Brisbane, Australia News

The Australian state of Queensland is in the grip of its most widespread drought ever, with close to 80 per cent of its territory parched after a failed wet season, officials said on Friday.

Apple , slammed in 2013 for its tax avoidance strategies , was the subject of an Australian Financial Review investigation on Thursday.

BREAKING: The husband of missing woman Novy Chardon has flown back to Australia, as police unearth a vehicle tied to the case.

BREAKING: The husband of missing woman Novy Chardon has flown back to Australia, as police unearth a vehicle tied to the case.

Al Jazeera producer Baher Mohamed, left, and correspondent Peter Greste, center, stand inside the defendants' cage in a courtroom during their trial on terror charges, along with several other defendants, in Cairo Egypt, Wednesday, March 5, 2014.

Hyatt Hotels Corporation, PRISA Group and McConnell Valdes Consulting have announced the opening of Hyatt Place Manat in Manat, Puerto Rico.

QUEENSLAND Treasurer Tim Nicholls is about to embark on a 'listening tour' during which potential asset sales will be discussed - but you're not invited.

After years of futility in his first six NHL seasons with the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers, the star goaltender found a home - and the playoffs - in Vancouver.

SOME of Queensland's exclusive GPS schools were regularly outperformed by state schools with students from similar backgrounds on the NAPLAN tests last year.

TONY Abbott's plan to scrap foreign ownership limits on Qantas appears destined to fail, with key crossbench Senators refusing to support it.

The young, old, pregnant and sick have been told to evacuate Morwell, a town in Victoria, Australia, as a fire in a coal mine burns for its fourth week.

The fertile soil of Queensland's Lockyer Valley seems an unlikely training ground for a future world heavyweight boxing champion.

A brazen and bloody machete attack at a Chinese railway station could herald an ominous change in the violence Beijing blames on separatists from Xinjiang, analysts say, threatening more incidents far beyond the restive region.

THEY'RE bright, young and talented. But as the number of people on benefits reaches a 15-year high, these Aussies just can't find work.

Singer Celine Dion performs on stage at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre on March 31, 2008 in Brisbane, Australia.

In honor of the award winning blockbuster "Gravity," which took home multiple Oscars at the 86th annual Academy Awards this week, NASA compiled this real-life collection of incredible images of space missions.

On the back of the release of horror film Wolf Creek 2, comes a tale that taps into the zeitgeist and reinforces fears about serial killers on the loose.

The Queen has given special permission for two heirs to the throne to travel to Australia on the same plane so Prince William and Kate can bring baby George on their three-week tour Down Under.

THERE were plenty of happy punters as Brisbane laid on a perfect day for the Future Music Festival at the RNA Showground.

Think again. CASHED-UP foreign buyers are increasingly snapping up homes, helping to push the great Aussie dream of homeownership further out of reach.