Picture a couple thrust upon a remote beach, the wreckage of their ship just offshore and a pedal organ among the treasured possessions around them. The heavily pregnant woman is in labour and gives birth on the beach. No, it's not a Hollywood movie script.

THE state’s information commissioner has rejected a bid by Ipswich City Council to bypass privacy laws and publish the names of former councillors alongside their expenses. It is a blow for Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding, who is wanting to expose more …

Huge areas of the east are already sodden with warnings of flash flooding in place for parts of central Queensland.

Friends of a man allegedly murdered by his mother have told a court of the strange arrangement he or other family members would have to accompany his sister whenever she wanted to go out.

It seems a lot of trouble to pull apart an 1890s Adelaide gatehouse brick by brick before re-erecting it about half a kilometre away, but according to a cathedral stonemason, it will be easier than it sounds.

Air New Zealand has announced that chief digital officer Jennifer Sepull will be leaving the airline this week after two years in the role.

Australia will request a million AstraZeneca doses meant for use onshore be diverted to Papua New Guinea, as the island nation deals with an out-of-control second COVID-19 wave.

Prince Charles is "thrilled" his father, Prince Philip, has returned home after spending a month hospitalised. During a visit to a pop-up vaccination centre in London on Tuesday, the Prince of Wales reacted to the news.

Accor has expanded its luxury reach in Egypt with the opening of the Rixos Premium Magawish Suites & Villas on the Red Sea Coast.

It’s the first time in almost 60 years that an archaeological excavation has uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll.