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 ...

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

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

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

North Queensland is recovering from weeks of wet weather that caused record-breaking flooding from Mackay to Cairns, with two ...

SYDNEY: Authorities in the Australian state of Queensland have reported a fifth death from melioidosis linked to heavy rainfall, reported Xinhua.

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

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

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

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

Another person has died from a disease linked with heavy rain in a flood-hit region that may soon be on cyclone watch. Queensland Health confirmed an elderly person had died of melioidosis in ...