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More than three decades after Jack Karlson's infamous arrest at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane captured the nation, a film crew is setting out to document his life.

Increasing numbers of visitors to Far North Queensland are learning about traditional culture on country. The Indigenous guides showing them around say it goes to the meaning of reconciliation.

The first extensive study in decades of one of Australia's most unique rivers reveals the rare and endangered species that call it home aren't bouncing back like they should.

House prices have risen dramatically across the Wide Bay region since 2020 but experts say they are still cheaper than homes in Australia's capital cities.

A District Court judge has sentenced one of three teenagers over the torture of a 13-year-old that was filmed and uploaded to social media. Sentencing for one of the girls has been delayed due to her arrest.

These two families were complete strangers until they united in grief visiting the site of a horrific crash that claimed the lives of their loved ones.

The wife and the stepson of two truck drivers killed in a horrific crash at Maryborough say their families will support each other and are "in this together", during a meeting on the roadside where their loved ones died.

Daniel Stuart's family was still clinging to hope he was alive after receiving a dreaded call from police, until they saw online footage of his truck engulfed in flames.

Police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway that killed three people.

A Queensland man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his girlfriend's ex-partner during a "fog of prolific methamphetamine use".

Cooper Millard and Toni Peacock initially pleaded not guilty to murdering Mark Carson, who died in 2021, but today admitted to murder and manslaughter, respectively.

Echidnas are known for laying eggs and eating ants, but it turns out a few have developed a hunger for the eggs of endangered turtles.

Property prices in the Wide Bay region that includes Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, and Maryborough have jumped between 65-75 per cent in the past five years, according to the latest CoreLogic report.

As a cyclone hovers menacingly off the Queensland Coast, the lessons learned five decades ago, again in 2011 and more recently in 2022 may be put to the test.

South-east Queensland has been hit by more than 3.5 million lightning strikes in the past three weeks, compared to just 38,000 strikes at the same time last year.

Police said the 14-year-old boy was water-tubing on the Mary River south of Maryborough when he fell into the water, and failed to resurface. 

Police allege the plaques were taken from gravestones at Sunshine Coast cemeteries in early November and sold to second-hand metal dealers with the names removed.

In this timber facility in Maryborough, 43 employees make more than 800,000 wooden stakes each year. But they aren't just cutting and chopping, these people with disability are learning important skills to use in their future careers.

Kirsten Drier says if she can improve other people's skills and help them out then that's a really good day.

Restoration work on a severely eroded Queensland river is stopping tens of thousands of tonnes of sediment from smothering the Great Barrier Reef.

Thieves order young girl from running, unlocked car in Bundaberg before dumping the vehicle in nearby Thabeban, police say.

Police say investigations are continuing into a two-vehicle crash that involved a stolen car early Monday morning, with a search involving a helicopter failing to find a pair of teenagers who fled the scene.

Police searching for two teenagers with links to a crash involving a stolen vehicle.

Three hot meals a day, food hampers, a shower and a place to rest — simple services are making life easier for those on the streets of Bundaberg.

The stretch of highway between Rockhampton and Mackay makes up about 20 per cent of the Bruce Highway.