A coronial inquest is set to examine whether there were system failures that led to the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs. 

A convicted killer will test the limits of Queensland's 'no body, no parole' law in the High Court, after being denied his freedom because authorities say he won't reveal where they can find the body of his stepdaughter.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is warning more than 200 millimetres could still fall on Townsville, Ingham and surrounds.

An outbreak of the world's deadliest bee parasite, varroa destructor mite, has been found less than 5 kilometres from the Queensland border — the closest detection to date.

Proponents of nuclear energy have launched a campaign to win the hearts and minds of towns promised nuclear facilities if the Coalition wins the next election.

After doctors dismissed Rheanca's pain because they couldn't see where it hurt, she knew people with disability in regional areas needed a space to connect. She is one of Heywire's 2025 Trailblazers winners.

If you think the Australian summer sun feels harsher than a summer in the Northern Hemisphere, you're not wrong. But why that's the case may surprise you.

"One day you're traffic police, one day you're an investigator, the next day you might be chasing cows," says Sergeant Jim Weimar.