Two mates reopen an assisted living facility in a tiny outback town, allowing residents who had to move to the city for care to come home. 

Horse owners are encouraged to vaccinate their animals against the disease which can be fatal to both horses and, in rare cases, humans.

It's understood the woman lost an arm after the incident at the Darling Downs Zoo near Toowoomba.

Grazier Boyd Webb is running an outback cropping experiment to get him through the next drought, growing sorghum to bury as insurance against the next big dry.  

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.

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.

Once abandoned in an outback Queensland town, the Augathella Spiegeltent is set to hold more than 110 live performances for the sixth annual Wynnum Fringe festival.