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The AFL season will return next month, with all clubs resuming full-contact training from May 25, the league's chief executive Gillon McLachlan announces.

More than 30 people are being tested urgently after having close contact with a nurse from a Rockhampton nursing home who was working while positive with COVID-19. The nursing home is in lockdown as a result.

Here's a look at what's opening around Southern Queensland as coronavirus restrictions ease.

Tough coronavirus travel restrictions placed on Fraser, Stradbroke and Moreton islands off South East Queensland are easing on Saturday for day trips but people cannot go camping there just yet.

For 50 years Lynne Barrett has taught the lifesaving skill of swimming to countless people and says a highlight is seeing students' reactions "the first time they float by themselves". Now she has been recognised for her own achievements.

Spot price for thermal coal falls 25 per cent per cent, with a leading analyst blaming reduced export demand and a global shift to renewables.

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate welcomes Brisbane residents ahead of the city's move into Stage 1 of the recovery tomorrow.

Beyond Blue says while the organisers of a Facebook challenge, that encourages people to consume raw eggs, sugar and scull alcohol, may be well intentioned they do not support it.

A round trip to the shops takes them five hours, but Cape York residents remain under the same restrictions as the rest of Queensland. For business owners, that's more than an inconvenience.

The Queensland Government is eager to save Virgin Australia from collapse by either buying a stake or bailing it out. But what actually is the Government proposing and how would it work?

NSW's Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres says interstate border closures are hindering Australia's economic recovery, and that the risk of transferring coronavirus through domestic travel "is low".

The Gold Coast Titans player says he is not an anti-vaxxer and he will be able to train with the team's playing squad thanks to an exemption given by Queensland's Chief Medical Officer.

Coronavirus restrictions ease as Sunshine Coast and Noosa Councils announce more facilities to reopen this weekend.

Australia produced more than 10.6 million trays of mangoes last season. But the big question is, who produced more — Queensland or the Northern Territory?

South-East Queensland could soon be home to as many as four interstate clubs, who are considering moving to the area in an effort to get the competition back up and running.

Gilmour Space Technologies says up to 500 new jobs could be created on the Gold Coast after joining the Defence Department in rocket agreement.

Frustration boils over in Yarrabah where locals are filmed protesting against "discriminatory" coronavirus laws that prevent them from fishing for food, attending school, and leaving to buy essential items like toiletries and underwear.

The Queensland Government "can't afford not to" make a bid for Virgin Australia, Treasurer Cameron Dick says, saying it is an important airline to the state, with its headquarters in Brisbane.