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The future is very uncertain for Petria and Greg Stack, who watched their Yeppoon home of 20 years go up in flames.

New figures tracking gay marriage show female couples are significantly more likely to tie the knot than gay men and some experts say it may be because women are more in love with weddings and want to have children within the security of that union.

Jack Gerdes went to work one day and never came home, now his family are cautiously welcoming laws that could put mining bosses in jail for 20 years in cases where they've been negligent in a workplace death.

Mango farmers say they're experiencing the fallout from Hong Kong's months of unrest amid reports fruit export volumes have decreased.

As temperatures rise, farmers around the country are getting creative — here are some of their innovative solutions.

A koala mother and her joey who shot to fame when they were found huddled together amongst the ashes of the Canungra bushfires are doing so well they will be released back into the wild.

A Brisbane jury finds a GP guilty of sexually assaulting a female patient who had consulted him for vomiting and diarrhoea, months after he was convicted of fraudulently presenting pain medication scripts to pharmacies.

Prized in parts of Asia as an aphrodisiac, black jewfish bladder sells illegally for as much as $1,000 a kilo. Now two men in the NT will face court for the first time since new regulations were introduced to stamp out the trade.

At a desperate time for the dairy industry, a determined Sunshine Coast couple is staking their financial future on upgrading their processing plant and keeping local farms in business.

Stunned onlookers capture vision of the moment a mother possum is devoured by a python after her baby was rescued from her pouch.

Building inspectors from an industry watchdog are inspecting homes in a new Sunshine Coast housing estate after homeowners complained their damaged properties are not up to scratch after a recent hail storm.

Regional Qantas passengers say the airline is neglecting its country customers after luggage was left behind on two flights to Longreach in central-west Queensland in one week.

Lenny Parisi is part of a new breed of cane growers who are repairing the environmental sins of the past, but it's not an easy path.

Delissa Kimmince, once one of Australian cricket's brightest young stars, was burnt out and over the game. She left the country and the sport she "hated", but her time away has helped her find a way back.

Hairdresser Sonia Colvin did not always know the right words to say when clients broke down crying, but she has now helped 139 domestic or elder abuse victims find their feet and wants other hairdressers to undergo mandatory training she has developed.

When Kathy Duff lost her partner to suicide she decided to save the rural Queensland town of Proston to honour his memory.

Fire and drought conditions are expected to continue into summer but there is a tiny ray of hope for temperature. With no end in sight, how does this drought compare to the big droughts of the past?