Residents in Queensland's remote Gulf of Carpentaria may have to make a six-hour round trip to collect their mail once Burketown's only post office closes in February.

Former Cloncurry councillor John Dane Swalling has been handed a suspended prison term for making fraudulent flood relief claims.

Parts of Queensland will experience temperatures 5 to 7 degrees Celsius above average this week as the state braces for another heatwave.

Hundreds of kilometres from the nearest maternity service, mothers in these remote communities are still getting top-notch care.

An ABC analysis shows a number of people who were shot were allegedly armed with knives or guns during their interactions with police officers. 

Battered barramundi eaten in Australia is unlikely to be Australian wild-caught, instead coming from farms in countries such as Thailand.

If the monsoon does not arrive by January 25, it will be the latest since records began. Farmer Mark Savina, who's seeing good growth in his sugar cane, certainly doesn't mind.

Queensland's most valuable wild-caught fishery is collaborating with conservationists and governments to improve environmental practices and reduce bycatch.