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Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate concedes long-running corruption investigation took a toll on councillors.

Unions say they discovered six months ago that staff were owed up to tens of thousands of dollars each but Sunwater only took action once the Minister got involved.

As Australia battles a devastating bushfire season sparked by exceptionally dry conditions, East Africa is dealing with the deadly consequences of torrential rain — and there is a common link.

The disease that's wiped out a quarter of the world's pigs is only an hour's journey from Australian shores. The Government is spending a further $66m on quarantine, but says it will protect exporters if security measures fail.

Authorities are still unable to recover bodies from White Island following advice from experts that there is a 40 to 60 per cent chance of another eruption in the next 24 hours.

Relatives of Brisbane woman Julie Richards, 47, and her daughter Jessica Richards, 20, say authorities have informed them the pair died in the New Zealand volcano disaster.

A Noosa councillor accused of indecently assaulting a teenage girl in the 1990s, is found guilty by a Queensland jury.

Their parents and grandparents were forcibly removed from their home, but now the Woppaburra people have returned to the Keppel Islands as partners in a project that could help heal the Great Barrier Reef in the future.

Homicide police say the body of 31-year-old Kardell Lomas was found in a car boot in the backyard of her Ipswich home, west of Brisbane. Police say Ms Lomas was pregnant.

New Zealand punches above its weight when it comes to humanity, with many on the Ovation of the Seas cruise ship moved by Maori leaders who welcomed them as family, writes Donna Field.

The Labor Party admits election campaign material of Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, including posters, plastic banners and bunting, has been wrongfully dumped in bushland near Brisbane.

Queensland sugarcane farmers and their Chinese-owned mill are headed for arbitration under the Federal Government's sugar code of conduct.

Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission concludes a 16-month investigation into corruption allegations by announcing it will not charge any elected official from Gold Coast City Council.

Pullenvale councillor Kate Richards says she is disappointed the Liberal National Party is referring her to the Crime and Corruption Commission over allegations the party president has described as "extremely grave".

Five Adelaide men are among 22 across the country to be charged with child exploitation offences as part of a nationwide sting by the Australian Federal Police.

Agim Ajazi appears in a Queensland court on terrorism charges after he allegedly performed military services and distributed propaganda for a terrorist organisation with links to Al Qaeda.

The jury retires in the trial of Noosa councillor Frank James Pardon, 70, who has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, including the indecent treatment of a child under 16 and maintaining a sexual relationship with a minor, for acts alleged to have occurred in the 1990s.