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Two hat-tricks, seven goals, two penalties, 10 cards and VAR drama in Brisbane Roar's comeback win

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 17:28

The Brisbane Roar open their A-League account with a 4-3 win over first-placed Melbourne City, after trailing 2-0, and later 3-1, during the match.

Families seek shelter as Seaworld hit with hailstones the size of golf balls

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 16:26
Families seek shelter at Seaworld as park hit with hailstones the size of golf balls

Water streaming in through ceiling at Woolworths Currimundi on Sunshine Coast

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 16:20
The storms on the Sunshine Coast were so ferocious it caused part of the ceiling at Woolworths Currimundi to collapse

Hail hits Southeast Queensland brought in by severe storms

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 16:03
Hail hits Southeast Queensland brought in by severe storms

'Look at the size of these': Storm brings cricket ball-sized hail to parts of South East Queensland

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 16:03

Large hailstones hammered cars and homes as fierce winds whipped up debris causing chaos through suburban streets in parts of the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast yesterday as residents continue the clean up today.

It's hard to breathe': Bushfires cause choking air pollution in south-east Queensland

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 14:56

The air quality in parts of the south-east Queensland becomes worse than in Mumbai as bushfires rage across the state.

Fires continue to burn in Pechey, near Toowoomba in Queensland

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 14:08
On Saturday major concerns were held for Pechey and Ravensbourne, near Toowoomba, where a fast-moving bushfire continues to burn.

James Pattinson to miss first Test after code of conduct breach

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 12:04

James Pattinson will not contest a charge from Cricket Australia that he used abusive language during a Sheffield Shield match and will serve a one-match suspension.

Greens' Adam Bandt says a 'generation will rise up in fury' if politicians don't address climate crisis

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 11:22

Greens co-deputy leader Adam Bandt defends his colleague Jordon Steele-John for describing other senators as "arsonists" as bushfires rage along Australia's east coast.

A sprinkle of wattleseed and a dash of desert lime — how bush tucker is going global

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 09:37

Australia is famous for lamingtons and the beloved meat pie, but researchers want to transform our traditional cuisine to include native bush foods like Illawarra plums, pindan walnuts and wattleseed.

Bush kids pull on boots for campdraft at Qld, NSW high schools

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 07:14

Campdraft is now an official school sport for a number of students in Queensland and New South Wales, thanks to the efforts of one teenager.

'It's a bit scary': Two Queensland fires downgraded but conditions could get worse

ABC News: Top Stories - Sun, 2019-11-17 05:20

Two emergency warnings are downgraded in Queensland's south-east as more than 80 fires continue to burn across the state.

Authorities upgrade fire warning for Pechey and Ravensbourne

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 14:57
Water-bombing aircraft try to contain a large bushfire at Pechey and Ravensbourne north of Toowoomba.

Stella's leg feels like someone is drilling into the bone, but her illness is invisible

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 08:49

After years of living with "unbearable, unimaginable pain" 16-year-old Stella is flying to the other side of the world to undergo months of treatment her family hopes will give her "the life she deserves".

Residents told to 'seek shelter' as fires escalate in South-East Queensland

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 08:26

A dangerous bushfire in Queensland's Darling Downs has escalated, with residents being told to leave immediately, while residents of Mount Lindesay, near the NSW border, have been told it is too late to leave and they must seek shelter to survive.

Wild dogs were eating this farmer's sheep. Here's how she stopped them

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 06:30

Sheep farmers in western Queensland have found a solution to their debilitating wild dog problem, and they have renewed hope that they will be to be able to restock with after the drought.

Farmers are easy targets for gun theft — and it's on the rise

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 05:40

Most of the guns reported stolen in Australia each year come from Queensland and police worry that farmers need to ramp up the security of their weapons before they disappear into the criminal underworld.

Harp therapist soothes anxious horses during bushfire emergency

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 05:30

A doctor, whose own horse had to be moved to an evacuation centre in the bushfires, made sure she also grabbed her harps, which she's using to calm animals at the centre.

The sex-on-the-beach complaint that led to Schoolies Week regulation

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 05:00

Would you ask a cop to organise your Schoolies Week? In the mid-1990s, that is who was at the helm laying the foundation for safer celebrations.

Chantel wanted to escape her own skin — until she turned to Instagram

ABC News: Top Stories - Sat, 2019-11-16 04:00

Managing anxiety and panic attacks is easier said than done when you spend 11 months of the year on the road. But thanks to social media, Chantel McAlister has been able to overcome the feelings of social isolation considered part and parcel of rural life, writes Jessica Riga

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