A zookeeper who applied a makeshift tourniquet has been credited with preventing a tragedy after the attack at Darling Downs Zoo.

Authorities are urging horse owners to vaccinate against the virus but organisers of Queensland’s two biggest equestrian sports — racing and campdrafting — say the latest detection is unlikely to disrupt popular events.

After a career in education, Carol Browne swapped lesson plans for flight plans and says the sky is the limit when chasing a dream, no matter your age.

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. 

With a billion dollars worth of ham and bacon imports pushing Australian pork out of supermarket delis in the past year, the industry wants consumers to push back and demand locally grown.

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.

A cash-strapped Queensland council is slugging its residents with a record rate rise and home owners don't know how they're going to pay for it.