Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

The 64-year-old man has died, and a woman in her 20s is in hospital after becoming trapped in a water tank at a regional Queensland home.

Police will allege Andrew Burow endured a three to four-day ordeal which began after meeting with the accused in August. 

A two-day cultural festival went ahead last weekend on top of a protected bird's nesting site in Queensland after organisers declined an offer of help to relocate it.

Advocates say an outdated funding model and cost shifting has left Queensland councils in a risky financial position, with nowhere left to turn for cash except ratepayers.
 

The federal government will review its quarantine rules after a formal request by the Philippines to import its bananas, but the industry is pushing back.

Our skies will be graced by up to four consecutive supermoons over the next months. Here's why they happen, and how we can end up with multiple supermoons in a row.