The Australian sugar cane industry is being told to look beyond biofuels due to the risk of future technologies wiping out demand.
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Forget Grumpy cat, we've got fuming feline and she's looking for her home
The mean demeanour of a three-legged cat found roaming in a suburb north of Brisbane is going viral, with hundreds sharing the fuming feline’s image in the hopes of reuniting her with her family.
Homicide detectives investigate suspicious fatal house fire as neighbour says son had 'lost it'
A neighbour says the son who lived in the house where three people died in a suspicious fire “was out of control”, as homicide detectives continue to investigate the blaze.
SES 'shattered' at loss of mate in suspicious house fire
A man killed along with his son and former partner in a suspicious house fire in Brisbane is remembered for his efforts leading a “heroic” SES team in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.
Cost of kids on feeding tubes under review as parents plead for help
Since Mihali was born seven months ago his parents have spent hundreds of dollars a month on feeding tubes to keep him alive. It’s a cost faced by thousands of parents nationwide, but now Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt is reviewing their plight.
Recycling will be dumped by councils nationwide as costs blowout, experts predict
Councils across Australia will follow the city of Ipswich in scrapping their recycling programs because ratepayers won’t cop higher rates as the cost continues to rise, the Local Government Association of Queensland warns.
Corruption watchdog hits former Ipswich council CEO and wife with more charges
Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission levels more charges against former Ipswich City Council CEO Carl Wulff and his wife Sharon Oxenbridge, alleging they received 20 corrupt payments in 2012 and 2013.
Infrastructure funding goalposts changed to 'get things moving' in north
The Federal Government loosens the strings attached to its multibillion loans facility for northern Australia, scrapping a requirement for half the cost of projects to be funded privately.
Fraser Island gets its first Indigenous rangers
Fraser Island will have Indigenous rangers for the first time, with State Government announcing it will pay the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation to staff the positions.
More than 200,000 Queenslanders' recycling will go straight to the tip
The Ipswich City Council says China’s import ban on recycling and the rising level of contaminated rubbish in yellow bins means it’s too costly to recycle properly, so all its recycling will go straight to landfill.