The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Brisbane based birthing in our community program has released data by researchers at Charles Darwin University.

The Study has shown that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women using the service were 50% less likely to have a premature baby than those accessing standard maternity care in hospital, as well as a 40% increase in breastfeeding.

The Gold Coast City Council has approved the redevelopment of the Old Burleigh Theatre Arcade, despite attempts by Councillor Daphne McDonald to require the developer to reserve at least 1,000 square metres of the ground floor for use as a public arcade or gallery, "to recognise the building's social importance as a place of gathering and entertainment".

Sunshine coast farmers are experimenting with raspberries to grow them in Queensland out of season.

Consumers are increasingly expecting to have fresh fruit all year round which means that a lot of fruit gets imported from overseas.

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa is set to become Samoa's first female Prime minister after a Samoan supreme court ruling.

Ms Mata'afa will become the second female head of government in the Pacific after Hilda Heine became President of the Marshall Islands in 2016.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it "feels significant" for the region.

The body of the unknown Somerton man will be exhumed today from a cemetery in Adelaide with hopes of developing a DNA profile and cracking the 73 year old cold case.

The mysterious man has eluded identification for decades after being found slumped against the seawall at Somerton Beach on December 1, 1948.

A royal commission investigation has revealed Managers at Crown Resorts were misleading and threatening to Victoria's gaming regulator when they tried to get the company to tighten anti-money laundering protocols at its Melbourne casino.

Footage showing a cassowary stalking a group of bushwalkers along a Far North Queensland walking track.

Senior wildlife officer Dinouk Perera, from the Department of Environment and Science, believes that the bird has probably become used to being fed by humans.

MPs from both major parties will be allowed a conscience vote when "historic" proposed voluntary assisted dying laws are debated in Queensland Parliament later this year.

Queensland's critically endangered white-throated snapping turtle is in the process of being brought back from the edge of extinction with the help of volunteers.

The species, native to the Burnett, Mary and Fitzroy River catchments along the central and southern Queensland coasts are having their eggs collected.