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'Daunting shortage' of skilled workers looms over giant, renewable energy projects

Outback Queensland is home to the largest potential wind zone in the country, but a lack of infrastructure and a shortage of skilled workers are major roadblocks in reaching national renewable energy targets.

ABC News · May 30, 2023

'Bloody proud': Safe haven welcomes Aussie natives in bid to save species

It's not a quokka or bilby, and there's a reason you've probably never seen a Northern Bettong in the flesh. Here's how Queenslanders are saving the native creature.

ABC News · May 27, 2023

Police find missing woman Rikki Mitchell after eight days in north Queensland bushland

Police say they feared the worst for the mother-of-four, who drank from puddles to survive an eight-day ordeal lost in bushland in north Queensland.

ABC News · May 10, 2023

Homelessness up 22 per cent in Queensland, almost three times the national increase

Hasel Liu is a single father, and one of the thousands of faces of Queensland's drastically deteriorating homelessness crisis.

ABC News · Mar 19, 2023

Erwin and Monique chose an odyssey of healing over the conventional life and they couldn’t be happier

Home for the couple is now a converted horse truck — the front half living quarters, the back half full of feed, tack and saddles.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023

North-west Queensland cattle country responds to good start to wet season, lifting graziers spirits

In 2019, cattle farmer Alistair Anderson was dealing with the "devastating" loss of half his herd. Four years on, the 81-year-old's property is in the best condition he's seen it in more than a decade.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

Homicide detectives probe potential domestic violence link in fatal Ayr house fire

Detectives investigating a fatal house fire in north Queensland say a woman who died had a domestic violence order in place against her partner.

ABC News · Aug 11, 2022

Woman dies in north Queensland hospital after Ayr house fire as crime scene established

Police attended a house in Ayr hours before it erupted into flames, leaving a woman with fatal burns and her partner fighting for life.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022

Bogie shooting victims remembered as murder charges laid

Three members of one family were shot dead by a neighbour over a property dispute, police allege. As the sole survivor recovers, new details have emerged about the day they were killed and their life on the land.

ABC News · Aug 6, 2022

Orpheus Island concert featuring William Barton captivates Australian Festival of Chamber Music

It's a long way from a traditional stage, but the tropical paradise of a north Queensland island provides the perfect backdrop to a unique musical celebration.

ABC News · Aug 4, 2022