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The Queensland government has doubled its First Home Owner Grant to $30,000 but the incentive won't suit everyone. Here's what you you need to know.

A volunteer on a sleepbus dedicated to vulnerable Sunshine Coast women and children says a night of rest can help people make better decisions.

Water is falling on fire-scorched parts of Queensland, but today it's from Mother Nature, not firefighting aircraft.

In 2023, about 90 per cent of Australians can access fluoridated water — but only 72 per cent of Queenslanders do.

It's not a skull cave, but rather a suburban home in Bundaberg, where comic book hero The Phantom comes to life. Illustrator Shane Foley takes you into his world.

Illustrator Shane Foley traded in his paramedic uniform to draw the costumed crusader, but one thing he won't give up is using pen and paper to bring the world's oldest comic character to life.

Whatever your seafood preference, new commercial fishing regulations proposed for Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria mean your options could be limited this year.

Nine Queensland infrastructure projects have been cancelled after a budget blowout on Commonwealth spending. One resident whose property was resumed says he may have lost his beloved home for nothing.

Kirsten Drier says if she can improve other people's skills and help them out then that's a really good day.

While you might recognise algae growing in your fish tank or floating on a lake, it can be transformed into a human food source that can also power your car, and it doesn't compete for space with crops.

Kristy-Lee Lucke says realising her eight-year dream to become a firefighter got off to an "intimidating" start when her crew was called to a bushfire emergency.

Kristy-Lee Lucke is one of three new firefighters who have joined the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service in Bundaberg, 4.5hours north of Brisbane.

Queensland graziers are being urged to sell their cattle as the state's bushfire emergency exacerbates an already dire national feed shortage.

Police believe several recent bushfires that threatened homes and residents in Queensland were started on purpose. Motivations for arson can vary but will be key to investigations.

More than 300 people were forced to evacuate when a huge fire ripped through dozens of homes in the southern Queensland community of Tara. Now the residents are coming to grips with the devastation while looking to the future. 

Much needed rainfall has helped fire crews bring dozens of blazes under control, but authorities have warned the reprieve won't be felt across all of Queensland.

Kerrod James Frahm had a "duty of care to protect his son" before the 11-year-old died of a brown snake bite in 2021, magistrate says. 

Emergency warnings were issued for Nymboida, Tabulam and Tenterfield in NSW on Tuesday, while dangerous fire conditions remained in south-western Queensland. Look back on how the day unfolded with our blog.

More than 1,000 firefighters have battled 80 blazes across Queensland Tuesday, with three proving especially difficult to bring under control, as the federal government has triggered the disaster recovery payment for residents in the state's south-west. 

Authorities give out more than $332 million in fines to speeding drivers in 2022-23 — up 35.7 per cent from the year before — amid heftier penalties.

Community-led food pantry pop ups gaining popularity as people look to help their neighbours through cost-of-living crisis.

After a rugged week, Queensland is facing up to a "generational fire season" the state hasn't experienced since the 1950s, according to the rural fire brigade chief.

Searing heat consumes Queensland amid already parched conditions, but a cool change should bring respite to fire-ravaged communities before the mercury soars again.

A plan of action is adopted to help save the world's only wild macadamia plants from extinction. 

Experts say the dramatic turnaround for the east coast's humpback whale population is a promising sign for the future.