An elderly person has died from the serious infectious disease, melioidosis, that can be contracted from contaminated water, ...

North Queensland has recorded three more deaths from melioidosis on top of four in the state's far north, while health ...

Townsville’s car thieves aren’t backing down, with vehicle thefts creeping up in the first full month under Queensland’s hard ...

Three people have died from the rare soil-borne bacterial disease melioidosis in Townsville following devastating floods in ...

Houses are selling faster in Townsville than any other Queensland region with new data revealing the NQ capital recorded an ...

Hundreds of people were displaced and thousands more impacted, especially in working-class areas, as the result of record ...

Far North Queensland is grappling with a dangerous surge in melioidosis cases - a deadly consequence of extreme wet weather ...

While the Australian Defence Force and Emergency services ability to provide assistance during disaster events is second to ...

Mould, flood damage and a potentially deadly disease lurk in the soil in northern Queensland, which also faces a possible ...

A push to extend hardship grants across Townsville has been met with a cautious response from the federal government, with ...

Flood-damaged rail infrastructure has at last reopened to Townsville, but the section of track on to Cairns remains ...

Three locally acquired cases of dengue fever have been reported in Townsville. Health authorities are on alert after three deaths from melioidosis in North Queensland, including two recorded in ...