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

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

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

Residents in flood-ravaged parts of northern Queensland have been warned to remain vigilant as three people’s deaths are ...

Authorities are concerned about the death toll caused by a disease linked with heavy rain, with the number of cases rising in ...

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

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

A North Queensland MP has spoken in parliament, pushing for the government to abolish insurance stamp duty to provide relief for those doing it tough with cost-of-living pressures in the wake of the ...

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

This follows serious flooding in Townsville, Ingham, and parts of the Burdekin. Townsville Public Health Unit Director Dr Steven Donohue said investigations haven’t yet confirmed if the cases ...