As the Winton Hotel in outback Queensland changes hands, an accommodation broker says the cost of housing in coastal areas is driving outback pub and hotel sales, as a place to live and do business. 

Barcaldine Shire Council says it is working with affected businesses to keep them in town after ZEN Energy pulled out of plans for a renewable energy industrial precinct.

Nick Dametto, a former Queensland MP, has won 61 per cent of the votes counted, succeeding in his campaign to become Townsville's next mayor. 

Prue and Jamie Rogers were in the path of a savage pair of storms that wreaked havoc in south-east Queensland this month. They are wholly reliant on their solar system, but massive hailstones have left it in ruins.

The charges stemmed from a statewide crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade.

An alternative state high school in Mount Isa, Queensland, celebrates its first batch of graduates.

Qld Young Australian of the Year: A south west youth worker has won the 2026 Queensland's Young Australian of the Year, announced at a ceremony in Brisbane last week. Guwama/Kooma man Jarib Branfield-Bradshaw founded a neighbourhood centre in Cunnamulla to provide a safe space for teenagers. He'll join recipients from the other states and territories for the national awards, to be announced on January 25 in Canberra.
 

Image credit: ABC Western Qld/Hannah Walsh
 

Drug charges: Police have charged two men following a search of a campervan outside Winton on November 7. Police say they uncovered a large quantity of cannabis with an approximate street value of around half a million dollars. The two men, aged 42 and 52, both from New South Wales, were charged with possessing and supplying dangerous drugs. They are due to face court in Emerald.
 

Adavale future discussion: A report has been released outlining four options available for the future of a south west town ravaged by floods earlier this year. Following this year's flood event, Adavale residents petitioned to the Quilpie Shire Council to relocate the town to higher ground. The Queensland government engaged public sector executive Andrew Chesterman to assist the council to better understand several options and the financial considerations of each. Residents are now b