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Australian researchers are recruiting thousands of anorexia nervosa sufferers to try to find the genes behind the disorder.

Whitsunday Mayor Jenny Whitney says she believes ratepayers will back the north Queensland council's decision to spend almost $900,000 on a review.

Live radio theatre from more than 60 years ago is being recreated for outback Queensland to help keep the tradition of radio drama alive.

The Reds have named number eight Radike Samo and full-back Jono Lance to take on the Stormers in Cape Town.

The Queensland Government says a series of reports has found three dams in the state's south-east were operated in line with the relevant flood manuals during floods in January and February this year.

A Parliamentary oversight committee yesterday cleared Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) of any wrongdoing over the way it investigated a senior bureaucrat.

The State Government has passed laws to create a new body to commercialise and restructure TAFE colleges.

The State Government has failed to sell land set aside for a new high school in central Queensland.

A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service ranger says it is now thought a freshwater crocodile found in an outback river near Birdsville, in the state's far south-west, was placed there.

Police are continuing investigations into how a two-month-old baby suffered serious injuries in central Queensland yesterday.

A five-year-old boy is showing more signs of improvement after being seriously injured at a fete on southern Queensland's Darling Downs.

A new study has found mental illness sufferers in Australia are dying up to 16 years earlier than the general population, with most deaths due to disease rather than accidents or suicide.

Authorities in north Queensland are appealing for public help to find those responsible for shooting a crocodile known as 'Fat Guts' with a bow and arrow.

Authorities have arrested 12 people allegedly involved in a mass breakout at an immigration detention centre in far north Qld.

Seven men escaped from the heavily-guarded Scherger Immigration detention on Cape York yesterday.

Police are continuing the hunt for the killer of a young pregnant woman at Logan, south of Brisbane.

A famous Greek dance choreographer has visited Australia as he continues a self-proclaimed quest to see dances from the island of Crete spread throughout the world.

Robert Lui says the love North Queensland showed him during some dark times last year made it easy to sign a new deal with the Cowboys.

A senior ranger is not sure how a freshwater crocodile has ended up in an outback river system at Birdsville in Queensland's far south-west.

The Bulls are investigating a series of Chris Lynn's tweets regarding a woman who alleged Bronco Ben Te'o assaulted her.

Federal Housing Minister Mark Butler is threatening to withhold funding from the state as part of a dispute over the Queensland Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service (QTAAS).