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After swapping life in the city for sheep and a vegetable garden, the couple is running a thriving gin distillery. Demographers believe more people in their age bracket could make the move to country areas as lower property prices offer more opportunities.

The state's map is littered with dozens of racist terms steeped in a traumatic history. While authorities have made it easier to change these names, advocates say the wheels of government must turn faster.

Queensland's south-east has shivered through its coldest temperatures this year, including some areas that dropped below zero overnight.

Queensland's Luke Hambleton uses men's circles to improve his mental health and become a better husband and dad.

The weekend storms will bring a flood risk for the south, where rivers, creeks and catchments could "respond rapidly" to even moderate rainfall. 

A man has died after his vehicle became submerged in floodwaters at Greenbank, south of Brisbane.

Safety remains a huge issue on the state's farms where a number of people have died this year, including a young man killed in a cattle truck incident last month.

Queensland health experts have been mystified by an "unusual" spike in cases of Q fever, a nasty bacterial disease that has long plagued rural communities.

Severe thunderstorms cause flash flooding at Springfield Lakes as the Bureau of Meteorology warns much of the state faced unsettled weather. 

Blackall has had almost 20 babies born this year, but parents have to travel more than 200 kilometres to a birthing hospital and some women are away from home for up to six weeks. 

Searing heat consumes Queensland amid already parched conditions, but a cool change should bring respite to fire-ravaged communities before the mercury soars again.

The business of selling livestock is bringing more than just animals to saleyards across regional Australia - with tourists keen to experience sale days as well. Hundreds of visitors tour the Roma saleyards in south-west Queensland every week, where retired graziers from across the Maranoa region now volunteer as tour guides.

Saleyards in rural Australia attract a unique kind of visitor, intrigued by the spectacle of livestock sales. And there is no better place to go behind the scenes than at Roma, in outback Queensland.

Rangers say picking up a walking stick during a bush walk may seem harmless but it's causing significant damage to the environment.

Karen Towner was happy living off-grid on a rural property until a ferocious fire ripped through her home, leaving her with nothing but a bag of dirty clothes. 

A sculpture festival in outback Queensland is unearthing hidden talents from surprising sources.

An art trail in outback Queensland is showcasing the work of local talent and includes the sculpture of a full-scale metal saddle bronc rider made from recycled horseshoes.

A second building in a month has gone up in flames in Roma and investigators are treating it as suspected arson.

Many rural and regional towns have haemorrhaged university students for decades, but an expansion of Country Universities Centres, already "going gangbusters" in St George, is about to bolster dozens more towns across Australia.

Murderer Rodney Michael Cherry has served 20 years in jail, but still won't reveal the location of his stepdaughter's body. He killed the teen after killing his wife in central Queensland.

The long road travelled: how these parents get their kids to sport despite the tyranny of distance. 

Emergency crews battled flames 25 metres high at the site of the abandoned, heritage-listed Romavilla Winery in Roma last night, with firefighters only able to save the back part of its main building.

The chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority warns there will be less water available for irrigators and the environment, as he announces the first review of the plan since its inception a decade ago.

The state's maternity system has been under pressure due to staff shortages and recruitment difficulties but the health minister says a $42 million funding injection will reduce the need for pregnant women to travel.

Colin Brett's family led a class action against the federal government's 2011 live export ban. Industry figures say Mr Brett leaves a "tremendous legacy".