Chris Gimblett, who gained fame for barring emus from entering Queensland's Yaraka Hotel, is being mourned after a crash that also left his wife critically injured.
Two months after being inundated by record flooding, Thargomindah hosts one of the richest quick-shear competitions in Australia, giving the community a break from dealing with the disaster's aftermath.
Kurt Mann is one of the NRL's toughest players and it all goes back to the day he played a rugby league match and ran a cross-country with turmeric powder stuffed up his nose.
The first reported fossilised stomach contents from a sauropod, belonging to a Diamantinasaurusthat lived 95 million years ago, has confirmed a long-held theory of herbivorous behaviour.
More than 20 years after Western Australia mandated seatbelts on all school buses, the rest of the country still allows children to travel unrestrained, often at highway speeds.
One of the only two copper smelters in the country is set to close in outback Queensland in 2030, and experts worry the commodity's production could be taken out of Australia's hands.