Julia Andre

As mould covers everything from pantries to pillows to shoes, residents in humid south-east Queensland are urged to monitor for mould-related illness.

Despite not having a rate base and barely any revenue streams, an isolated town is tackling a decades-old housing and infrastructure crisis.

When fly-in fly-out security had little success engaging with Mornington Island’s young people, residents decided to take matters into their own hands.

It’s hoped the arrival of virtual reality in vulnerable, remote communities will give mothers and babies a safer birthing experience while helping to ease the critical shortage of nurses and doctors in the outback.

Residents say they feared for their lives while pedestrians narrowly avoided being hit, police say. Local leaders call for a complete overhaul of the youth justice system.

Mount Isa students say a university centre in the town would enable more people to pursue tertiary degrees without the cost of relocating to study.

Well-known community leader and local Catholic priest Father Mick Lowcock is protesting an application made by The Barkly Hotel to establish a walk-in bottle shop in the Mount Isa CBD.