A horrifying number of pets are being left out to cook in sweltering conditions with at least five dying and hundreds suffering severe heat stress.

A number of Queensland towns have smashed previous heat records this weekend but this is getting ridiculous.

Lizard Man Bronson Ellery's terrified ex-girlfriend considered faking her own death to escape him just one month before he brutally murdered her in his Gold Coast apartment.

In just two months almost 23,000 people in this southeast Queensland tourist hot spot have been stung by jellyfish.

Troubled schools: A school where teachers were allegedly given "illegal" payments is one of nine under Government control.

Thrill-seekers dangled at the top of the 119m Giant Drop for five minutes on Friday, just hours after the ride's reopening, but Dreamworld boss says it was a glitch.

A former Whangarei woman has been charged with attempted murder on the Sunshine Coast.

Empty wine bottles, bra and cream-filled condoms led 'humiliated' cleaner to believe his colleagues had had an orgy.

Cherie Howie stays at a Queensland hotel that boasts a huge lagoon pool.

Veteran Aussie Brad Hodges has joined the chorus of disapproval calling Brendon McCullum's ban "a mockery".

Queensland Police have found no evidence a New Zealand man found under an Australian bridge was seriously injured in a "gay hate crime" as his husband alleged.

Gable Tostee has taken to social media to dismiss as 'nonsensical' suggestions of him being recharged over Warriena Wright's balcony death.

Zara and Mike's appearance at the Magic Millions marked their first public appearance together since they announced they had suffered a miscarriage.

Queensland Police haven't found any evidence suggesting third party involvement in the case of a NZ man who was found under an Australian train bridge with serious injuries.

A New Zealand man found under a bridge with a broken neck, back, ribs was allegedly attacked in Australia after rejecting the advances of a married man.

Disturbing images of a massive python strangling and consuming a wallaby whole have emerged. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

A Queensland woman who accidentally ran over her infant son at a funeral south of Brisbane is unlikely to be charged, police say.

Gable Tostee has taken to Facebook to comment on the Queensland coroner reopening the investigation into Warriena Wright's death.

A pregnant Auckland woman is set to become the first Kiwi to have in-utero surgery to reduce the severity of spina bifida in her child.

A British backpacker allegedly kidnapped in Australia has told of the terrifying two hours where she was held captive by a 'mentally unstable' man.

A British backpacker has been rescued from an apparent kidnapping after she sent texts to her father showing her location on Google Maps.

The foster brother of slain Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer has applied for bail.

The theme park reopens today but will it be able to shake off the tragedy that killed four people?

Gold Coast boy was hanging onto a tap at the time the house was struck by lightning, say paramedics.

An unusual phenomenon of intensely bright floating balls has residents in one remote outback town stumped. One expert has an answer.

Gable Tostee says he ended relationship with Kiwi blonde - as he admits they tracked each other on Google Maps and he "didn't object to her getting a boob job".

Queenstown Police are floating the idea of a 24-hour ban on public drinking in the wake of last Saturday's Crate Day chaos in the resort.

The one thing you don't want to happen when you're trying to be a good Samaritan is to make an absolute tit of yourself.

The remains were discovered today in a "plumbing pit" at the back of a property in Brighton in Brisbane's north.

He's had his day in court and been grilled on camera. Now Gable Tostee has volunteered for yet another interrogation.