The sister of a man who went missing in the bush near the Queensland/NSW border in April is calling for experienced hikers and trackers to join her desperate search to find him.

Investigations are underway and anyone with dashcam is encouraged to contact police.

A young girl has helped steer her school bus to safety after the driver suffered a suspected heart attack on the Gold Coast.

At this time last year, Queensland had only recorded a few dozen cases. This year, the two states have already topped 10,000.

Students who sit their exams in large indoor spaces with high ceilings, have lower than expected scores, according to new research.

A couple who lost the pension when they won the lottery are wondering if they could have kept both?

World Vision has back-paid more than $6 million to staff after the charity self-reported underpayments to the Fair Work Ombudsman in 2019.

Natalie Frahm, 34, was allegedly shot dead by her neighbour Ryan Geoffrey Cole as she sat in her car in her own driveway with two children aged 11 and 12 in Robb Place in South Mackay on Wednesday afternoon.

She visited a pub with him, and never saw him again. But it's a chilling message from police that rocks her to this day.

A banking code of conduct that would regulate branch closures would help safeguard access to cash for regional communities, according to an expert.

A loophole that allows Queenslanders to cash in on the state's $1000 electricity credit announced by the premier last week will not worsen inflation, the treasurer has insisted.

The role will involve building partnerships between Australia and other countries to deliver smart energy solutions, beginning with an industry delegation to China next month.

The death of a woman in a unit in Brisbane yesterday is not believed to be suspicious.

At least 27 women have been killed, allegedly at the hands of men, in Australia this year, according to data compiled by anti-violence advocates.

A nurse and midwife at South Australia's Lyell McEwin Hospital will work her last shift tomorrow after almost six decades on the job.

A man has died in a fire that tore through a Townsville home overnight, destroying it from the inside out.

BMW is recalling more than 7000 cars due to a defect in the brake system that could extend the vehicles' stopping distance.

Marshall announced the decision this morning, saying 'it is now time for me to make way for new and fresh ideas'.

Australia could be impacted by two cyclones within the next week, with one bearing down on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and another potentially forming off the Queensland coast on Monday.

The 25-year-old South Australian man went missing in the Durham area, on the Queensland border with South Australia, after becoming separated from a friend when their vehicles became bogged.

The worker was killed at BHP's Saraji mine near Dysart in Central Queensland yesterday afternoon.

A child is in hospital in a critical but stable condition after a crocodile attack in Kakadu National Park.

Three members of the Lone Wolf bikie gang have been arrested after an altercation spilled onto a roundabout in Port Kennedy yesterday.

The NPM Group, which stands for National Projects and Maintenance, was a commercial fit out, construction, minor works and maintenance company behind 45,000 projects across six states and territories.

Australia's transition to a cashless society is inevitable and could happen by the end of the decade, an RMIT finance expert has claimed.

The Voice to parliament referendum failed to pass last night, with all states and territories, except for the ACT, producing a majority No vote.

Budget airline VietJet has launched new flights connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Perth and Adelaide.

Postal vote applications for the Voice referendum will open no later than Monday.

Ryan Donald Bayldon-Lumsden, 30, is accused of murdering Robert Lumsden, 58, at the family's Arundel home on August 23.

Period products can pose a significant expense, up to hundreds of dollars a year per person, particularly for those in financial hardship, unstable accommodation, or those escaping domestic and family violence.

Police investigating the suspicious disappearance of Brisbane father Brett Orme say they are following several leads and will expand their search area.

Police investigating the suspicious death of a man whose badly decomposed body was found inside a Gold Coast home earlier this year have identified him as 69-year-old Tomislav Nemes.

The lingering perception of vocational education and training as a "second option" to the "first choice" of university is holding some students back from potentially lucrative and fulfilling careers, an expert on the sector says.

A significant proportion of Australian homes are so inefficient to heat and cool that they are hurting our health, our household budgets, and our chance of reaching our net-zero by 2050 emissions target.

Brisbane's iconic The Myer Centre has been rebranded overnight and retailers are open for business as usual.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 70-year-old Victorian man Keith Lees over the 1997 cold case of Meaghan Louie Rose on the Sunshine Coast.

The yacht was seized by Border Force and federal police officers when it arrived in Townsville from Vanuatu in April and was later revealed to contain the drugs with a street value of more than $61 million.

The girl was last seen by her family on July 22 in Maroochydore, and they don't know where she is now or how she may be travelling around the coast area.

Failing university students will no longer be cut off from HECS, under changes to the system announced today by education minister Jason Clare.

A 32-year-old woman has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of an Aurukun man in Railway Estate on July 12.

Members of parliament from each side of the debate have had four weeks to prepare a clear and concise case for the Australian public as to why they should support or reject the proposed change to the constitution.

Labor will be hoping to claw more ground from the LNP when voters go to the polls for the Fadden by-election on Saturday but both sides believe an upset like Labor's surprise victory in Aston is unlikely.

A man is dead and another has serious injuries after a 4WD and a coal train collided in Bowen in Queensland's Whitsundays region overnight.

Noosa local John Kerr, 87, was found with severe facial injuries and lying face up on a boardwalk path at Noosa Heads on June 18.

The 22-year-old was last seen at the Twisted Arcade bushland party on Saturday, and is not wearing shoes.

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has announced a record surplus of more than $12 billion and offered $1.6 billion in new and expanded concessions to tackle cost-of-living pressures in his 2023-24 budget announced today.

Tuesday's Queensland budget will include $320 million to build an additional 500 social and affordable homes by mid-2025, the premier has revealed, amid the state's deepening housing crisis.

Both were the drivers and sole occupants of their cars at the time.

Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock n Roll, has died aged 83, following a long battle with illness, a spokesperson announced.