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The Brisbane City Council temporarily lifts restrictions on backyard fire pits this winter to allow residents to enjoy the outdoor heaters without being fined.

They're frequently referred to by number rather than by name. But each of the 100 strokes on Australia's coronavirus fatality count represents a rich life cut short and a family stricken by sorrow.

Annastacia Palaszczuk is called on to address uncertainty surrounding when Queensland's borders will open, with tourism operators saying continued restrictions will push them to the point of no return.

Anyone accused of coughing or spitting on a person could soon face mandatory testing for COVID-19, as the Queensland Government moves to close a loophole in its response to the pandemic.

Tourism and resort operators push to move the traditional Brisbane mid-week Ekka public holiday to a Friday to create a long weekend.

Organisers of the Targa Great Barrier Reef car rally ditch plans to hold a race leg through the habitat of the endangered cassowary.

With Queensland's border closure flagged to continue until September, a Southern Downs business says most locals support the measures to limit the spread of COVID-19.

A Sydney court has granted an extradition request by Queensland detectives after Christopher Puglia was arrested on Sunday in northern Sydney just hours after his parents Franco and Loris Puglia were found dead north of Brisbane.

A recreational diver who freed a young whale caught in shark nets off the Gold Coast says it's "fair enough" he received a fine, but Fisheries Minister says investigation is ongoing.

Friends of an American sailor, whose body was found off the Sunshine Coast, reveal how they watched his yacht edge closer to the shoreline from a tracking app they were using to follow his journey.

An AFL return date is set but Sunday roasts with nan may be a while off yet for Gold Coast Suns star Jack Bowes.

Country post offices provide smiles, meals, medicine and support to their local communities during the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus pandemic hits Queensland's largest regional university with job losses and a multi-million-dollar revenue shortfall.

Your home, garage or family photo album could hold the key to unlocking a piece of Australia's art history as the Archibald Prize sets out to find missing portraits.

A new state-of-the art quarantine facility on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is fast-tracking imports of alternative banana varieties in a bid to tackle disease threatening the banana industry.

While travel restrictions may be gradually easing in Queensland with outback locals able to travel up to 500km from their doorstep, one popular north-west attraction remains off-limits.

Australian blueberry growers who have been chasing the lucrative China market for a decade are concerned that political tensions could further delay access.

Supreme and District Court jury trials could resume at a "trickle" if COVID-19 restrictions are further eased in mid-June, Queensland's Chief Justice Catherine Holmes says.

Queensland has 42 untraceable cases of coronavirus which authorities cannot find an epidemiological link to. So what are the complexities of tracing the virus and could Queensland ever rid itself of it?

AFL players have come back into group training ahead of a return to play but Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley is not happy at having to share a hub soon with the Crows on the Gold Coast.