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A preliminary report suggests hypoxia could be the reason three aerial firefighting crew members, including 22-year-old William Jennings from the US, died when their plane crashed in rural Queensland in November.

Robyn gets her car serviced every year, so she thought she should do the same for her herself. Doctors found a hole in her heart.

A federally-funded Neighbourhood Watch program is offering people in certain parts of the country rebates to improve home security.

A researcher who had cameras stationed throughout a central Queensland national park has captured the devastation of a months-long bushfire and the green shoots of returning life.

Twenty-nine people needed to be evacuated from Warra this week after water from three creeks converged on the south-west Queensland town, with the local mayor now calling for a better monitoring system for overland flows.

Queensland’s state-owned power grid quietly forced almost 170,000 air-conditioners in homes and businesses into low-power mode six times over summer.

Michelle McKenzie realised she was not alone in the waist-deep water that was rising through her Laidley chook pen, counting 16 snakes trying to escape the water around her home.

Damage assessments will be carried out today in parts of southern and south-east Queensland, after days of torrential rain.

Schools and roads closed as flash flooding hit widespread areas of south-east Queensland on Tuesday. Rain eased by late in the afternoon but flooding remained an issue in many areas. 

Emergency alerts have been issued for parts of the state, where residents are witnessing the all-too-familiar sights of flooded businesses, roads and paddocks.

As another school year begins, the ABC speaks to 10 recent high school graduates from all over country Australia about their hopes, dreams and fears for the future. 

Vinnies stores across Queensland have been swamped with unsaleable donations, which the charity says are causing "chaos" for busy volunteers.

From sandbags to generators, this is what you need to know ahead of a tropical cyclone forecast to make landfall in north Queensland between Cardwell and Bowen.

The slow-moving system is still gathering moisture over the Coral Sea, meaning it will bring rain to a broad area once it crosses over land. 

Families who lost their homes in the destructive Tara bushfire in late 2023 have moved into dongas and caravans while they begin the slow process of rebuilding.

Pat Tiernan hung up his track running spikes after the Tokyo Olympics, but now has his eyes firmly on Paris after running Australia's second-fastest marathon of all time.

Singapore-based cotton giant Louis Dreyfus Company is set to acquire 100 per cent of Namoi Cotton shares.

Queensland Premier Steven Miles says the major supermarkets have agreed to participate in the inquiry. It comes after he met with supermarket executives yesterday.

A Toowoomba man will face trial at a yet-to-be-set date in the Supreme Court over an alleged murder in 2022.

The battery network harvests solar energy collected by rooftop panels during the day, and allows homes in the network to use the power at night.

With so much rain falling across Queensland, experts are noticing a rise in mosquito populations, prompting concerns that Ross River virus cases in Queensland could be about to spike.

A 33-year-old man will spend the next three days in jail after refusing to give evidence during a committal hearing into an alleged murder in southern Queensland.

A 2006 referendum called on Toowoomba residents to vote on a purified recycled water scheme.

A woman in her 20s is recovering after being bitten in her bed on a rural property in Queensland by what is thought to have been an eastern brown, the world's second most dangerous snake. 

The population of Parkes has more than tripled for the annual Elvis Presley festival, with fans and impersonators arriving from across the world to shake, rattle and roll.