The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide A$8 million ($5 million) to technology firm Licella for a study ...

Queensland, Australia, is experiencing a deadly outbreak of melioidosis, a rare antibiotic-resistant disease caused by ...

The heavy rain and flooding that caused so much damage in north Queensland has now cleared, but in its wake stirs a deadly ...

A new study finds that as temperatures rise, the animals are getting hotter, spending less time diving and putting more ...

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The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) ...

A Queensland beach has been closed after what is thought to be a torpedo washed up on Thursday, sparking a significant ...

A rare soil-borne disease has claimed the lives of 12 people in northern Queensland, amid a surge in cases since the start of ...

Whether it crosses the Queensland coast or curls away from the mainland, Tropical Cyclone Alfred will make its presence felt ...

Seven people have now died from melioidosis in flood-ravaged north Queensland this year. Dozens of cases have been reported ...

Hundreds of people were displaced and thousands more impacted, especially in working-class areas, as the result of record ...

A judge has jailed 14 members of a fringe Australian religious group over the "slow and painful" death of an eight-year-old ...