PRIME Minster Kevin Rudd's "working families" Budget has failed to impress many of its targets, an opinion survey has found.

A CONVICTED pedophile priest found singing in a church choir with children three months after he was released from jail has been directed to stand down by his diocese.

QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh will today unveil the preferred bidder for Australia's biggest public-private partnership.

A FIRE in Melbourne's tallest building has been contained.

REPORTS that the toxic herbicide Agent Orange was secretly tested near the Queensland town of Innisfail more than 40 years ago must not be covered up, local authorities said today.

Husband killed by boom Woman rescued after hours with body Airlifted to Hervey Bay

Martin Honda’s Marc de Reuver put in another astonishing performance after his fifth overall in Bulgaria last week; the Dutchman took his first pole of the season at Mantova, Italy, marking also th...

Port Macquarie’s Chris Hollis and Victoria’s Peter Boyle will be the men to beat at the next Yamaha Australian Off-Road Championship after blitzing the field by more than 40 seconds today at Cono...

A beautiful day greeted us out back country this morning though a little colder than what these two Aussie doctors are used to. In all they guys hooked 7 trout today and landed 4 of which one was over 8

Met John and Pete this morning from Australia at Spot X Lodge for the first of 3 days guided fly fishing in New Zealand's central North Island with me. We travelled just a short distance from the lodge and were

THE rate of cancer deaths in a north Queensland town where the army tested chemical weapons at the start of the Vietnam War are 10 times the state average.

TEACHERS have been accused of creating raunchy dance routines for young girls in a bid to beat rival schools at Queensland eisteddfod contests.

A MAN has been charged with attempted murder following a five-hour siege at a house in Brisbane's southside.

CONCERNS that cancer deaths are higher in a north Queensland town where the army tested chemical weapons at the start of the Vietnam War will be investigated by the State Government, Premier Anna Bligh says.

SOME Australia Zoo staff have been forced to work for substandard wages and without even lunch or toilet breaks, The Sunday Mail can reveal.

AUTHORITIES are attempting to rescue a yacht stranded off the southern Queensland after the skipper was reportedly killed in an accident this morning.

QUEENSLAND'S struggling Department of Justice and Attorney-General has been given no promise of a funding reprieve in the upcoming State Budget.

THE RSPCA is to get a new home at the former John Oxley Youth Detention Centre in Brisbane's west.

A NIGHTCLUB security officer is in hospital after being stabbed on the Sunshine Coast early this morning.

QUEENSLAND'S former premier and confessed "media-tart" Peter Beattie would not be as free to talk to journalists in his new job as the state's US trade commissioner, his successor said today.