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The best and brightest of Australian film and television grace the red carpet for the 2024 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast.

It's been billed as Australia's answer to the Golden Globes — or even the Oscars, depending on who you ask — and the stars are gathering for the ceremony on the Gold Coast.

Renters asking to break their lease are required to compensate the landlord for financial losses, including paying rent until a new tenant is found, but critically low vacancy rates and high demand for housing mean that process is happening a lot faster than before the pandemic.

Damage assessments will be carried out today in parts of southern and south-east Queensland, after days of torrential rain.

Schools and roads closed as flash flooding hit widespread areas of south-east Queensland on Tuesday. Rain eased by late in the afternoon but flooding remained an issue in many areas. 

The dew point in some parts of the south-east of Queensland has tipped to 26C, exceeding that of equatorial countries like Singapore.

Maree Mavis Crabtree allegedly fed her son a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs in a fruit smoothie in 2017 and attempted to gain access to his finances after his death.

Exciting 15-year-old prospect Emerson Jones, the daughter of Olympic medal-winning triathlete Loretta Harrop, finishes runner-up to Slovakian top seed Renata Jamrichova in the girls' final of the Australian Open.

A tropical low developing in the Coral Sea is forecast to strengthen into a cyclone over the weekend and may track south south-westerly towards the Queensland coast.

A tropical low in the Coral Sea is expected to develop into a cyclone by Monday, with a "significant risk" the system may impact the Queensland coast from Tuesday onwards.

Auslan interpreters were missing when it was declared ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper had strengthened to a category four system, and when Gold Coast residents were urged to stay home during severe storms.

Pet owners are being urged to keep a close eye on what their dogs eat and drink after wild weather washed ashore toxic jellyfish and contaminated stormwater. 

South-east Queensland has been hit by more than 3.5 million lightning strikes in the past three weeks, compared to just 38,000 strikes at the same time last year.

Adrian Schroeder took this video around 10pm on New Year's Eve, when lightning struck the Gold Coast's Q1 tower.

South-east Queensland escapes property damage despite earlier warnings of giant hail and intense rainfall as a trough in the west reached the coast late on Wednesday. Storms brought heavy rain but no hail. 

During the attack, Cian English and his friend were threatened with a knife, forced to undress, assaulted, robbed, degraded and tortured.

Once a point of concern for parents and community members, groups like Red Frogs Australia are ensuring that partygoers can look back on their time in Surfers Paradise with fondness.

In 2023, about 90 per cent of Australians can access fluoridated water — but only 72 per cent of Queenslanders do.

Schoolies on the Gold Coast — once synonymous with drunken debauchery — takes a wholesome turn, with fewer school leavers writing themselves off, even on the historically wild first night of celebrations.

The sky is the limit for developers on much of the Gold Coast's beachfront real estate, but is it what people want?

Rising motorsport star Jack Doohan reveals his future F1 plans, and how he's following in the footsteps of his legendary MotoGP world champion dad Mick.

German-born Romy Mayer is part of the Nulon Racing team at this weekend's Supercars Gold Coast 500, the only female full-time race engineer on the circuit. Her female boss says it's an inspiration.

The project is expected to include more than 1,000 homes and a childcare centre.

Keebra Park High — the school responsible for developing players like David Fifita, Reece Walsh and AJ Brimson — ends its ties with the Titans in a major blow to the perennial NRL battler.

The Jewel's eye-catching towers are the sparkling gem in the Surfers Paradise skyline, but three years after they were built, hundreds of luxury apartments remain empty and most are not up for sale.