Cristy-Lee Macqueen

After crossing paths in Pakistan while on a backpacking adventure, Paul and Roz Willcocks now plan to enjoy their golden years on the same four wheels.

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.

Despite living in a First World country, young students at a small school in Queensland have gone without a basic human right — until now. 

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.

When Kim and Andrew Baker made the selfless decision to donate their teenage son's organs after a bike accident, they had no idea the chain of events his death would trigger.

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.