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Photos provided to the ABC by the head of an animal rescue organisation show dead horses and others that appear to be severely malnourished on a property west of Toowoomba.

After four decades in the hands of the same owners, one of outback Queensland's most iconic hotels has been sold — to an outback pilot and her tourism entrepreneur husband, who will move their young family up from NSW.

Search and rescue crews will continue searching waters off the central Queensland coast this afternoon for a missing 60-year-old man whose boat drifted away.

Abandoned graves at a north Queensland cemetery have endured natural disasters, vandalism, and neglect, but two pub owners are fighting to preserve the forgotten historic site.

Police feared for Milan Lemic's safety after he disappeared in a known crocodile habitat in the Upper Daintree region but he is found alive and well after living in the rainforest for three weeks.

Queensland is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in two decades and it is prompting some parents to consider earlier vaccination for their children.

Queensland volunteer firefighter Andrew Ruddock says the federal compensation scheme for firefighters is just "political grandstanding", and far too many people are excluded from the payments.

Widespread rainfall is expected for the east coast of the country, including the firegrounds, starting tomorrow and lasting into the weekend.

There has been lots of excitement for the just-completed ATP Cup, but not everybody is happy about the format and prize money for the new teams tournament, writes Tim Callanan.

Stanthorpe is now the centre of the largest water carting project by a local government, with the apple and wine-growing town's supply officially running out.

A visit by popular New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the Gold Coast hinterland and northern NSW sends a strong international message about Australia as a tourism destination, experts say.

A day after video emerges of UQ Liberal National Club president Wilson Gavin shouting at drag queens during a children's story-telling event, the ABC understands he has taken his own life.

A Queensland couple's efforts to save tens of thousands of tonnes of Australian fruit rejected by supermarkets is rewarded by biscuit giant Arnott's with a new flavour of Tim Tam.

Two teenagers are charged with serious assault after a 72-year-old woman is crash tackled in an unprovoked attack on the Sunshine Coast which was filmed by one of the teens.

The Liberal National Party moves to distance itself from a group that surrounded two drag queens and shouted "drag queens are not for kids" at an event in a Brisbane City Council Library on Sunday.

A few years ago it was close to being lost for good, but an Indigenous language has been revived and is now being used in Welcome to Country ceremonies.

A 33-year-old man dies in a workplace accident at Curragh coal mine north of Blackwater after becoming trapped in machinery.

Roger Taylor, who is married to Toowoomba Regional Council's Deputy Mayor, remains unconscious in a Brisbane hospital after he was bitten by a venomous brown snake while moving bird netting.