland, but that could soon end as young people leave the regions in search of other opportunities.

Bull riding has always been the cowboy's domain, but young cowgirl Riley O'Dell is bucking the trend and taking home prized buckles in outback Queensland.

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Outback Queensland towns are celebrating after much-needed rain, but the effects may not flow on downstream.

Expanded access program streamlines patient treatment.

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The Racing Commission had a long and open discussion but again cleared the Cherokee Nation's belated application for a casino permit in Pope County. A Mississippi casino operator says it will sue if the Cherokees win the permit.

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Coronavirus today: May 18 set for reopening of casinos.

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Another federal court has denied a request to preserve surgical abortion rights for Arkansas women.

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A museum can reopen May 18 to 50 people. Casinos can reopen to hundreds and they can smoke as well. What's wrong with this picture?

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Another writer has questions about how Asa Hutchinson and four other governors declared victory in their policies of coping with coronavirus.

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A prosecutor will argue for a capital murder conviction in the slaying of former Sen. Linda Collins because the defendant had a motive of pecuniary gain.

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Coronavirus today:

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Walmart's payments to foreign officials in years past are raised anew in a lawsuit by a former executive who says he was fired for refusing to water down a memo he'd written about his findings in Mexico.

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The Arkansas Supreme Couirt wamts court to resume May 18.

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A man accused of leaving his injured passenger in a stolen car after it collided with a train in WA's South West tells court he panicked and did not know what to do.

While capital cities struggle to handle their swelling populations, country towns are still crying out for more people.

A suspected tornado tore through the WA town of Harvey on Thursday night, damaging houses and bringing down trees, as a strong cold front battered the state's South West and brought heavy rain to Perth.

Child protection authorities were tipped off about the mistreatment of baby Anastasia Hand 16 days before her mother violently and fatally shook the infant at the family's home south of Perth, a court is told.

A judge has ruled a young West Australian mother who violently shook her baby daughter to death must serve a life jail term, with at least 13 years behind bars before she can be released.

The motocross community is in mourning after the death of rising star Rhys 'Roo' Burnett during a competition at the weekend.

Bunbury student strike leaders BellaBurgemeister and Lachlan Kelly say they're doing it to show politicians that urgent action is needed.

Owners of the world's largest lithium mine predict production can top 2 million tonnes if expansion projects get the green light.

One of WA's biggest electricity generators is making moves to ensure it has the power to take control of a loss-making coal mine, sparking fears for jobs and energy security.

A WA university has removed an activity from a camp for high schoolers after a mother complained that teenagers were told to change out of wet clothing behind a bush.

A prison in WA's South West remains in full lockdown as a three-day raid uncovers a significant haul of drugs and syringes.

In Jennifer Kent's award-winning follow-up to the Babadook, a young convict woman teams up with a young Aboriginal man for revenge in 19th century Tasmania.

DAILY BRIEFING: The search is on for a thief who stole a "large quantity" of citrus trees, while the Launceston City Council "sincerely apologises" to a homeless man

The youth unemployment rate in a Hobart suburb is 66 per cent higher than the national average, but young people say they are missing out on opportunities due to a lack of contacts.

DAILY BRIEFING: More than 30 little penguins are found dead near Wynyard, a family raises money for their three-year-old daughter's cancer treatment and a coroner hands down his findings into four boating deaths.

Tasmania's east coast is experiencing some of its driest conditions on record, but in the west there has been record high winter rainfall. How can the weather vary so much in such a small state?

Opposition Leader Rebecca White vows to ditch the Greens as party faithful meet in Burnie for Labor's first Tasmanian gathering since suffering a bruising federal election defeat.

Aurora chasers around Tasmania are treated to a spectacular display of the southern lights in conditions described as "just perfect".

DAILY BRIEFING: Police are still looking for escapee Jake Mark Pearce, the Greens want an end to wildlife culls after six permits were issued to kill platypus.

Prisoners being transported in Tasmania Police vans have no restraints and are forced to crouch of lie down when they're inside, according to the state's police union, which warns it is only a matter of time before someone dies.

DAILY BRIEFING: A trial gets underway for the alleged murder of Dwayne Davies who was shot more than two years ago, 300 jobs at Temco are at risk and the cause of penguin deaths is identified.

When Jane Rankin-Reid moved her mum Shirlee into an aged care home in Hobart, she hoped she'd live out her twilight years in comfort and dignity. But the elderly woman's life soon became a nightmare.