Torres Strait residents who evacuated their homes after floods on a far north Queensland island are demanding better defence from flooding.

Oxley’s Network Video will be shutting its doors after eight years. The owner of the store, Brenton Snell said he spent hours consoling customers after announcing on social media that his business will close in March.

Twenty-eight Russian athletes banned from the Olympics for life have had their doping suspensions overturned and their results from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi reinstated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

China is now offering foreign citizens with Chinese ancestry the ability to apply for a special five-year multiple entry visa.

A new initiative by the Victorian Government will see an anti-bullying campaign aimed at children suffering from mental health issues.

Researchers from Victoria, working in conjunction with a team in Japan, have developed a blood test which is able to detect symptoms of Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years in advance.

Volunteer divers have killed almost 47,000 crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef in a record-breaking mission.

Cyclists throughout Queensland are being encouraged to use bike-mounted cameras to record road-rage and dangerous driving, as part of an incentive by advocacy group, Bicycle Queensland.