Port worker 'suspended' over Shorten question | Are fire ants gaining the upper hand? | Bus company leaves boy, 9, stranded

Worker who put Shorten on spot suspended

A Queensland port worker who tripped up Bill Shorten on Labor’s tax plan for high-income earners has been suspended and forced to find another job. The gutted 49-year-old father-of-three w...

Are we losing the fire ant battle?

The cancellation of a sports day at a prestigious college has thrown a spotlight on the fire ant march across southeast Queensland. But now many property owners say they are fighting a losin...

Bus company lashed for leaving boy 2km frm stop

A Brisbane mother has slammed a school bus company after her 9-year-old boy was left stranded almost 2km from his stop in an unfamiliar area.

Poll bump for Shorten, but 17 per cent still undecided

The latest Newspoll has encouraging results for Labor leader Bill Shorten, but coming in to the final week of the campaign, a significant proportion of Australians say they still don't know ...

Contempt claim over hospital bed crisis

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Health Minister Steven Miles have been accused of contempt of Parliament over statements regarding the cancellation of surgeries during March’s ‘Code Ye...

NAPLAN: All you need to know about this week’s tests

More than a quarter of a million kids across Queensland are preparing for NAPLAN tests this week, with many taking them online for the first time.

The strange injury suffered on Lego Masters

Lego Masters’ Adam “Bilsy” Bilsborough has revealed the very specific injury that comes from daily Lego-building challenges, as Channel 9 renews the hit show for a second season.

Kate stuns at Eurovision opening

Weeks after an infection landed her in hospital, Kate Miller-Heidke has hit the orange carpet in Tel Aviv in style as Eurovision 2019 kicked off.

Defiant Beattie won’t back down

ARLC chairman Peter Beattie is backing the NRL’s no-fault stand down policy and has hit out at suggestions it had failed its first test.

Unwanted Bronco’s confusing start at new club

Kodi Nikorima’s switch to the Warriors was so swift the Kiwi Test half found himself shouting Broncos plays at his new teammates in his side’s courageous defeat of the Dragons.