Mackay - 4740

Luke Gilbert is alleged to have approached two police officers with a knife before they shot him dead last October. A coronial inquest is underway that will consider whether police complied with policies and procedures.

A crab-tying champion and a couple on their perpetual honeymoon try to explain why this out-of-the-way Queensland hamlet is paradise.

Departure screens in Mackay and Cairns airports alternate between English and Indigenous place names.

Australian Defence Force Chief of Joint Operations Lieutenant General Greg Bilton says underwater searches for the MRH90 Taipan has found further debris including parts of the cockpit and human remains.

300 homes at Glenden, south-west of Mackay, are at risk of being bulldozed, with the mine company which built the town 40 years ago closing operations.

The court ruling overturns an earlier decision that dismissed a claim from an Australian Sikh woman arguing the ban essentially prevented Sikhs from entering school grounds, which is against the Racial Discrimination Act. 

As a wrecking ball looms over 300 homes in the small town of Glenden, the local mayor is pleading with the state government and rival coal mining companies to save the community.

The weather bureau is forecasting more rain across northern Queensland this week to the dismay of farmers and tourism authorities.

The Australian Marine Conservation Society says the UN decision not to list the reef as 'in danger' reflects the progress governments have made.

UNESCO says the Australian government has taken positive steps to protect the world's largest coral ecosystem, though it still faces significant threats.

Warrant Officer Joseph "Phillip" Laycock, Corporal Alexander Naggs and Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent were three of the four men believed to have died when their army MRH90 Taipan helicopter crashed into the water off north Queensland last week. 

The Great Barrier Reef is likely to avoid being listed as in danger for at least another year as a United Nations body recommends delaying a decision on its World Heritage status.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says the search for four missing personnel following a helicopter crash in the Whitsundays last Friday is now a ‘recovery’ effort.

Activity in Queensland's Whitsundays has changed from search and rescue to a recovery mission, Richard Marles says. 

Police say wreckage found off the Queensland coast appears to be from missing Taipan chopper, but the search continues for its four-person crew.

It is the first time the ACCC has fought a dairy company in court over bargaining power imbalances.

Police have laid out the chain of events they will allege led to a horror triple fatal north of the Sunshine Coast.

Good Samaritan Terry Bishop had been travelling to Brisbane on Friday to attend a family member's wedding. Family members say he was a man who would go out of his way to help anyone.

Healthy hooves are key to a healthy horse. But a lack of training opportunities for farriers across the country could be putting horses at risk.

Vet clinics say they're running out of a vaccine that protects dogs against a lethal disease. Here's what pet and working dog owners need to know.

Germany's army chief says his country wants to send a message it is interested in what is going on in the Indo-Pacific region as his troops take part in a major military exercise for the first time.

Targa Australia says it has been forced to "suspend all future motorsport-based events" in the wake of sweeping rule changes enforced by Motorsport Australia following a horror run of deaths — with one veteran competitor saying it is a "very sad day".

Townsville University Hospital reviewed the cases of hundreds of children who were screened or given cochlear implants at its paediatric audiology department and found clinical standards had not been met in dozens of instances.

The new carrier will cut routes and slash the number of flights to some destinations, saying it wants to improve reliability while citing a lack of "sustainable demand".

Graham Anthony Hanson was attempting to pull into a rest stop on the wrong side of the road when his car ploughed into the car of a family travelling home from Townsville. Stirling Edwards-Bland died at the scene.