A man’s body is found after his car was swept off a flooded causeway near Gympie in south-east Queensland as his horrified wife watched on.
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Arthritis patients lack critical help with treatment
Max Stoneman is just 23 and lives with chronic arthritis. But in one sense he’s lucky because he can access a rheumatology nurse, something four in five arthritis Australian sufferers can’t.
Steroids for crops? Not quite, but peptides could revolutionise how food is grown
Scientists say the discovery of a group of hormones in plants could revolutionise food production by improving yields.
'It felt like a mini hurricane': Torrential rain soaks Straddie weddings
A bride and groom are forced to make a run for it mid-vows as torrential rain interrupts their beach wedding off Queensland’s coast, while a bamboo hut hosting a 40th birthday bash is destroyed by wind.
Police hunt man who tried to abduct 6yo girl from her Loganlea home
Police are investigating the attempted abduction of a six-year-old girl from her home at Loganlea, south of Brisbane in the early hours of this morning.
Rare 1950s Braille globe to be digitised for new generation
A project is launched to save an intricate Braille globe invented in Queensland in the 1950s — and share the story of the “fairy godfather of blind children” behind it.
Older Queensland men 'more likely to get skin cancer than other Australians'
Queensland men aged over 55 are the leading demographic for skin cancer and cases in the state are nearly twice the national average, new research finds.
Month's worth of rain falls over south-east Queensland over weekend
Parts of south-east Queensland record between 50 and 100 millimetres of rain, with residents being warned to brace for another deluge today.
The bad behaviours driving Brisbane train passengers nuts
It’s official — train passengers who put their feet on the seat, people who bring their bicycles aboard peak-hour services and those who don’t give up priority seating for those in need are the most annoying commuters to deal with.
'I give each dollar a job': Families struggle as costs keep rising
Queensland families fork out more than $76,000 a year on general living expenses, with rising costs on housing, food, energy and transport swallowing up the bulk of people’s pay.