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The Federal Government has drawn the ire of the small business community, with a key lobby group saying its members are disappointed with the lack of preparations for what was expected to be an unusually bad bushfire season.

Weeks after Mr Percival's bar at Brisbane's Howard Smith Wharves was deliberately set on fire, shots are fired at the venue from a boat on the river. Police are yet to confirm the two incidents are connected.

Mining industry experts say social licence will be the next decade's biggest challenge for mining companies, so how can mining fix its image problem by 2030?

New technology being trialled at a small hospital north-west of Brisbane may put an end to what has been one of a nurses' core responsibilities — taking and recording vital signs.

Driving the road between Boulia and Winton, you could be forgiven for thinking you're passing through the set of an old Western movie — that is, until a 143-year-old hotel breaks through the distant mirage.

Seventeen-month-old Enzo suffers from a severe neurological condition that doctors have been unable to diagnose and his family travels thousands of kilometres in search of new treatment.

Nick Kyrgios shows he is in decent shape to start the summer of tennis, sending down 20 aces to win his ATP Cup match for Australia against Germany.

Concerns are raised about the thoroughness of 1,500 endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures done by a doctor at a hospital, with about 1,000 patients being contacted by Queensland Health.

The detection of fruit fly larvae in a mango imported from Queensland to Tasmania is proof that the island state's biosecurity procedures are working, says Primary Industries Minister Guy Barnett.

The close friend of a former army captain, who died by suicide, wants better mental health support and research rather than a royal commission.

Some Queensland farmers say they have just recorded their lowest rainfall in 113 years. Here's how they're trying to diversify and keep going.

It's one of the shortest words in the English language, but many of us struggle to say no — even when we want to. So how do we master the graceful art of saying no, without feeling guilty about it?

Australian star Nick Kyrgios's plan to donate $200 for every ace he hits this summer gathers pace among his fellow competitors as tennis looks to pull together to help bushfire-hit communities.

While many of us are pondering our new year's resolutions, these older Australians are one step ahead and already defying the odds by pursuing new skills which challenge their mental and physical abilities despite public perception they're too old to do so.

While many of us are pondering our new year's resolutions, these seniors are one step ahead and already defying the odds by pursuing new skills which challenge their mental and physical abilities despite public perception they're too old to do so.

The data is in and 2019 topped the BOM's charts for average and maximum temperatures as well as the lowest rainfall across the country.

Extra police are being flown into a remote Indigenous community in Far North Queensland following the fatal stabbing of a 37-year-old man on New Year's Day and a riot overnight, with police saying the situation remains volatile.

It took four hours to recover 10 patients from a boat crash on a central Queensland river, but the process was aided by quick-thinking locals willing to lend their watercraft to help.

Government benefits ensure new parents are offered paid leave when welcoming a new family member, and a UK company is now offering its Australian employees a similar scheme when they bring home a new pet.

People who suffer "silent" heart attacks could make dramatic recoveries under a new treatment that could also revolutionise the repair of scar tissue throughout the body, researchers say.