Herding Bob Katter is not an easy task for his long-suffering but loyal staff, who battle to keep him on message. But when he wanders, it can turn into viral gold.

North Queensland towns sweating on benefits from a $13.9 billion transmission line say they need certainty in the face of major changes and delays.

Travelling along a dusty road in north-west Queensland, a strange sight caught Finn Cain's attention. A drink can was running across the road ahead.

Steven Hall says the floods in western Queensland have wiped out most of his flock and destroyed 19 kilometres of fencing.

With an upstream gauge out of action, Thargomindah had no way of knowing how much destruction a torrent of floodwaters would have on the outback community. One local, who witnessed the levee break, says that's not good enough.

People leaving fish and pig carcasses at boat ramps along a crocodile-infested river in Queensland are being warned they are putting lives at risk.

Melioidosis claims the life of another Queensland Health patient in the Townsville region as a microbiologist warns floodwater is pushing dangerous bacteria to the soil's surface.

The deluge which battered south-west Queensland is now draining downhill to a catchment area five times the size of the UK.