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Senex Energy will build more than 120 new coal seam gas wells in southern Queensland after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek green-lit the project.

Shannara Cindy Dyball, 26, defrauded a Queensland container refund company of about $95,500, under the noses of her bosses for almost a year, the District Court in Toowoomba has heard.

Women in regional Australia are being funnelled into a multi-level marketing scheme promising a "multiple-six-figure business online" — but the "freedom" they seek comes at a cost.

Those looking to build a new home in a state "bursting at the seams" could face higher costs and longer completion times due to a looming shortage of hardwood.

Police say two teenage children, a girl and a boy, were among three people killed after a ute crashed into the rear of the sedan they were travelling in near Dalby on Queensland's Western Downs.

Bruce Lehrmannn has been charged with two counts of rape, with the offences alleged to have occurred in October 2021

The complainant testified via video link from a remote location, with the court ordering Mr Lehrmann be obscured from the woman's view during her evidence.

It's been a year-and-a-half since the charges first came before the courts. Monday will be the first time he has had to appear in person.

There are probably a few things that come to mind when reminiscing about long road trips across Australia between the 1950s and '70s. Things like overheating cars, AM radio and the unmistakable icon of the Golden Fleece. 

Families say they are having to visit up to 10 pharmacies to find a key medication used to treat chest infections, whooping cough, and other respiratory issues in children.

Facing closure, Kay Tommerup saved her family's dairy farm by cutting ties with processors and embracing agritourism. Now she wants to change the future for other small farmers.

From Melbourne to Mumbai, demand for avocado is on the rise in India, creating a big opportunity for Australian farmers who might otherwise dump fruit due to oversupply.

Benjamin James Nunns, 34, claimed he was suffering from paranoid delusions due to an underlying mental illness when he shot Charles Compton in April 2020. A jury has decided otherwise.

Alana Moller taught her three daughters at home through distance education, but if she wanted to return to the classroom she'd have to start at the bottom. She says there needs to be more career opportunities for home tutors.

The success of conserving and breeding one of the world's most endangered animals, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, has seen the species move to a third location for the first time in decades.

Queensland's south-east has shivered through its coldest temperatures this year, including some areas that dropped below zero overnight.

Steven Wheeler, 54, along with his parents Margaret, 81, and Bob Wheeler, 84, were killed when the car they were in collided with a B-double truck.

An 81-year-old woman and two men aged 84 and 54 have died and the truck driver is in hospital after the crash on the D'Aguilar Highway this morning.

Robert William Brown, 75, died after he was pushed over during a robbery in Toowoomba early last year. A 19-year-old will serve at least three-and-half years in jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

Once devoid of insect life, Australian cotton paddocks are now teeming with spiders and other animals as the cotton industry moves further away from pesticide use.

A subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has had its proposal to store carbon in the Great Artesian Basin – which is relied upon by 180,000 people for water – knocked back by the Queensland government.

A court heard the father of three had an "open door policy" for his workers, including when they were in the shower.  

Fijian nationals working in Australian service stations say it's a "blessing" as the hospitality and retail sectors are next in line to recruit staff from Pacific nations.

A survivor of a fundamentalist Christian sect says getting access to the scheme will provide "closure" for what happened to her.

It is alleged a group of six men and eight women, which included her parents, prayed to God to heal eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, rather than seeking medical attention and held a belief that "God would heal".