In outback Queensland, where the arts can be seen as "niche", a writers' group is giving young creatives a safe space to flourish. 

Austral Resources Australia promises a brighter future for Rocklands Copper Mine, as cautious residents fear a repeat of failures that left millions of dollars in unpaid wages and bills.

The Mitchell Highway in south-west Queensland was closed after a fire on Sunday.

A week of "sunny, settled and benign" weather is in store for much of the state, with frosty mornings in some areas, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

More than 2,000 labour hire workers employed by BHP in Central Queensland will be paid thousands of dollars more, in a major test of the federal government's laws requiring they be paid the same as directly employed workers.

In 1882, drover Wallace Caldwell led the longest sheep drive in Australian history, but his story was almost lost to time.  

Emergency services were called to the blaze in Townsville last week, with officers finding the unit well alight and the fire having spread to a second apartment.