Cyclone Alfred is gathering strength and is forecast to be ­elevated to category-3 by Wednesday as it bears down on ...

The disease can become airborne during heavy rain, leading health authorities to urge residents to protect themselves from ...

The system has been growing in strength since last week and is now a category 2. The tropical cyclone is likely to get even ...

The Cairns and Hinterland Health Service has confirmed that five more people have died from melioidosis, bringing the region's death toll to nine. In Townsville the death toll from the soil-borne ...

Picnic Bay is receiving a new architecturally designed public amenities block, replacing the more than 40-year-old structure with a modern and ...

Australian Unions say the cuts would result in 1 in 5 public sector jobs being lost around the country, impacting services from pensions and veterans’ payments, to the operation of regional weather ...

Perth Lynx has a Coffey problem. Townsville import Nia Coffey scorched the Lynx in game one of their semifinal series at the ...

Amid catastrophic floods in Ingham, dialysis patient Sofie Pearson used a jetski, rescue boat, and private helicopter to ...

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is sitting around 970km northeast of Mackay in Queensland and is slowly moving southeast while also intensifying. It is expected to become a category three system on Wednesday ...

Truckies cannot pull over safely on major roads to Townsville, Charters Towers and Clermont, while the state government ...

More flood-affected communities in North Queensland are now eligible for the federal government’s $1000 disaster payment.

A new panel focused on bringing big names to the North has officially joined Townsville Enterprise in hopes of making the ...