Northeast Queensland residents are warned to be prepared to evacuate as dangerous flooding, damaging winds and more than 380mm of rainfall indunated the region. A low-pressure system embedded within the monsoon trough is currently located off the coast near Tully and is causing severe rain and winds around the region.

Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls on Wednesday announced the Australian state would halt new prescriptions for puberty blockers for people under 18.

Trainees will be directly employed by the state government and will receive guaranteed income. Australia will launch a four-year trial in February to support up to 60 full-time equivalent general practitioner and rural generalist trainees in regional and rural Queensland.

Emergency services have deployed multiple rescue crews around the North Queensland region of Townsville as flash flooding and torrential rain pounds the area.

Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, died at her family's home after six days without her prescribed insulin shots for type-1 diabetes.

A Brisbane man put his dinner on hold when he saw a bottle shop being robbed. Family of Lance Appleby have joined the fight for new shark safety measures on the SA coast weeks after the young surfer was taken by a great white near Streaky Bay.

A video captured from the oceanside city of Coolangatta in Queensland shows the moment that the storm caused a young surfer to lose his footing trying to seek shelter.

Australia will examine whether or not to continue prescribing puberty blockers and hormone treatment to underage teenagers under a comprehensive review of treatment guidelines for trans and gender-diverse children.

Blood cancer is set to become Australia's most common and deadly cancer with the number of cases expected to double within a decade. A man has been been arrested after a 49-year-old died in a crash in Craigmore this morning.

Australia's Whitehaven Coal posted a 92.7% rise in its second-quarter production on Wednesday, helped by strong contributions from New South Wales mines and its recently acquired Queensland mines.

Large-scale solar farms across Australia generated a record 16.2 TWh of clean energy in 2024, delivering a near 7% increase on the previous year and taking the contribution from renewables to a new record high.

Crisafulli Government appoints Queensland's first-ever reserve judges to Supreme CourtAppointment of the Honourable Robert Gotterson AO KC and the