More than 80 per cent of pandanus trees around Agnes Water and 1770 in central Queensland have died as a result of the leafhopper pest. 

 An estimated 10,000 trees have been destroyed, leading to beach erosion and impacts on local wildlife. 

Joel Fostin, a pandanus dieback specialist, is calling on the Queensland Government to allocate funding for pest and weed management to help save the remaining pandanus. 

An experienced Queensland hiker who smashed his leg after falling down a waterfall has shared his story of survival.

Neil Parker set off for a hike on Sunday, but didn't tell anyone he was going, despite his years of experience.

When he didn't show up to work on Monday, his ex-wife raised the alarm and a search was initiated. 

The 54-year-old fractured his leg and wrist in the six-metre fall on Sunday while walking alone along what is usually a three-hour trail at Cabbage Tree Creek on Mt Nebo, northwest of Brisbane.

An endangered language, spoken only by Indigenous people in Logan’s South and the Gold Coast Hinterland, took centre stage in Parliament House - Canberra last week, as efforts grow to save endangered Aboriginal languages. 

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Mascot, Borobi, joined Chief Executive of the Yugambeh Museum, Rory O’Connor, to present a book explaining the Yugambeh language to the Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and US President Donald Trump will open a new paper mill for billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt.

Donald Trump's titanium man and Australia's cardboard king will move the celebration of the US-Australian alliance to America's midwest today.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison - who the US president dubbed a "man of titanium" when they met at the White House - will join Mr Trump to open billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt's newest factory in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

The World Health Organisation has suggested Tanzania may be keeping its emerging Ebola crisis secret, even as the region struggles to contain an already declared outbreak. 

The WHO reports a woman who had been diagnosed with the disease, died on the 8thof September, and two further cases have been identified, but the limited available information from Tanzanian authorities represents a challenge for medical responders. 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for the United States to cease patrol of the Persian Gulf, claiming that the removal and distancing of Western powers would increase security for the region.

The US has continued to maintain a presence with allied Arab nations- tens of thousands of military troops stationed at the location, as the Persian Gulf has long been perceived as crucial to national security due to the energy exports such as a fifth of the world's oil trade, passing through the region.

Transport Minister Mark Bailey has expressed that he is still awaiting the City Council's reports on a proposal for an underground metro station in South Brisbane.

The Brisbane City Council has reported that they have not yet finalised a tender with interested bidders, operating under the concern that the proposal to move the Brisbane Metro station from the Cultural Centre to a location under the Exhibition Centre would cause route delays and overblow the original budget by over $300 million dollars.

A sinkhole opened up on a beach at Inskip Point on the Sunshine Coast yesterday morning- marking the second to appear at this popular camping area. 

This comes on the second day of the school holidays, as a crowd of approximately 30 onlookers formed to marvel at the sight.

Brisbane resident Chris Fry was one of the first to notice the sand giving away as she was in the middle of capturing drone footage for her social media accounts when she began to notice blocks of beach sand falling into the ocean.