Cristy-Lee Macqueen

With the sounds of bombs still ringing in her ears on her arrival in Australia, Ukrainian war refugee Liudmyla Prymakova is finding hope by learning English in north Queensland to better integrate into her new Australian home.

Scores of travellers were left in the lurch earlier this week after Jetstar ushered them off their flight home, put them on a ferry and left them to fend for themselves in a packed-out Queensland tourist town.

This river in the Whitsunday region is known for its high density of large crocodiles, but are they venturing close to nearby tourist hotspots? Scientists are keen to find out.

Lighthouses around Australia have been progressively decommissioned over recent decades, but volunteers in Mackay are determined to restore the final part of this piece of history for future generations before its anniversary.

Young father Zane Warrell has been given a lifeline against “debilitating” bowel disease, as national case numbers rise.

Despite the large distances travelled, more country Australians are buying and driving electric vehicles. So what’s it really like?

For Jenny Scott, the decision to become an organ donor was about giving precious years to her daughter with end-stage kidney disease.

With a number of major music events cancelled this year, some unlikely festival organisers are filling the growing gap.

East German immigrant Peter Jacob arrived in Australia as a 16-year-old dreaming of a better life. He found love in the cane fields of north Queensland and built a timber yacht by hand. More than 40 years later, his boat will be restored by new custodians.

Two women from opposite sides of the globe connect to collaborate on a book about sugar cane that is being shared in classrooms around the world.