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Thousands of blocks are hitting the market in Queensland's Wide Bay as communities grapple with population growth and changing identities.

Yellow crazy ants are one of the world's worst invasive species and they are spreading on the doorstep to K'gari, prompting calls for biosecurity improvements.

More than a century after hospital ship TSS Maheno was wrecked on the shores of K'gari (Fraser Island), families of its crew have gathered for a special Anzac Day ceremony.  

Losing her dad left Alexis feeling isolated, as few of her friends could relate. But a special camp in Hervey Bay helped her connect with kids who got it.

With a cure for Parkinson's disease remaining elusive, the sport of ping pong is providing relief for people living with pain and fatigue from the condition.

Brett Williams had "2.1 million reasons" not to kill Craig Dunn on the day the sale of his property was to be finalised, when the tenant who made his life a living hell would finally be out of his life.

A Queensland jury has found a Hervey Bay landlord guilty of manslaughter over the death of his 62-year-old tenant Craig Dunn at an industrial building complex.

Despite anecdotal sightings of quolls, months of camera trapping surveys failed to find any evidence of the animals across more than 100,000 hectares of land in Queensland.

Three women in their 20s on tour have been treated for lacerations by paramedics after being bitten by dingoes on the island off the Queensland coast.

A global study finds there is "no environmentally safe level" of four-wheel drive use on beaches, prompting calls to severely limit access.

Experts say infrastructure in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales needs to be built to withstand cyclones. 

After being hit by flash flooding during the week, north Queensland residents are being warned to prepare for more rainfall, while the west of the state could also see a significant rain event. 

Eleven hospital expansions across Queensland and four new builds in Coomera, Toowoomba, Bundaberg and Brisbane will go ahead under the LNP government, despite costs escalating significantly.

As flood-ravaged communities across the east coast of Australia continue to mop up after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, Anthony Albanese visits Hervey Bay, north of Brisbane.

From thriving businesses to "ghost towns", mainland and K'gari (Fraser Island) tourism — worth $900 million to the local economy — faces a bleak Easter after the storm's damaging deluge.

Drone vision shows flooding in Hervey Bay.

Approaching slowly and hitting hard, Cyclone Alfred wreaked havoc across south-east Queensland and northern NSW — and then the recovery began.

Originally from Fiji, Maciu 'Mac' Bolaitamana has lived in Hervey Bay for two years and woke up surprised to see water up to his neighbours doorsteps.

Hervey Bay was hit by torrential rain, with people requiring rescue on flooded streets.

Army veteran Mathew Whitbread, 49, was fit and healthy when he contracted melioidosis while mud crabbing in north Queensland. It nearly killed him.