Jasmine Hines

Farmer Daniel Perry's rates have gone up 66 per cent in three years and, as the value of his land increases, he expects an even bigger rates bill in 2024.

With only 12 public cyclone shelters across Queensland, a leading design engineer recommends more people should consider building dedicated rooms in their homes.

Almost three years after a catastrophic incident left almost half a million people without power, investors still don't have answers as to what caused the explosion. 

Luke O'Brien is the 24th worker to lose his life in a Queensland mining accident in the past decade. Experts say while the industry is hazardous, it should be possible to mine without fatalities.

When Nicholas Smithson was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, he would lie awake at night terrified of dying. He decided to talk to a friend and now they are on a mission.

Hollywood depicts it as miners brandishing rifles and bulldozers clashing amid exploding outhouses, but locals say that version has taken poetic licence. Here's what really happened during the 1970s, when interest in Australia's gems exploded.

Claudia underwent a triple bypass after a heart attack, and after continuing to not feel like herself since, has started a local chapter of a peer support program.

Queenslander Jayce Bowers, 12, has already won a state title for his meticulously cultivated mane. This weekend he will see how his glorious 'do fares against the very best in the nation and beyond at Mulletfest.

A man who was addicted to gambling for 20 years says he has watched the industry change from a punt at a local TAB to endless betting apps available at the swipe of a finger.

A "generational" piece of water infrastructure for Queensland has been completed after years of construction plagued by cost blowouts, inundations and COVID-19 disruptions.

In 2017 residents in the Marlborough area pushed back on an ADF plan to acquire their properties and won — but the army's expansion went ahead anyway, and the graziers who stayed say they liked their old neighbours a lot more.

A two and three-year-old were found dead in a car while their family members were inside a nearby house.

The men were fishing in an outlet of the Fitzroy River near Keppel Bay when they fell overboard, sparking a difficult night search and rescue mission.

Angie Smith's son Riley was complaining of a headache when he abruptly lost consciousness. She would later learn that her seemingly healthy 15-year-old son had suffered a stroke.

In the decade since Emerald's Sharron Booth first installed solar panels there have been changes to how their isolators are kept safe. That became all too apparent when flames engulfed part of her rooftop system one recent weekday morning.

Benn Schinkel, 31, was in the Capricornia Correctional Centre over a dangerous driving charge when he was found with serious injuries that he later died from.

Stacey Morton has set herself a gourmet "mystery box challenge" by using products from her local Food Bank with tips for budget-conscious cooks.

The search resumes for a 36-year-old man last seen swimming in a river at Rockhampton at about 6pm yesterday, after a helicopter team using night-vision goggles failed to find him overnight.

Fewer people across Queensland will receive fluoride in drinking water supplies, as another council announces it will axe its program, citing freedom of choice and costs.

Amber Betteridge lives on a mining claim in Queensland's Gemfields with her young family. She says a state government plan to cap small mining claim tenures could put her family's future at risk.

Queensland Health investigates a highly infectious disease outbreak in Gladstone, caused by the microscopic cryptosporidium parasite.

Witnesses have reported loud bangs, "multicoloured" flames and a plastic smell after a Tesla battery caught fire at one of Queensland’s first large-scale renewable energy storage sites.

Rural Queensland is a far cry from the Romanian theatres he is used to, but Douglas Stewart is determined to make sure country kids have as much access to dance as they do to sport.

Rebecca Adams was 33 and didn't think she could overcome her grief, but 10 years on she has rebuilt her life and is working to help other widows rebuild theirs.

The 63-year-old member of the Stolen Generations pleaded guilty to forgery after falsely ordering the removal of six children from two families in 2020. The court heard the children remain separated from their families.