Queensland, Australia News

I've taught kindergarden to secondary to business professionals to wealthy housewives In South Korea, Japan and Thailand, where I trained Kumon teachers: taught in inner city impoverished zones.

A 38-YEAR-OLD woman has been charged in relation to the suspicious death of a man in north-west Queensland.

The Australian economy may be improving, but experts say the worst is yet to come for Queensland developers who have been particularly hard hit by the financial crisis.

ALMOST 80,000 Queensland state schools have been listed as confirmed or presumed asbestos sites on a government online register made available today.

Australia will pay tribute to the men and women who served in Iraq with a national parade in Canberra on Saturday.

Family and friends of Cameron Doomadgee will gather on Palm Island on Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of his death in police custody.

EAST Queensland residents won't get an easing of water restrictions on December 1. The Government will today unveil a 50-year strategy to shore up the water supply for the state's fast-growing southeast corner.

ALL but one patient treated at the Bundaberg Hospital dental health clinic have returned a negative result for blood-borne viruses.

After writing two emotional books about cancer and a girl who survived horrific accidents, author Sally Collings needed a break, so she asked children for their advice.

A 16-year-old boy has died in a workplace accident from an apparent electric shock.

Rents on houses and apartments climbed nationwide throughout the year, even as low interest rates and the Federal First Home Buyers Grant boost lured more people into home ownership, a report shows.

From the YouTube description: "I recorded this from the Greyhound bus on our way from Airlie Beach to Hervey Bay, believe it was close to Rockhampton.

A QUEENSLAND teenager has been charged with the sexual assault of four women over a three-month period.

LEO Pharma A/S of Denmark closed its $287.5 million cash acquisition of Peplin Inc.

THE captain of the Pacific Adventurer cargo vessel that spilled more than 270,000 litres of oil off the south Queensland coast, will face a committal hearing in May.

However, the charges laid against a Cairns couple for procuring an abortion in April, and the recent refusal of some doctors to perform abortions in Queensland for fear of legal repercussions, shed light on the real situation.

A man has died in a single vehicle smash in Brisbane's south, while a 21-year-old died when the car he was a passenger in hit a tree, police say.

The Australian Government has launched a national initiative - Home for Dinner: Australian families offering hospitality to Indian students.

A man wearing a T-shirt featuring legendary Australian rock 'n' roll band AC/DC is being sought by police over an alleged sexual assault.

QUEENSLAND children are more likely to die from accident or injury than those in other states, with many such deaths occurring among children known to protection authorities.