Ellie Grounds

In the 12 months since Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions went from 20 back to 10, young Australians have suffered detrimental impacts to their mental health.

Embattled music festival The Drop says it is "working towards" refunding all ticketholders by the end of 2024. Many of its ticketholders have been out of pocket for nearly four years, after shows were cancelled due to COVID restrictions.

Renowned polar explorer Dr Geoff Wilson and his 23-year-old son Kitalé are on a two-year mission to make the world fall in love with polar environments, and document their impacts from climate change.

In Canada, thousands of firefighters from all over the world have united to battle the country's "worst fires in recorded history".

For mothers with drug or alcohol dependence, one of the biggest barriers to seeking help at a residential rehab is who will look after their children while they get treatment. 

The tribunal determined the project could go ahead subject to a condition, rejecting a novel climate change argument the Gomeroi people had hoped would stop the development.

IUDs are one of the most effective forms of contraception, but for some women getting one inserted can be excruciating. Here's why — and what can be done to make it less painful.

When the Gomeroi people refused to consent to the Narrabri Gas Project, Santos started legal proceedings. The traditional owners hope a novel interpretation of native title laws could see them win.

As rents and prices get hiked, record numbers of young people are having to find side hustles to make ends meet. Here's what some are doing.

More than 1.7 million kangaroos could be legally shot in Queensland this year. Kim Palmer and Karen Emmott are doing their best to save the joeys left behind.

A young boy dies in hospital after a dog attack while another drowns on the Gold Coast and an elderly man dies after suffering a medical episode in the surf on a Sunshine Coast beach.

Tourism operators say long waits for COVID test results have sparked few cancellations from interstate travellers, with gaps easily filled by Queenslanders looking for a holiday.

Traditional owners in Queensland's Channel Country say they feel "dudded" after the government has quietly paved the way for gas fracking on their land, despite promises to consult them. 

After nearly two years of battling pandemic restrictions and impacts of border closures, Queensland businesses say the border reopening has created a sense of hope and optimism.

Christmas wishes have been granted across Queensland today as couples separated by seas and states reunite again on the Gold and Sunshine coasts. 

They've been camped in Tweed Heads for more than two months, now Les and Lynne are among hundreds ready to break for the border in the wee hours tomorrow.

The last time wild bilbies were recorded in Currawinya National Park in south-west Queensland was in the 1950s, but this team now believes there's "at least a couple" outside a pest-proof fence.

The government says more than 2,500 job seekers have taken up the Work in Paradise Incentive Scheme since July, but mainly in the Whitsundays not the outback.

Queensland Police hope identifying the occupants of a stolen white Ford Focus could help solve the suspicious disappearance of Jeremiah Rivers near Noccundra last month. 

Rural residents are celebrating after storms brought heavy rain to the region and spirits are high for more of the wet stuff.

In Brisbane, you can head to your local Bunnings to get a COVID-19 immunisation. In remote outback Queensland, the vaccines come, by plane, to you.

The Queensland government's offer to sell the shuttered 26,000 hectares of agricultural training facilities to Longreach Regional Council has been rebuffed, saying the property is "not core business".

Twenty-seven-year-old Jeremiah Rivers was last seen walking away from the group he was camping with near Wippo Creek, south of Noccundra, on the morning of October 18.

The 98-year-old Longreach Leader newspaper resumes publishing in December, two months after being suspended. The new owners are confident the paper will be profitable.

Quilpie's council has fielded more than 215 enquiries since a plan to ease its housing crisis by refunding the total cost of 28 blocks of land made international headlines 10 days ago.