Chris Gimblett, who gained fame for barring emus from entering Queensland's Yaraka Hotel, is being mourned after a crash that left his wife critically injured.
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.
Hundreds of claimants seeking compensation are considering an appeal, after the federal court found the 2011 live export ban did not impact export quotas "in any material way".
Queensland's police union president says he has "full confidence" in the officers who shot a 17-year-old girl allegedly armed with a knife in Townsville, the second police shooting in the city this year.
Battling disaster after disaster, outback Queensland has been doing it tough. But one Indigenous tourism business in the Gulf is more determined than ever to showcase its country.
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.
