Gemma Sapwell

The mother of one of Sue Lowry's 220 students says the teacher "sees the ability, not the disability" in kids. Amid thunderous applause, Ms Lowry was honoured for her work.

Kate Miller, 62, was bitten by a brown snake on a beach in northern New South Wales, 136 kilometres away from a hospital. A compression bandage from by a passer-by may have saved her life.

A 19-year-old man and a 13-year-old girl have been charged with attempted murder over the incident that left a Gold Coast security guard in hospital.

Police arrived to find a 58-year-old man dead inside an Arundel home on Wednesday. It is understood the deceased man was a stepfather to the councillor.

Police say a man and a woman were inside RQ's Tavern at Robina for about 90 seconds before a 26-year-old man was allegedly stabbed in the chest.

The parents of a 23-year-old woman who died from meningococcal B have praised today's decision to make the vaccine free and available in routine child and teen immunisation in Queensland.

Police have declared a crime scene after a person was found dead following a camper trailer fire on the Scenic Rim, west of Brisbane, this morning.

Latest data shows Gold Coast rents have risen by more than 18 per cent over the past three years to an average of $820 a week, forcing people who grew up in the area to find a new place to call home. 

Two days after his deputy rejected the idea, Tom Tate says the tourist strip can turn "Victoria's lemon ... into lemonade". 

The four-year-old Australian shepherd was reported missing after an alleged break-in at Southport earlier this week.

Hosts of short-term accommodation platforms like Airbnb are shifting back to renting out their properties for longer terms as the rising cost of living dampens people's appetite for holidays.

CASA is reviewing the airspace where two helicopters collided on the Gold Coast, killing four people. But an aviation industry consultant says they may be "preparing themselves" for the outcome of a wider ATSB investigation due next year.

The makers of the hit TV show Bluey have removed a scene from a recent episode following criticism that it didn't promote body positivity for children.

An increasing number of landowners and councils, along with the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, are using goats in the battle against invasive plant species.

As Queensland experiences a  heatwave, tourist attractions across the east coast are working hard to ensure the animals in their care are kept cool in the stifling conditions.

With thousands of people commuting between Brisbane and the Gold Coast each day, here's what the updated mask rules mean for the region.

Board shapers on the Gold Coast say they can't keep up with demand during COVID-19 because more people are surfing and there's a shortfall of basic board-making supplies.

An anonymous 'Santa's helper' pays off all the lay-bys at a toy store on Queensland's Gold Coast worth more than $16,000, with customers overcome with emotion with the gesture of Christmas goodwill after a tough year.

As outlaws of the wild frontier go, police on pandemic patrol in the past nine months have come across a few who, shall we say, didn't really think things through.

Gold Coast City Mayor Tom Tate describes the decision as "an early Christmas present" while Townsville Enterprise Chairman Kevin Gill says it is a "positive thing for everyone".

Thousands of school leavers descend on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts to celebrate the end of a turbulent year as unofficial schoolies celebrations kick off across Queensland.

A 48-year-old man from Biggera Waters is charged with manslaughter after the death of a 60-year-old man on Queensland's Gold Coast early on Wednesday morning.

The RSPCA is investigating after a baby eastern grey kangaroo was rescued from a post office box at Woongoolba.

Michael Gatenby tells a Gold Coast court it's a "disgrace" his client, an alleged Mongols member, was charged over police raids that occurred last year and that police are "grandstanding" in response to the murder of Shane Bowden earlier this week.

Rachel Love stepped over a metal tin laying on the road, but something told her to go back and check. What she found inside was something significant.