Teenaged girl to stand trial for alleged Hervey Bay caravan park murder
A teenager accused of the stabbing murder of a 24-year-old man told a witness after the alleged attack…
Farmers call for rethink as phase-out of flying fox shooting permits looms
A flying fox fortress greets visitors as they drive onto Craig Van Rooyen’s Bundaberg lychee orchard. He has…
Wide Bay affordable housing estate scrapped due to ‘unfeasible’ costs
A controversial bid to turn 26 hectares of Bundaberg’s green space into an affordable housing estate has been…
Fears for K’gari as researchers compile database of species on Australian islands
A groundbreaking study of hundreds of Australian islands has exposed the threats posed to K’gari (Fraser Island) and…
Queensland police officer charged with possessing child exploitation material
A Queensland police officer has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material. The man is a…
130 witness statements against man accused of using Pheobe Bishop’s phone
A Queensland court has heard there is an “extremely large” case against a third person charged in relation…
Monto residents anxious about potential QCoal mine’s impacts
A patchwork of lush green fields, tilled red soil and swaying crops stretch over the horizon of a…
Bushranger Wild Scotchman retains ‘heroic aura’ after almost 160 years
You may never have heard of the bushranger dubbed the Wild Scotchman, but he is Queensland’s own Ned…
Growers paid to experiment with sugarcane on land traditionally used for peanuts, grains
Fourth-generation peanut farmer Ben Rackemann was hesitant when his father suggested growing sugarcane at a time when farmers…
Queensland court orders illegal tobacco stores to close for six months under tough new laws
A Queensland court has ordered six stores involved in the sale of illicit tobacco to shut down for…