The number of deaths linked to melioidosis—a soil-transmitted illness—in Queensland, Australia, has risen to 31 this year, as ...

An outbreak of a soil borne disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding has resulted in dozens of deaths in northern Queensland this year.

Melioidosis is rare disease caused by bacteria found in soil and water in northern Australia and Southeast Asia - Anadolu ...

Another person has died from a rare tropical disease in North Queensland, bringing the state's death toll to 31, but doctors ...

Almost 2000 ballots that went missing on election night in the Sydney electorate of Barton have now been recovered at the home of a temporary AEC worker.

Far North Queenslanders sank schooners for a cause recently, with pubs across the region raising thousands for the state’s ...

Insurance claims for damage linked to ex-tropical cyclone Alfred and earlier record flooding in north Queensland have almost ...

Cairns Regional Council is offering free green waste disposal for one week to mark the end of the wet season. Cairns Regional ...

Australian singer Conrad Sewell will return to Townsville for part two of his Firestone 10th Anniversary tour.

On behalf of the New Zealand Māori Council, we extend our deepest condolences to Tamati’s whānau, in particular to our ...