Push for mandatory hit-run sentencing | Man survives 30m fall | Candidate's anti-Muslim rant

Hit-and-run laws: Let’s put away road cowards

Queensland’s hit-run laws are among the nation’s weakest, with gutless drivers often never serving a day behind bars. But shattered families of victims say enough is enough and want majo...

Man miraculously survives 30m fall

A Queensland man is thanking his lucky stars after he survived a fall down a steep embankment on his ride-on mower in the state’s north this afternoon.

‘I was in a dark place’ Herbert candidate admits to anti-Musl...

LNP candidate for Herbert Phillip Thompson has outed himself as the author of controversial comments on social media in 2012 threatening to harm Muslims.

Joe burns for baggy green Gabba re-call

Joe Burns will not give up on his dreams of a baggy green recall as Australia’s battered Test team faces a shake-up for the upcoming Gabba showdown against Sri Lanka.

Is the era of celebrity chefs over?

Once a dominant force in the culinary landscape, the fortunes and influence of TV-chefs-slash-restaurateurs seem to be on the wane. They cooked their own goose, writes Victoria Hannaford.

How ordering coffee changed Millman’s life

Before his big win against Roger Federer at the US Open in 2018, Queensland ace John Millman was playing club tennis in Germany earning just enough to keep him from returning home. Then came...

The US may be destined for another civil war

November 2020: President Trump has lost the election. He blames voter fraud. He blames ‘deep state’ interference. He refuses to step down … What next?

Hidden Ashes dangers of Sri Lanka series

With the Ashes squad far from the finished product, the two Test series against Sri Lanka shapes as a dangerous affair, not because Australia will lose but because selectors are likely to be...

Deadly disease 'outbreak' slashing wildlife numbers

Rescuers worry a paralysing disease responsible for pelican deaths on Sunshine Coast beaches.

Jazzy Jeff Goldblum is on the record

Jeff Goldblum was promoting the Chris Hemsworth film Thor: Ragnarok when a record executive discovered he was a fine jazz pianist and offered him a deal.