Queensland, Australia News

Australian protester who mooned the Queen escapes with a fine... and now he threatens to do the same to Barack Obama Protester flashed the Queen and Prince Philip in Brisbane last October with an Australian flag tucked between his bottom cheeks A barman who 'mooned' the Queen with an Australian flag tucked between the cheeks of his bare bottom ... (more)

IT was a rare find at a Cranbrook home when a Woma python, foreign to Queensland, made its way into a family's garage.

A man was Tuesday slapped with a A$750 fine for flashing his buttocks at Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to Australia last year - and said he would do it again.

Queensland Police will seek to extradite a Balgownie man to Cairns tomorrow over his alleged involvement in a violent street fight in 2009.

THE booming mining industry could mean foreign workers will be flown directly by jumbo jet into outback Queensland as the state scrambles to fill massive job shortages.

JOURNALISTS from Australia and the US are gathering outside a criminal courthouse in Alabama as jury selection begins in the sensational trial of "honeymoon killer" Gabe Watson.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science , Vol. 82, No. 4. , pp. 597-607., doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2009.02.021 Carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition was used to identify the main sources of carbon and describe the main trophic pathways in Deluge Inlet, a near-pristine mangrove estuary in tropical north Queensland, Australia.

THE main suspect in Whitney Houston's death is a drug that is increasingly hooking Americans and Australians, no matter whether they're superstars or people living in poverty.

Maryborough man David James had been missing since falling from a fishing boat in waters between Fraser Island and the mainland on Friday night.

MOTORISTS are being slugged more at the petrol pump because supermarket shopper docket discounts are jacking up the price of fuel, a peak motoring body says.

Waitaki District Council biodiversity co-ordinator Margy Gaynor is looking forward to meeting land-owners and exploring the district.

Usakos, where the women were found, is marked with an 'A' in the map of Namibia above.

Jarrah Young, 27, of Queensland, and Sarah Penberthy, a 22-year-old Brisbane nurse originally from Inverell in NSW, were killed on Wednesday near the city of Usakos.

QUEENSLAND Rural has Stone River Station for private sale. This picturesque property offers lifestyle, cattle breeding and sugarcane production all within 35 minutes of Ingham and 90 minutes from Townsville.

Jake White has his first major headache as Brumbies coach with a worrying shoulder injury to irreplaceable Wallabies rake Stephen Moore creating a hooking crisis.

Katter's Australian Party is the only alternative to two mainstream parties which are owned by mining companies and will sell off Queensland's assets, its leader Bob Katter says.

Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of Community said.About 10 tourists, believed to be from Japan, were on the minibus when the crash happened, the Department of Community said."Four were taken to ... (more)

NORTH Queensland tradies are set to benefit as the state's mining boom promises almost 40,000 new jobs over the next three years.

THE Great Barrier Reef is coming soon to Sunday night TV, and Ewen Bell has followed in the footsteps of BBC filmmakers to preview its charms above and below the water.

Wayne Swan says the latest rate rises shows the banks are out of touch with their customers.