Jessica Clifford

The crumbling former tourism resort on Great Keppel (Woppa) Island will be one of the first things to be revived under a new master plan for the lush, tropical island.

The body of a 36-year-old man who jumped into the Fitzroy River on Thursday night while allegedly trying to flee police has been found by a member of the public.

BHP has made another move away from coal mining, selling its Blackwater and Daunia mines. The new owner, an Australian company, will take over operations from June next year. 

The three-year-old chimpanzee — whose surrogate mother rushed to his aid and refused to let go — is recovering after being bitten by the deadly snake in his enclosure at Rockhampton Zoo.

A man, 68, is in police custody after a woman was found dead in her retirement village home in central Queensland last week.

Police divers were flown to Rockhampton from Brisbane to retrieve the car from the depths of the Fitzroy River with a crane after it was allegedly stolen from a Victorian family.

Indigenous leaders and local rangers say the lengths people will go to for the perfect photograph at Carnarvon Gorge are disrespectful and unlawful.

The historic former homestead of renowned artist Arthur Boyd was gifted to the Australian public in the 1990s and has operated as a national museum since.

The NSW homicide squad is treating the disappearance of Sydney woman Jessica Zrinski as suspicious as it leads a search of the Hampton State Forest near Jenolan.

Search resumes for 70-year-old fisher swept off rocks near Kiama Blowhole