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Drought assistance allocation under review as council seeks to reject $1m funding

A regional council looks set to hand back $1 million in drought funding as the Federal Government concedes it needs to review how it hands out assistance to communities battling dry weather.





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Bone marrow donor registry pleas for more diversity to help save people with cancer

Despite not being able to help his niece as she battled aplastic anaemia, Daniel Roberts stayed on the bone marrow donor list, and just two years later he was reduced to tears when he got the call.




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Whistleblower claims aired against Warrnambool City Council over alleged financial impropriety

Ratepayers Victoria has accused high-ranking council employees of silencing staff who tried to raise concerns about alleged fraudulent spending and cover-ups of financial impropriety.




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Maremma sheepdog and little penguin protector retires after nine years on Middle Island

Oddball might have been the movie star, but Tula the maremma is the real hero of Middle Island's famed penguin protection program, and she's retiring after almost a decade of service.





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'Like unwanted ploughing'




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Shark attack victim calls for Queensland Government to consider shark nets, culls

A man that suffered a shark attack at Norval Park, north of Bundaberg, has called for the State Government to consider a shark cull or implementing shark nets.




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Wild weather and poor prices means tricky start to Queensland's sugarcane crushing season

Industry figures say unstable weather, a lack of infrastructure investment and poor international prices are hampering sugar sector confidence as mills open for crushing.




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Queensland's road toll calculations 'extraordinarily complicated', police say

Calculating the road toll is "extraordinarily complicated", according to Queensland police as loved ones say the confusion is compounding their grief following a horror few weeks on the state's roads.







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Queensland Budget 2019: Extra taxes flagged for big business as State Government puts jobs on the agenda

Big business is set to be hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in extra taxes and royalties as the Palaszczuk Government seeks to tap the top end of town to deliver payroll tax relief to small- and medium-sized businesses, in the hope of boosting jobs particularly in regional Queensland.




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Mangrove tree on cattle property carbon dated as more than 700 years old

When cattle farmer Lindsay Titmarsh decided to carbon date a grey mangrove that had caught his eye on his Queensland property, he discovered it was the oldest known mangrove in Australia.




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Queensland farmer spends $800,000 carting water as drought ravages key salad-bowl regions

A horror summer season has seen fruit and vegetable growers in Queensland go to extraordinary lengths to grow crops.




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Flora trigger map prompts backlash from farmers who fear it will lock up their land

Queensland landholders are afraid that new government mapping of threatened species could lock up their land and force them to stop farming and grazing.




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Pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis 'global shortage' to be met with Australian product

An Australian medicinal cannabis company is working to address a global shortage of pharmaceutical-grade product, reducing cost and improving access at the same time.




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Queensland graziers still counting costs of flood devastation

Australia watched with sadness earlier this year as cattle country in north-west Queensland and hundreds of thousands of cattle died. Four months later, in drought-and-flood ravaged Julia Creek, families are desperately trying to adapt to their new normal.






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Hairdressers unionise and unite for fight against proposed cut to penalty rates

They do apprenticeships, work with tools and are exposed to chemicals, so why aren't hairdressers paid as well as plumbers? The Australian Workers Union wants that to change.




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Fraser Coast funeral trial permits outdoor ceremonies in council parks and reserves

A move by one regional council to permit outdoor funerals is backed by the funeral industry which says they could become commonplace as people move away from church-based ceremonies.




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Bundaberg man charged over 1976 cold case murder of Rex Keen

Police charge a 69-year-old Bundaberg man with the cold case murder of Rex Keen, who was found bashed and stabbed to death in his Brisbane hotel room more than 40 years ago.






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Story Bank Maryborough



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Mary Poppins memorabilia at Maryborough Story Bank



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Carmel Murdoch at Story Bank



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Mary Poppins Grand Parade



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Carmel Murdoch at Story Bank



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Story Bank of Maryborough



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Bank invests in stories to celebrate Mary Poppins author in regional Queensland

A former bank that was the birthplace of Mary Poppins creator P.L. Travers has been converted into a museum in Maryborough, Queensland, where it is hoped it will prove a drawcard for tourists.



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Bevan Costello and Lillian Gray




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Man in custody after alleged carjacking, stabbing and 200km police pursuit

A man who allegedly stabbed a woman in the hand and stole two cars is shot by police on the Bruce Highway on the Sunshine Coast, and is taken from the scene in an ambulance.




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Boxing breaks down barriers between police and young Indigenous people, aims to reduce crime

For police officers and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the regional Queensland city of Bundaberg, boxing together is a way to move on from a legacy of negative interaction.



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Family wants answers about how son with disability was injured in care home

Eden Camac, who has a complex disability, broke both hips and his left leg while at a supported accommodation facility. An ambulance was not called until 10 hours after the incident and his family wants to know what went wrong.






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Bundaberg Council's 'good news' website criticised as 'propaganda masquerading as news'

A regional Queensland council website being advertised as an online news outlet and accepted by Microsoft as a news source is an abuse of public trust, academics say.



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Jesse James petition signed by thousands calls for tougher sentence over 'sickening bashing' of 2yo girl

Almost 11,000 people sign an online petition demanding the Director of Public Prosecutions appeal the sentence of a Maryborough man who bashed a two-year-old girl, leaving her with a broken back in 2017, with the Queensland Opposition calling on the Palaszczuk Government to act immediately.




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Flu strikes down more than 183,000 people this year, and it's not only the elderly who are being hit hard

Doctors are shocked by how quickly this season's flu is striking down the young and healthy. Last year, Amanda Nix was doing Tough Mudder, but a few weeks ago she was struck down with the infection, blacking out in an emergency ward as it took hold.




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World War II veteran Jack Hanson recalls desperate battle on Timor

From his nursing home in Hervey Bay, 98-year-old Jack Hanson remembers how a few hundred Australians fought off thousands of Japanese troops, in a David and Goliath battle on Timor.




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Queensland farmer and mum of three attempts world's longest solo obstacle course

Running 500 kilometres no problem. Completing a bush course with 1,000 obstacles sign her up. Stopping to breastfeed in between dragging tyres and crossing creeks Jessica Ehrlich is your woman. The mother of three triumphs over what may be the world's longest solo obstacle course.






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Fraser Island traditional owners' compensation drags on over 'what we should have got a long time ago'

The Indigenous owners of Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, are frustrated by delays in their claim for compensation from the Queensland Government.




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Education Queensland sued by boy with ADHD after school restrains him over 'aggressive' acts

The family of a boy with ADHD that sometimes causes him to "bite, punch" and "kick" is suing Education Queensland for alleged discrimination by teachers who restrained him when he became "disruptive" and "aggressive".




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Bodies of father and son found in dam a day after boat capsize in Father's Day tragedy

The deaths of a 70-year-old man and his son, aged 30, after their boat flipped on a dam west of Bundaberg on Friday evening has hit the community hard, a mayor says, as she urges families to "embrace each other" on Father's Day.




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Bank of Queensland, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sued by ASIC over 'unfair' contracts

The corporate regulator is taking the Bank of Queensland (BOQ) and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to court for imposing "unfair" contract terms on their small business customers.