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The dog squad catches five teenage boys hiding in a shed, bringing to an end an alleged crime spree that included car theft, armed robbery and break-ins at two supermarkets and three service stations.

The man Naponi married tried to kill her more than once. Even after he was finally taken to a psychiatric hospital, Naponi faced another battle: convincing her community to believe her story.

For a time in the 1960s, a natural spring at the foot of the Great Dividing Range was home to Australia's largest swimming pool and legendary "mini-Woodstock" rock concerts.

A combination of drought, disease and concerted eradication efforts have seen a huge drop in Queensland's feral rabbit population to their lowest levels in more than 30 years.

Drought-stricken Queensland farmers are worried about where their underground water is going as a new report questions the impact of a controversial coal mine.

Like anyone at the end of their working life, when Matilda the Commonwealth Games mascot retired she had one thing in mind travel. Curious Brisbane tracks her adventures these past 36 years, and reveals where she can be found today.

Queensland painter Wayne Malkin claims a record for creating the world's smallest painting on the end of a matchstick, but he won't make it into the record books.

Fast rail, a high frequency Metro, and a duplicate M1, are just some of the multi-billion-dollar "fixes" aimed at getting South East Queensland moving again. But is it enough to solve the transport woes?

A Sunshine Coast business defends its decision to dump concrete on a beach north of Noosa, as the Department of Environment launches an investigation into the matter.

With dementia rates projected to soar in decades to come, a public pool on the Sunshine Coast is helping people living with the condition to stay healthy and feel included in the community.

Video released by Queensland police shows the efforts of some officers helping to evacuate the Peregian area during wild bushfires on the Sunshine Coast on Monday.

A large bushfire is continuing to burn through swamp and bushland on North Stradbroke Island, off Brisbane, ahead of an expected influx of 8,000 school holiday visitors.

Building an artificial reef could be the key to stabilising a popular beach at Queensland's Inskip Point that suffers from repeated landslips, a geotechnical expert says.

Police urge beachgoers and motorists to be considerate of each other after video emerges of a confrontation between a driver and holidaymakers who had set up camp along Rainbow Beach.

A local politician's stab at finding romance on reality television could backfire, as the Noosa Mayor considers a code of conduct probe into Councillor Jess Glasgow.

Chemical experts warn a Queensland council that a plan to dump millions of litres of PFAS-contaminated water into the sea off the Sunshine Coast as "insanity".

An annual health check of Queensland's Mary River records E. coli higher than recommended levels at two popular swimming spots.

A juvenile possum that hitched a lift on a 100-kilometre road trip in the tyre of a ute will remain in its new home, young enough now to grow up without mum and dad.

Category two patients in the NT will soon be able to get their long-awaited operations, but visitor restrictions will stay in place "for the foreseeable future", the Health Minister says.

Defence says it "proactively tested" members for COVID-19 in the Middle East after it was notified a number of locally engaged contractors had tested positive to COVID-19.

In Central Australia, butterflies have only several weeks in certain months to pollinate flowering plants in the desert region, making their presence there crucial.

Official data indicates no Aboriginal people in the NT have tested positive to COVID-19, and as restrictions start to ease, health leaders say it's time to address some of the fundamental holes in Aboriginal health care.

Lawyers for a former senior NT police officer facing rape allegations can access the identity of a whistleblower who complained about him, an NT Supreme Court judge rules.

New Zealand has aimed for elimination of SARS-CoV-2 — or as close as you can get.

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank play a key role in aiding low- and middle-income countries during a pandemic.

Longstanding pain is a huge problem and doctors are trying to avoid opioids with all their problems, which could explain why a medication called Lyrica - the generic name is pregabalin - is one of the world's highest selling drugs.

A farmer at the centre of the Menindee fish kill story has lodged a complaint with police, alleging he felt "intimidated" by a staff member of lobby group Cotton Australia.

The re-election of the Berejiklian Government for a third term has provided a morale boost for the federal Liberals, but any relief being felt will be tempered by a much bigger problem: what to do about voter discontent in the bush.

Residents in far west New South Wales are calling for a more consistent use of police body cameras following reports from witnesses about the way officers allegedly responded to a teenager who was self-harming.

Research continues to point to blue-green algae toxins as a trigger for neurological diseases, with motor neurone disease under increased investigation.

Buying water entitlement from irrigators, installing cameras on the river, and a subsidy to install water meters are at the centre of a $70 million Government spend to prevent fish kills.

From 85 millimetres of rain in a year to more than 50mm in a day, widespread Easter rain raises spirits from Bourke to Menindee.

The Federal Government announces it will stump up the funds in a bid to replenish native fish populations that were decimated during the summer fish kills.