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The Charters Towers community is fed up with the noise, smell, and mess of 250,000 flying foxes roosting in the town, so they're taking matters into their own hands.

Stradbroke Island is famed for its laid-back lifestyle but, as its controversial mining industry comes to an end, the community remains split. Will tourism take over?

The father of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says the fight to free his son will fail unless the Australian Government applies greater diplomatic pressure on Britain ahead of his US extradition hearing.

A number of severe storm cells that formed in South-East Queensland ease but the Bureau of Meteorology warns more could be on the way in the coming days.

It may be counterintuitive, but smoke can actually help improve bushfire conditions. It's literally smoke and mirrors.

The former Queensland Young Australian of the Year and founder of the charity Street Swags will seek more than $50,000 in costs after fraud charges against her were dropped for a second time.

Students at Tamborine Mountain State School have been told to bring extra water bottles to class as bubblers run dry due to low bore supplies.

Live exporter Wellard's stocks have gone up after it announced a deal to sell a live export ship capable of carrying as many as 75,000 sheep.

Brisbane's overnight rainfall equals what it received in the last six months, with a major thunderstorm bringing more than 100 millimetres to some parts of the city.

In Mount Isa, the town debate is whether it is better to leave your car unlocked so you don't get a smashed window, or lock it up and risk the insurance excess.

Stuffing the humble Chinese dumpling or buying this year's Christmas ham is becoming very expensive, with pork costs almost doubling due to swine fever.

Bushfires are normally considered "carbon neutral" but leading climate scientists say the intensity and frequency of the blazes could add millions of tonnes to Australia's carbon footprint.

Despite a written warning from Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale about working on a "dangerous project", German firm Siemens signs up to provide signalling for Adani's Carmichael mine rail network.

The ongoing drought prompts the Gold Coast council to consider recycled water at beach showers, while farmers watch dams get lower.