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'SCHIZOPHRENIA AT ITS WORST'
Psychiatrist Dr Frank Varghese said Thaiday was suffering from an apocalyptic delusional state ... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF AT 'TERMINAL STAGE'
Great Barrier Reef at 'terminal stage' scientists despair at latest coral bleaching data... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS WEEP AS AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF STRUCK AGAIN BY LARGE-SCALE BLEACHING
Scientists weep as Australia's Great Barrier Reef struck again by large-scale bleaching... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN SUMMA SIMMONDS DIES IN BALI AFTER SUSPECTED VODKA BINGE
Indonesian police claim Ms Simmonds, from Cairns in Far North Queensland, had consumed a whole bottle of vodka... READ MORE›
CYCLONE DEBBIE HITS AUSTRALIAN ISLANDS DAMAGING ROOFS, CUTTING POWER
The storm is expected to cross the Queensland coast between Ayr, a town southeast of Townsville, and Mackay in the Mackay-Whitsunday region, near the Whitsunday Islands... READ MORE›
LOVE LOST AFTER AUSSIE TEEN REPTILE STUNT
In a bid to woo Sophie Paterson, Lee de Paauw jumped into Johnstone River at Innisfail in Queensland state early Sunday morning... READ MORE›
AUTHORITIES TO HUNT FOR KILLER CROCODILE AFTER FATAL ATTACK NEAR INNISFAIL
He said the location where Mr Hughes was found has a large crocodile population... READ MORE›
CROCODILE ATTACKS AUSSIE TEEN WHO JUMPED INTO RIVER ON DARE
Lee de Paauw, an 18-year-old from Queensland state, was at a hostel in the northern Queensland town of Innisfail around 2 30 a.m... READ MORE›
BRITISH BACKPACKER 'RAPED AND KEPT CAPTIVE AT LOCATIONS ACROSS QUEENSLAND FOR SEVERAL WEEKS'
British backpacker 'raped and kept captive at locations across Queensland for several weeks'... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Far North Queensland
IMAGES OF NEW BLEACHING ON GREAT BARRIER REEF HEIGHTEN FEARS OF CORAL DEATH
Exclusive Coral bleaching found near Palm Island as unusually warm waters are expected off eastern Australia, with areas hit in last year's event in mortal danger... READ MORE›
THIRSTY SNAKES SLITHER INTO AUSTRALIAN TOILETS AS DRY SEASON BITES
Thirsty snakes are moving into north Queensland homes with two pythons recently found in toilets... READ MORE›
WELCOME TO CROCODILE COUNTRY: THE REMARKABLE COMEBACK OF AUSTRALIA'S JAWS OF THE NORTH
More than a quarter of north Queenslanders supported conserving and protecting crocodiles, and most 52 percent wanted an approach that balanced human safety and crocodile conservation... READ MORE›
GREAT BARRIER REEF: THIRD FATALITY IN A WEEK AS BRITISH TOURIST DIES ON DIVE
A British man has died while diving on the Great Barrier Reef, the third death in three days among visitors to Australia's popular natural tourist attraction... READ MORE›
8 CHILDREN FOUND DEAD IN AUSTRALIAN HOME
Eight children were found dead on Friday inside a home in Manoora, Australia, police said... READ MORE›
SHELBURNE BAY'S WHITE SANDS RETURNED TO WUTHATHI PEOPLE AFTER LAND RIGHTS FIGHT
The lands of the Wuthathi people in Shelburne Bay were formally handed back by the Queensland government in Lockhart River this month... READ MORE›
'ROD, EXCUSE ME': HANSON SAYS CULLETON NEEDS TO EXPLAIN LETTER
Pauline Hanson wants her One Nation senator Rod Culleton to meet her on Wednesday morning to explain a letter he wrote to a Queensland magistrate... READ MORE›
LATE-NIGHT SWIMMER'S REMAINS FOUND INSIDE DEAD ALLIGATOR
Judge Rodney Price told local news channel KFDM that the man had ignored signs about alligators in the water... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF 8 CHILDREN
Police were called to the home in the Cairns suburb of Manoora on Friday morning after receiving a report of a woman with serious injuries... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA ON ALERT FOR POTENTIAL OIL SPILL OFF GREAT BARRIER REEF
Other agencies, AMSA, the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection and Maritime Safety Queensland are also on standby... READ MORE›
GREEN AND INDIGENOUS GROUPS FURIOUS OVER QUEENSLAND'S CARMICHAEL COALMINE LEASE APPROVAL
Conservationists and traditional owners have been floored by Queensland's decision to grant mining leases for Adani's mega-coalmine while two court challenges are unresolved... READ MORE›
