Drought conditions have revived the old practice of large cattle drives, but drovers face new challenges as competition for feed on previously abandoned stock routes heats up.

It's largely unknown what seabirds and marine mammals do when they are out in Australia's remote waters, but an ongoing project aboard at 94-metre floating laboratory is changing that.

Consumer groups are warning borrowers that two related short-term money-lending companies that have charged fees of up to almost 1,000 per cent of the initial loan, and are being investigated by ASIC, are now operating under a new name.

A kit, designed by a researcher and nurse, aims to take the taboo out of poo and help children identify what a perfect poo looks like and how to make one.

The lawyer for a Tamil family facing deportation from Australia says she is deeply concerned about access to her clients now they have been relocated to Christmas Island.

Considered a delicacy and aphrodisiac, the bladder of the Black Jewfish now fetches up to $900 a kilogram, prompting higher fines in Queensland for trafficking as well as catch limits, catching commercial fishers unaware and out of pocket.

The Tamil family facing deportation from Australia has been relocated to the Christmas Island detention centre, their lawyer says.

The mother from the Tamil family at the centre of an immigration row says her children are constantly crying and pleading to leave a Christmas Island facility, as hundreds of people rally around the country to urge the Government to let them stay in Australia.

Underwater statues and submerged hotels are some of the latest attractions on the Great Barrier Reef, concerning an old-school dive operator.

Scott Morrison steps in after former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce suggested the family facing deportation to Sri Lanka should be allowed to remain in the central Queensland town of Biloela.

Pro-refugee activism and the travel history of a Tamil father could see a Biloela family at the centre of an immigration row deported, an experienced immigration lawyer says.

Lawyer Carina Ford says Tamil family at the centre of the deportation row will remain in detention until the court proceedings finish.

The Tamil family fighting deportation from Australia has been given a further reprieve in its fight to remain in the country, with the Federal Court ordering the Immigration Minister to provide more evidence to support claims the youngest child has no right to protection.

A central Queensland community has donated thousands of dollars worth of food to visiting hockey teams from developing countries.

Fire conditions are forecast to worsen again on Friday and Saturday when a dry wind is expected to blow across parts of southern Queensland, raising the fire danger rating from "high" to "very high".

Sue*, a worker at a company bidding for an Adani contract, tells the ABC she is leaking information to environmental activists so they can target her employer, saying it's the "ethical, moral thing to do".

The NSW Swifts claim the Super Netball title with a perfectly executed 64-47 victory over the Sunshine Coast Lightning in Brisbane.

Drum lines used to kill sharks in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park will be removed after the Queensland Government lost a challenge in the Federal Court to continue its culling program in the protectedarea.

A Tamil couple and their two children will remain on Christmas Island while a legal challenge to their deportation to Sri Lanka proceeds through the courts.

She might look like a normal Queensland teenager, but Skylah Hamill is an undefeated world champion in the growing sport of Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, and is about to defend her title in Turkey.

People living close to the beach admit to being a "little bit blas" about the threat of bushfires, but a forced evacuation during the recent Sunshine Coast emergency has changed their mindset.

Dog trackers, rangers, farmers and emergency services personnel band together in the search for Merlin, whose "best mate" and owner was killed in a car crash in rural Queensland last week. Searchers say the dog has been spotted a number of times in recent days.

It has been more than a century since anyone was married in a cultural union ceremony on the land of the Port Curtis Coral Coast people, but now a Queensland couple hopes their action will revive the tradition.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee asks Australia to end the "existing situation of detention" for the Sri Lankan Tamil family from Biloela being held on Christmas Island.

A wave of dangerous severe fire weather is about to hit southern Queensland with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting heatwave conditions as temperatures soar up to 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the state.

A skin cancer specialist and plastic surgeon is acquitted of sexually assaulting three women during medical examinations.

A drenching is on its way for Queensland, with parts of the state set to receive their best rainfall in months today and on Saturday, with the potential for severe thunderstorms and damaging hail in some areas.

Far north Queensland's largest and oldest piggery is closing after 49 years, impacted by drought, cheap imports, and rising costs as the agricultural profile of the area changes.

The clean-up is underway after severe thunderstorms left a trail of damage but little precious rain in parts of South-East Queensland and the Darling Downs.

A group of primary students are turning to a traditional skill that they hope will help them, and their families, rely less on throwaway fashion.