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Police body cam played in court, showing the final moments Mr George was seen alive as he was led to a watch house cell. More than an hour later police checked on him and found his body.

This criminal case is at the heart of an unfolding crisis few Australians are aware of. This week there was an important breakthrough, writes Bridget Brennan.

A coronial inquest into the disappearance of the 23-year-old Kokoberra woman was due to resume this month but proceedings have been put on hold after a man was charged with her murder.

Strong winds from ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily downed trees and cut power to residents on Mornington Island in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria.

A monsoon trough has brought heavy rain to regions still sodden after ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. 

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.

All vulnerable people have been evacuated from Kowanyama in Cape York, while Energy Minister Mick de Brenni promises Queensland's far northern communities the lights will be back on for Christmas. 

Piling onto planes with extra bags full of meat and forgoing fruit and vegetables at the supermarket, residents of these isolated communities are doing what they can to save until a $64m grocery subsidy scheme takes effect. It might be costing their health.

Sport tech van uses competitive gaming to teach regional and remote kids.

A Queensland university is bringing esports and virtual sports to Indigenous, remote and regional communities, with hopes of unlocking potential Olympic and Paralympic talent.

Queensland fishers say the proposed gillnet ban across parts of the Gulf of Carpentaria will result in fewer locally caught fish for consumers and more imports, but conservationists say the country has an international responsibility to protect the critically endangered sawfish.

Dale Josiah and his family moved eight hours' drive from their community for vital health treatment. He's "overwhelmed" a new facility could see the family return home for good.

A Far North Queensland community with deep connections to water is seeing the streams and seasons change, and with it, their food and cultural security.

An Indigenous community in remote Far North Queensland is seeing its country change before its eyes, and with it food security and culture.

Mayor Robbie Sands says he believes the funeral home sent the wrong body for the burial six weeks ago.

Almost 550 Australian regions have been ranked on their level of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage. Most of the lowest-ranked areas are in Queensland.

The family of an Indigenous man who died in police custody late last year says the information released so far raises more questions.  

The 51-year-old Kowanyama man was found unresponsive in a police cell late last year, a pre-inquest conference has heard the first details of what happened.

In the Torres Strait and Cape York Peninsula, scarce labour and soaring costs for fuel and materials are making essential travel more difficult for those who live in remote communities.

Protesters have gathered outside the police station and the Kowanyama Mayor says residents want answers.

Queensland Police has confirmed an investigation will be launched immediately following a death in custody on Wednesday in the remote western Cape York community of Kowanyama.

Several centres in Queensland experienced their warmest average overnight temperatures for October last month, while some other hot weather records were also broken.

In Kowanyama people live side-by-side with crocodiles. From Dreamtime stories to the modern day, the predators are an intrinsic part of the region's culture.

Locals of Kowanyama talk about the role crocodiles play in the area.

A group in Kowanyama is offering incentives to pet owners to try to create a safer environment for residents and their animals.