Queensland, Australia News

A BALLARAT retiree has thanked the good Samaritan who returned his lost wallet and saved an outback holiday for four mates.

Two graphic martial arts books have been released by MMA Judge Aaron Perry from Brisbane, Australia.

A skydiver in his sixties died at Crowley Vale, between Ipswich and Toowoomba in Queensland, after his parachute failed to open.

Syndicated Metals Limited is an Australia-based mineral resource exploration and development company.

Assessing the Short-Term Effects of Heatwaves on Mortality and Morbidity in Brisbane, Australia: Comparison of Case-Crossover and Time Series Analyses Heat-related impacts may have greater public health implications as climate change continues.

Tatum, aged 9 at the time, saw on television that Queen Elizabeth II is visiting Brisbane, Australia.

Australia is one of the countries facing greenhouse effects. The consequences are so immense that the country needs to allocate a bigger budget to develop technology, with focus on clean coal and alternative energy that will help reduce carbon emissions .

THERE'S something about the seedy Thai beachside town of Pattaya that keeps enticing Michael Dorn back - but it's not the sun, sea, sand or sex for which the resort is famous.

Singer/actor Tim McGraw performs live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on September 16, 2010 in Brisbane, Australia.

It is engaged in the exploration, drilling, development and commercialization of oil and natural gas properties.

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with the armed robbery of a taxi driver near Cairns in far north Queensland, as well as other crimes.

The Italian father of four girls, who were abducted by their Australian mother and taken into hiding on the Sunshine Coast, has hit out at accusations against him.

Moira was one of eight Palm Island students from Bwgcolman Community School and St Michael's Catholic School who spent the past week in Melbourne, thanks to the Cathy Freeman Foundation.

The 31-year-old, who was a late pick-up for the Cowboys from English club Bradford before the 2011 season, has proven to be a reliable member of the North Queensland forward pack, playing in 31 of the Cowboys' 36 NRL matches since he came to Townsville.

A CHILL swept across the city yesterday and Townsville rugged up for its coldest day in more than two decades.

Gary Birkett, from Mitchell, north-west of Toowoomba, says the raised line that runs through the town acted as a levee during February's record flood.

AMSA's Thursday Island officer Adrian Davidson was on board ETV Pacific Responder when it was tasked to assist in the stabilisation and subsequent tow of the ID Integrity after it suffered engine failure in the Coral Sea on Friday 18 May.

North Queensland's Barron Falls after a massive deluge hit the state in the last 24 hours.

A MAN armed with a gun held up a pizza store on Charters Towers road late last night, escaping with a sum of cash.

PLANE spotters will have the chance to see the new Boeing Dreamliner on the final leg of its global tour this weekend.