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Divers on the Gold Coast are rediscovering the wreck of The Scottish Prince with sand movements uncovering parts of the ship not seen for years.

After weeks of jostling, state water ministers will meet today to make some big decisions about the future of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

A 29-year-old man is charged with murder and serious animal cruelty after the body of a 63-year-old man and a dog are found inside a fire-damaged house at Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs.

We're already dealing with a fire season for the record books, and the latest update of what lies ahead is not letting us off the hook.

Indonesia has become the latest country to confirm an outbreak of the deadly pig disease, African swine fever, that has wiped out more than a quarter of the world's pig population.

A hot end to a hot year: When and where the heat is expected to hit, and what records could fall.

As former Queenslanders Desmond and Linda Cornford watch summer temperatures around the country soar, they have no regrets about moving to Tasmania to escape the heat.

The temperature in Brisbane's CBD equals the hottest December day on record, while records for the first month of summer have tumbled in several locations to the west and north of the capital.

For Townsville locals still recovering from devastating floods in February this year, they are having a tough time gearing up for Christmas in a different or still-damaged house.

Family, friends, colleagues, local politicians and even complete strangers gather in a Brisbane park to hold a vigil for two Queensland victims of the New Zealand volcano disaster.

The Mayor of Cooktown fondly remembers pilot William Scott-Bloxam, 73, who was one of two people killed when his Angel 44 light plane crashed near Mareeba Aerodrome on Saturday morning.

Police are looking for the driver of car who fled the scene after hitting Gatton woman Julie Thomsen, leaving her with catastrophic injuries paramedics described as "incompatible with life".

It's the suburban street where one of Australia's worst cases of family violence occurred. Five years on, is it a different place?

It's the suburban street where one of Australia's worst cases of family violence occurred. Five years on, is it a different place?

New South Wales has made repeated threats to walk away from the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, but what would that mean?

Calls are mounting for new national laws to regulate e-scooters as sales increase, people flout the laws, and police turn a blind eye.

People with disabilities will still be able to access plastic straws amid a broader SA ban on single-use plastics, but an advocacy group says the exemption does not go far enough.

A 73-year-old pilot and his 63-year-old passenger are dead after a light plane crash in a cornfield at the end of the Mareeba Aerodrome, west of Cairns.

The Bureau of Meteorology says the massive hailstones that fell on Queensland's Sunshine Coast are some of the biggest ever recorded in Australia. How exactly does ice fall from our skies when it's so hot on the ground?

Strong pre-Christmas online sales mean Australia Post has hired an extra 3,500 staff to cope with a massive increase in parcel deliveries compared to this time last year.