North Queensland continues to be battered by heavy rain, with the slow-moving monsoonal trough potentially bringing another 700 millimetres of rain before it dissipates over the weekend.

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Severe flooding in Queensland has forced thousands of people to evacuate, cut power to homes and washed away sections of a vital highway. In Townsville, one of the hardest-hit cities in the region ...

SYDNEY – One person died on Feb 2 in north Queensland amid heavy flooding, regional authorities said, urging thousands of people to move to higher ground due to torrential rains. The Queensland ...

Warmest days on average 43.6 °C at Urandangi Aerodrome Coolest days on average 27.3 °C at Applethorpe Coldest day 22.3 °C at Toowoomba Airport on the 10th Coldest night 10.8 °C at Applethorpe on the ...

Parts of North Queensland have been hit by more than a metre of rain and a key road has crumbled, with warnings residents could be cut off ‘for weeks’. Parts of North Queensland smashed by ...

Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Sarah Scully said in the 24 hours til 9am Tuesday, multiple parts of Queensland recorded 200mm of rain, as well as a further 50mm since 9am. Six hourly ...

Jarrod Bleijie says the federal funding of several Queensland infrastructure projects is at risk, after they were left off a priority list. The Infrastructure Priority List maps out investment ...

Star’s CEO Steve McCann on Friday called on the Queensland and New South Wales governments to offer the group relief on gaming taxes to prevent it entering administration. Star's CEO has ...

Mild, sunny conditions are forecast across southern Queensland after being lashed by wild weather. Storms are predicted for the north of the state with the extreme heatwave conditions easing ...

Commemorative certificates are keepsakes and not official proof of identity documents. They can be purchased at any time, for people of any age who were born or adopted in Queensland. Scroll down to ...