Peter Gunders

Robyn gets her car serviced every year, so she thought she should do the same for her herself. Doctors found a hole in her heart.

Pat Tiernan hung up his track running spikes after the Tokyo Olympics, but now has his eyes firmly on Paris after running Australia's second-fastest marathon of all time.

It's not just crocs lurking in floodwaters, small bacteria could provide one big headache in north Queensland. But there are ways to stay safe.

Residents say they live in friendly and resilient communities that should not be defined by the fatal shootings that rocked the nation a year ago.

The crime shocked the nation – two young police officers and a good Samaritan neighbour ambushed and murdered. One year on, the identity and motives of the killers still rocks the quiet rural community of Wieambilla.

With his 14-year-old dog Zaba in his arms, "Buddy" McDonald Dodd quietly surveys the ruins of the house he dashed from as flames from the Tara bushfires came through the back door. But the 27-year RFS veteran is determined to rebuild in the community he loves.

By any measure, the past 12 months have been tragic for Kerry Dare. But as plumes of dark grey and black smoke edge closer to her home in Wieambilla, her humour and resilience is remarkable.

It's tricky and expensive securing the rights to musicals and some will never be available to the community. For those dreaming a dream of Les Mis at the local school, here's what it takes.

While the sunshine state has jumped on the Brisbane Lions' bandwagon this week, zoo owner Stephanie Robinson has been tending to her own pride. And after work, it's off to the horse paddock to see her broncos.

A firefighting helicopter has crashed into a dam in the Scenic Rim. The pilot was able to escape and swim to safety, with only minor injuries.

Julie spends every day outside in a beautiful park, and gets paid for it, but she says it is the compliments from those visiting Queens Park Botanic Gardens that give her the most job satisfaction.

Max Knight's mother begged him not to leave her as he lay dying in her arms after a fire on their Queensland property. His dad was badly injured in the blaze and remains in hospital.

There aren't many flowers left in Shirley Cronk's reigning competition-winning garden after a hail storm tore through it, but there are a few reasons she counts herself lucky.

Police say 52 motorcyclists have lost their lives on Queensland roads this year, making 2023 to date the deadliest year for riders for five years.

Facing down another potentially dangerous bushfire season, firefighters are warning there is no room for complacency — those at risk need to have a plan.

The flowers have arrived unfashionably early in Australia's garden city, so gardeners are doing all they can to make sure spring will still be full of seasonal blooms.

Welcome to the world of power naps and sleep banking as Australian sports fans embark on an endurance event of their own — staying up to watch all the action and then trying to function the next day.

Phil Gore ran from Saturday morning until this afternoon to claim the Backyard Ultra title.

It's farm field day season — a time to kick tractor tyres, buy everything from a silo to a piece of poly pipe, and "soak up information" on the latest and greatest farm technology.

A video of Janice Whittle and her service dog Keegan being asked to leave a Toowoomba hotel went viral this week. She says it's time everyone understood the importance of assistance dogs. 

From the power struggles within a wealthy family's media empire, to "the opposite of toxic masculinity", what does the popularity of Succession and Ted Lasso say about us — and what are we all going to watch next?

It's called the biggest little show on Earth, and Bluey has taken Toowoomba's Chris White across the world, performing on iconic stages as a puppeteer in the stage show.

Parts are scarce, and qualified workers even scarcer, which means even simple fender benders are taking a long time to fix.  

Temperatures in parts of Queensland are set to plunge 10 degrees below average, which one expert says is "typical" of an El Niño year.

New signs of life are everywhere on Bernie's block in Queensland's Western Downs, where a devastating bushfire ripped through in February. Inspired by the new green growth, she's determined to start again.