A homicide investigation is under way after a woman's body was found in Melbourne's Inner City. Blood cancer is set to become Australia's most common and deadly cancer with the number of cases expected to double within a decade. Almost a metre of rain has fallen in some parts of Far North Queensland but residents are being told to brace for more.

There are multiple weather warnings current for Northeast Queensland as a tropical low crosses the coast bringing intense rainfall and damaging winds to parts of the state.

"Baking heat" from Western Australia's north is forecast to spread into south-eastern Australia this weekend, with "severe" heatwave warnings in place across several major capitals. Meanwhile, northern Queensland residents are being told to brace for "intensely heavy rainfall" and "potentially life-threatening flash flooding",

A man has been arrested following a 10-hour-long siege on the Sunshine Coast. A man has been arrested following a 10-hour-long siege on the Sunshine Coast. A large crop-spraying drone crashed into power lines sparking a grass fire near Mount Compass.

Rain is likely to affect areas from Mackay through to Cairns in a weather pattern that brings rain day after day, while southeastern Australia endures a lengthy spell of extreme heat from this weekend. Low pressure is developing off northeast Queensland that should persist for the rest of the week and across the weekend.

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It may currently be the middle of summer but the Queensland winter carnival is already shaping up as one of the best yet, with a galaxy of stars set to make the trek north.

State of Origin 2025: Queensland legend Greg Inglis appointed assistant coach of Maroons women’s team Inglis has been appointed as an assistant to Queensland women’s coach Tahnee Norris for this year’s women’s State of Origin series.

A primary school principal in Melbourne's south-east has been charged with possession of child abuse material.

The scheme would reportedly cost the federal government around $8.1 billion dollars over the forward estimates.

The Australian Greens have launched a plan to deliver 50 cent public transport fares across the country, taking the Queensland experience national, in a bid to tackle the skyrocketing cost-of-living and save households thousands.

Following last year's three captaincy changes at Canterbury, Melbourne and North Queensland, there are more changes afoot in the NRL ahead of the 2025 campaign. Ben Hunt and Clint Gutherson have left St George Illawarra and Parramatta,