Grace Nakamura is a Walkley-nominated journalist based in Meanjin (Brisbane). She joined the ABC in 2022 and has previously worked as a reporter in Logan. Contact her at [email protected]
The Big Red Bash, which injects millions of dollars into the western Queensland economy, has been cancelled for 2025 with organisers saying they are "taking a breather".
Bororen residents were told to "grab the essentials and leave" after a truck carrying chemicals exploded on a nearby highway. They returned to shattered windows, cracked ceilings and broken doors.
Opal miners are concerned about the future of their industry as the Queensland government buys a former cattle property used for mining. With 50 per cent of the region's opals coming from this one property, it's raising alarm bells.
A teachers' union wants these incentives expanded to help deal with crippling teacher shortages in regional schools.
The "entire central west" rallied to support Scott Richards' family in the year after he had a serious accident. However, gaps in disability services in the country mean it hasn't been easy.
What makes a winter sunrise or sunset so stunning? A combination of atmospheric and meteorological factors combine to produce spectacular explosions of light and colour.
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When Melbourne musician Mark McGurgan moved to country Queensland he brought the smooth sound of saxophone with him, and it's given locals a "golden opportunity".
If it happened in the middle of a city "there'd be a national disaster declared" says an outback mayor dealing with constant phone and internet outages.
It is supposed to be peak tourism season, but locals in small outback tourist towns have never seen it so quiet and are worried businesses won't survive.
For country women, buying a new bra isn't as easy as popping down to the shops; many women have never been professionally fitted. But a trailer full of bras trucked to the bush changed that.
Unique species of fish, snails, and crustaceans have existed on this isolated property in Western Queensland since the dinosaur age when it was deep under water as part of the Eromanga Sea.
Tyler Morton taught herself barrel racing from YouTube videos. Through grit and determination, she's now set to pit herself against the world's best in the sport.
As the iconic red desert around Birdsville transforms into a green oasis, Queensland is emerging from a long, difficult drought.
A power station in central west Queensland has received $75 million from the state government to build an additional hydrogen generator.
Birdsville is one of the most remote towns in country Queensland, but it's where Joy Nguyệt chose to spend her working holiday. Seven months later, she is in love with the outback spirit.
The grass isn't usually greener in the desert but Queensland's far west has sprung to life after recent flooding. Locals and tourists agree there's something special about this year.
Melinda Haig says she identified a need for better mental health support in her critically under-served region and decided to do something about it. TAFE figures show that she is not the only one.
Heating and cooling take up 40 per cent of power bills, but turning off the air conditioning isn't an option in parts of the state. Now on the other side of summer, many households are feeling the heat with the increased cost of electricity.
The average maximum temperature in the state was 1.18 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 average, making it the hottest summer since 2020.
The owners of a remote pub in north Queensland are fielding non-stop calls from people across Australia wanting to "pay it forward" to truck drivers affected by the rising cost of living.
While record rain causes havoc in south-east Queensland, it revitalises a part of far west Queensland that rarely sees so much water.
Swarms of native bush rats keen for a quick feed – or a swim – are scurrying into towns in Western Queensland in numbers locals say have not been seen for decades.
Emerging naturally due to pressure from the Great Artesian Basin, bathing in steaming hot springs dates back thousands of years. As the fifth-most popular tourist experience worldwide, could it be the next outback drawcard?
In rural and regional Australia, backpackers provide a seasonal workforce that keeps towns running in busy months, but impending changes to the visa scheme have some operators worried.
Residents want a daily bus service to Longreach, 120 kilometres away, to give their children access to an affordable education in the outback.