More Queensland children to get in the water with SwimStart program doubling

More Queensland children to get in the water with SwimStart program doubling

The government has announced a $5 billion boost for the program up until June 2025.

  • byJocelyn Garcia

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Tourists urged to keep bookings as North Qld businesses and tours reopen

Tourists urged to keep bookings as North Qld businesses and tours reopen

North Queensland could lose $125 million over December and January if people choose to cancel their holidays following Cyclone Jasper.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Which dog is the most popular in Brisbane? Search for your postcode’s top pooch

Which dog is the most popular in Brisbane? Search for your postcode’s top pooch

The breed of choice for most dog owners in Brisbane is an energetic little ball of muscle. But it’s a different story in the inner city and the western suburbs.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Cairns and Tropical North Queensland
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Cairns

Cairns and Tropical North Queensland

Your guide to where to stay,eat and the must-see highlights. From the world’s oldest rainforest to a buzzing culinary scene and natural highlights galore.

Allana Ferguson’s guide to the Gold Coast’s Currumbin Valley

Allana Ferguson’s guide to the Gold Coast’s Currumbin Valley

When Allana Ferguson had visited the Gold Coast previously,the football player turned commentator had stayed close to the beaches,experienced thrills and spills at the theme parks and sampled many tantalising treats of the buzzing restaurant scene.

  • byKatie Cunningham
Testing times:Drivers might be made to sit refresher road rules exam

Testing times:Drivers might be made to sit refresher road rules exam

“It’s not whether we take your licence off you or not,” the transport minister says.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
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Crime scene declared after man found with gunshot wounds

Crime scene declared after man found with gunshot wounds

Police closed the road during investigations on Saturday after the man was taken to hospital.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
‘Toadzilla’ even bigger than Queensland Museum’s monster attraction

‘Toadzilla’ even bigger than Queensland Museum’s monster attraction

Size does matter. and the giant toad is hoped to be a part of an exhibition of cane toads and used for research to investigate how it got to 2.35 kilograms.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Woman charged with murder of father,daughter who perished in shed fire

Woman charged with murder of father,daughter who perished in shed fire

A woman has been charged with the murder of a groom-to-be and his daughter who perished in a shed fire on December 20.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
Video reveals 10 seconds to tragedy in Sea World helicopter crash

Video reveals 10 seconds to tragedy in Sea World helicopter crash

On an otherwise beautiful day,three passengers can be seen pointing towards the approaching helicopter before they are showered with breaking glass.

  • byCloe Read
English village mourns a ‘friend to everyone’ who died in Sea World crash

English village mourns a ‘friend to everyone’ who died in Sea World crash

The “happy-go-lucky” Brit and his wife are just two crash victims being mourned by loved ones,while two boys continue to fight for their lives.

  • byCloe Read