Queensland snake catchers are being run off their feet as the slithering reptiles displaced by recent rainfall around the state move from their hiding holes and into our homes.
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Queensland 'most expensive' state in nation for gas: review
Homes in south-east Queensland using reticulated gas pay more than twice the national average for their supply, a review of the nation’s gas pricing reveals.
Tenant finds diamond stash in rental unit
No-one likes doing a final clean before moving out of a rental property — that is until you stumble across a hidden stash of diamonds in the process. That’s what happened to one very thorough, and honest, Cairns tenant.
What to do if you're confronted by road rage
Two high-profile road rage cases have made headlines this week, so what should you do if you’re confronted by an angry motorist?
Flooded road catches Ipswich mother and three kids by surprise
Kat Fisher says last night’s storm over Ipswich was so heavy, the first she knew of flash flooding was when water began pouring in the doors of her car, forcing her to flee with her three young children.
'It's bullying': Anonymous letter threatens to call council on teen with autism
The mother of a teenager with autism targeted in an anonymous letter threatening to call the local council over his “strange moaning and shouting” says it is nothing short of bullying.
Veteran correspondent honoured after motor neurone disease diagnosis
For more than 40 years Sean Dorney covered the big stories as the ABC’s Papua New Guinea and Pacific correspondent, becoming a household name in parts of the region. But now the 66-year-old is facing the challenge of living with motor neurone disease.
Five things we learned from round four of AFLW
The Bulldogs set the benchmark with their record-breaking win, the Magpies get on the board and there’s a solid dose of wet-weather football — take a look back at round four.
'Courageous' police officers had no choice but to shoot man, union says
The officers who fatally shot Liam Scorsese east of Brisbane yesterday acted “courageously and professionally”, the police union says, as the 31-year-old is remembered by his lawyer as a “gentleman”.
Police fatally shoot man allegedly trying to break into Brisbane home
Residents inside a home in the eastern Brisbane suburb of Wakerley “were in fear of their lives” as an “enraged” armed man tried to break into the home, police say.