With high-risk fire conditions on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, how does the state’s major forest grower spot, manage, and respond to fires in fuel-filled environment?
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National grain harvest suffers 40 per cent drop
The national winter crop harvest will be 40 per cent lower than last year, according to the latest ABARES quarterly Crop Report.
Senior Ipswich City Council officer charged by corruption watchdog
A senior Ipswich Council bureaucrat is charged by Queensland’s corruption watchdog with misconduct for allegedly causing financial detriment to an engineering firm.
Security guard at elite Brisbane girls' school stabbed in 'robbery gone wrong'
Queensland police release a photo and CCTV footage of a man they are searching for over the stabbing of a security guard inside the elite Somerville House girls’ boarding school in Brisbane.
Mao's last dancer breaks 18-year retirement for Queensland performance
Li Cunxin says he is petrified to come out of retirement for one night only in Brisbane, for The Nutcracker, the first ballet he performed in the West.
CCC documents found during raid of barrister Sam Di Carlo's house, court told
Confidential documents from Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission relating to a Melbourne property developer’s appearance at a CCC hearing were found during a raid of Brisbane barrister Sam Di Carlo’s house, a court hears.
Brisbane's average house price hits new high
There is a two-stroke economy in Queensland’s property market, with the state’s south-east booming while many regional markets struggle, a Real Estate Institute of Queensland report reveals.
LNP not committing to its own M1 congestion buster
The Queensland Opposition suggests duplicating a large stretch of the motorway on the Gold Coast, but stops short of promising to build the road if it wins government.
Drivers still answering phone because it's 'less risky than texting'
When you’re driving and hear a mobile phone ringing, do you answer it or wait to return the call when you’ve arrived at your destination?
Drowning deaths climb 9pc in Queensland, report finds
A quarter of all drownings in Australia happened in Queensland in the 2016/17 financial year, with the state recording a 9 per cent increase compared to the same period 12 months earlier.