BRITISH MAN, 63, DIES SNORKELLING ON AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF AMID SPATE OF TOURIST TRAGEDIES
The latest death occurred while the British man was snorkelling at Moore Reef, a popular spot about 25 miles off Cairns... READ MORE›
CROCODILE SNATCHES AUSTRALIAN WOMAN DURING NIGHT SWIM
Darwin-based crocodile expert Grahame Webb said while most crocodiles were found in rivers, swamps and other protected waterways, open beaches in northern Australia were not safe... READ MORE›
BLEACHING MAY HAVE KILLED HALF THE CORAL ON THE NORTHERN GREAT BARRIER REEF SCIENTISTS SAY
The current bleaching is the third to strike the roughly 1,400-mile-long reef in 18 years and the most extreme scientists have recorded... READ MORE›
FAMILY FOUND AFTER 10 DAYS IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK
Queensland Police Acting Superintendent Mick Bianchi said Van Lonkhuyzen planned to drive to Cairns using an inland route... READ MORE›
DIVING DEATHS RAISE SAFETY QUESTIONS IN AUSTRALIA
Despite six snorkelling or scuba-diving deaths in Australia last week, tourism and certification operators are rejecting a call for a safety review, reports Ben Collins... READ MORE›
BRITISH BACKPACKER IN AUSTRALIA RESCUED AFTER TEXTING LOCATION TO FATHER
Mary Kate Heys, 20, had agreed to ride with a man from their hostel in south-east Queensland to Brisbane... READ MORE›
FEARS FOR PIGGIE THE ECHIDNA, STOLEN FROM GOLD COAST'S CURRUMBIN SANCTUARY
Fears for Piggie the echidna, stolen from Gold Coast's Currumbin sanctuary... READ MORE›
'YOU CAN'T LEGISLATE AGAINST HUMAN STUPIDITY'
A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws off a northeast Australian beach, police said on Monday... READ MORE›
TRUCKIES 'THRILLED' AS PAULINE HANSON JOINS 1860KM CHARITY HAY RUN
Burrumbuttock Hay Runners, organised by NSW farmers, is delivering 4,500 bales of hay and other supplies to drought-stricken farms in central Queensland... READ MORE›
CYCLONE MARCIA: 'SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE' REPORTED IN QUEENSLAND
Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia has weakened slightly to a category 4 system, and is continuing to move south towards Yeppoon and Rockhampton, the bureau said... READ MORE›
THERE'S ANOTHER GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRALIA AND MURRUMU IS TAKING IT TO THE WORLD
The Yidindji nation believes it can correct the error at law of the establishment of Australia without the consent of its First Nations peoples... READ MORE›
PM DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM DUTTON'S 'ILLITERATE' REFUGEE COMMENTS
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has accused Immigration Minister Peter Dutton of insulting Australia's great migrant history... READ MORE›
MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDER OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN
19 Dec 2014 We are considering that suffocation and that's why it's taking a bit of time, detective inspector Bruno Asnicar told reporters earlier Sunday... READ MORE›
SYNTHETIC DRUGS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY AS TESTING FAILS TO KEEP UP
The NSW police are adamant that they will not and do not support basic consumer-end drugs testing kits... READ MORE›
WHALE OFF GOLD COAST NOT MIGALOO
White Whale Research Centre founder Oskar Peterson said the humpback in question wasn't Migaloo as it was too small and too white... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN KILLS 32 MILITANTS IN AMBUSH AFTER SCHOOL MASSACRE
Pakistani military makes ambush in country's north-west days after the massacre on tuesday of 148 people most of them schoolchildren... READ MORE›
MAN SUBMERGED BY AUSTRALIA STORM FOAM IN QUEENSLAND
The massive storm cell that caused havoc on Australia's east coast has generated massive amounts of sea froth at Queensland's Gold Coast... READ MORE›
IRISH TEEN RESCUED FROM AIR VENT AFTER TRYING TO GAIN ENTRY INTO NIGHTCLUB ON AUSTRALIA'S GOLD COAST
The incident is alleged to have happened at a night club in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in Queensland... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN WOMAN FAILS TO RESCUE FRIEND FROM CROCODILE'S JAWS IN BEACH ATTACK
Darwin-based crocodile expert Grahame Webb said while most crocodiles were found in rivers, swamps and other protected waterways, open beaches in northern Australia were not safe... READ MORE›