The former Liberal Party staffer is seeking a full and unredacted copy of a forensic download of the complainant's mobile phone, as lawyers in the case continue wrangling over documents and recordings.

The Lockyer Valley Correctional Centre has opened for business and its first inmates are in their cells.

Workers and growers in the state's peanut industry receive a lifeline, with a major deal struck between Bega and the Crumpton Group.

The long-time nightly newsreader says it was an "instant choice" to leave work as his daughter faced a battle with cancer.

Fred Brophy will sell you a ticket, spin you a yarn and dare you into the ring, but at 73, the outback ringmaster is slowing down.

Fire ant treatments have been suspended on organic farms, and alternatives sought, after baits containing genetically modified soybean oil and corn grit were found to have been unwittingly distributed.

It comes in the wake of anti-immigration rallies held around the country where some blamed "mass migration" for families not being able to afford a home.