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Piling onto planes with extra bags full of meat and forgoing fruit and vegetables at the supermarket, residents of these isolated communities are doing what they can to save until a $64m grocery subsidy scheme takes effect. It might be costing their health.

The search for former 2GB fishing show host Roman Butchaski has been suspended in Far North Queensland.

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.

In 2021, Telstra faced court for its treatment of First Nations customers. New figures obtained by the ABC show the scale of the problem is much worse than first thought.

Yellow crazy ants are one of the world's worst invasive species, and authorities are fighting on the ground and in the air to stop them spreading in north Queensland where they're at risk of devastating communities and ecosystems.

A Queensland state school teacher has been refused bail, accused of more than 200 child exploitation offences. He was arrested last week but a court has heard investigations have uncovered further alleged offences.

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

Along a dirt road in Far North Queensland is a farm where prisoners are learning to care for animals. The agricultural skills they are acquiring will set them up for work when they're released.

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

Golden retriever puppies stolen from a family in Far North Queensland have been found by police and reunited with their mum

Four newborn puppies have been returned to their distraught owner after they were allegedly stolen from a home in Cairns on Wednesday. 

Goats have been drafted onto a difficult block in Tully, QLD, to destroy the weeds and long grass.

Police say former 2GB broadcaster Roman Butchaski's car has been found near a remote Cape York river system and a massive search is underway.

A herd of goats has "annihilated" weeds posing a fire risk in inaccessible terrain in a third of the time they were given to get the job done. Now the landowners have bigger ideas.

Instagram and TikTok users are being lured to their deaths in the search for the perfect selfie, researchers have found.

Shane Cuthbert admitted it was "not a good look" and said he would remove the videos after questions from the ABC.

From a distance it resembled a mythic monster but as it came closer in the tropical Queensland waters a stunned onlooker realised the struggling creature was a large bird — and not a seabird.

Police say the man, who set off from Bramwell Station, was "well prepared" for the fishing trip but note it is a known crocodile habitat.

Even people who have flipped, bogged or drowned their cars can't get enough of this gnarly four-wheel-drive adventure, famous for its near-vertical drops, footwell-flooding creek crossings and stunning scenery.

Usually found in South East Asia, the colourfully plumed Nicobar pigeon has been spotted living its "best life" on Green Island off the coast of Cairns, delighting tourist and puzzling scientists.

A union-backed probe hears Cape York residents are paying exorbitant prices for meat, and up to $2.87 a litre for diesel, while a retired nurse has been forced to go without insurance to make ends meet.

While "some heat" could leave the market after the Reserve Bank lifted interest rates this week, for now, house prices have surpassed even the post-COVID records of early 2022.

Ocean scientists say fossil fuel use needs to stop if ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef are to have a fighting chance of survival.

The 23-year-old recalls being "treated like a criminal" while sleeping rough in an unfamiliar climate. She has shared her experience of homelessness for a Queensland project aimed at making emergency responses more compassionate.

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.