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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.

Searing conditions will endure until the end of the week amid the longest stretch of hot November days since 2020. Residents are counting on widespread thunderstorms to bring relief over the weekend.

There are no PET scanners available in Eustie King's central Queensland home town. He says regular long-distance travel is taking a toll as he fights two types of cancer.

As fibre-to-the-premises internet arrives in far-flung pockets of Queensland, some in the regions want to bust the "urban myth" that all bush broadband is bad.

Twelve-year-old mini-bull rider Ronan Miosge is one tough hombre. He has been bucked off mini bulls since he was eight and keeps coming back for more.

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.

From pet-sitting goats to seeing rainbows at Uluru and making friends in new outback towns, the grandparents are living a totally different life to the one they had — and they love it.

Queensland will get an early taste of summer, with parts of the state set to experience temperatures nearly 10 degrees above average this week.

Stargazers will be setting their alarms early this weekend to see the Orionids shower the sky in streaks of light as Earth passes through debris left by Halley's Comet.

Not a single Queensland electorate outside of the state's south-east voted to support the referendum, and the firmest of those against it all fall within Queensland. We ask voters why.

Australia's most decentralised mainland state is expected to deliver a resounding No at the Voice to Parliament referendum. We spoke to voters about what's influencing their decision. 

Flora Wong has been playing her violin in outback towns for a month. The conversations started by the performances are providing important data for an Australia-wide project. 

Police say they are investigating the apparent desecration of the cultural heritage site, which has hurt and angered the area's Aboriginal custodians.

They spend months away from their homes and families moving thousands of animals in the dust of "the long paddock", but these drovers say they're "married to the mob".

Fishing icon Judey Aiken has a mouth that could make a sailor blush, but it's her warm heart and boisterous nature that have made her known across the country.

The search for the plains-wanderer will involve AI and bio-acoustic recorders to detect it and other highly vulnerable species.

The experience and the lessons of the 2019 drought are fresh in the minds of farmers. Now the challenge is to get ahead of the next one.

Every two years thousands of visitors arrive in the Queensland town to soak up the outback atmosphere. But some prefer the more hands-on experience of one of the sporting world's more unusual competitions.

You don't need to be a palaeontologist to dig up dinosaur bones. These volunteers are unearthing a 95-million-year-old sauropod skeleton near Winton, proving all you need is curiosity and a keen eye.

The Pride of the Murray was the latest of many tourist boats used to cruise along the Thomson River.

The paddle wheeler successfully cruised the Thomson River for a few months in 2022 after being trucked 1,700 kilometres from central Victoria but sank in March.

With no yellow-lidded recycling bins for hundreds of kilometres, what do people in rural and remote areas do to reduce their waste? People like Longreach's Patsy Worland help, but it's an uphill battle.

The average Australian diet barely scraped a pass on the healthy diet score card, with most adults eating too few veg and too much junk. 

The father and his eight chicks are often seen walking down Cassowary Street in Longreach.

The 23-year-old was issued a $619 infringement notice for driving without due care and attention following the incident in Longreach.