After a record late start to the monsoon season, it’s been a busy few weeks across the tropics. Major flooding has just eased ...

A tropical cyclone has intensified to a category two storm and could continue worsening but remains well away from one ...

A rare soil-borne disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in northern Queensland, amid a surge in cases since the start of ...

Cyclone Alfred is gathering strength and is forecast to be ­elevated to category 3 by Wednesday as it bears down on ...

The Cairns and Hinterland Health Service has confirmed that five more people have died from melioidosis, bringing the region's death toll to nine. In Townsville the death toll from the soil-borne ...

Australian Unions say the cuts would result in 1 in 5 public sector jobs being lost around the country, impacting services from pensions and veterans’ payments, to the operation of regional weather ...

Perth Lynx has a Coffey problem. Townsville import Nia Coffey scorched the Lynx in game one of their semifinal series at the ...

Amid catastrophic floods in Ingham, dialysis patient Sofie Pearson used a jetski, rescue boat, and private helicopter to ...

Truckies cannot pull over safely on major roads to Townsville, Charters Towers and Clermont, while the state government ...

More flood-affected communities in North Queensland are now eligible for the federal government’s $1000 disaster payment.