The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide A$8 million ($5 million) to technology firm Licella for a study ...

Queensland, Australia, is experiencing a deadly outbreak of melioidosis, a rare antibiotic-resistant disease caused by ...

The heavy rain and flooding that caused so much damage in north Queensland has now cleared, but in its wake stirs a deadly ...

An exclusion zone has been set up after a "suspicious device" washed onto a beach. Queensland Police were made aware of an ...

The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) ...

Queensland, in northeastern Australia, experienced heavy flooding after storms dumped more than 1.5 metres (59 inches) of ...

A rare soil-borne disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in northern Queensland, amid a surge in cases since the start of ...

A highly unpredictable tropical cyclone is set to “intensify” to a category three system on Wednesday night, as it creeps closer toward central and southern Queensland.

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported ...

A judge has jailed 14 members of a fringe Australian religious group over the "slow and painful" death of an eight-year-old ...

The Outback Queensland Masters is set for a spectacular finale over six consecutive weekends in June and July.