Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. This week, we hear from TV presenter Matai Smith.

Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. This week, we hear from Red Hot Chilli Pepper herbs and spice store founder and Vicki Taylor.

Tony Abbott's address to the National Press Club today is being seen as a leadership make or break event.

The Labor party is on the brink of a stunning return to power in Queensland just one term after it was crushed by the Liberal National Party.

Think beyond the beaches and you're in for a treat, finds Delaney Mes.

Four Queensland adult stores have been raided after a batch of synthetic cannabis claimed two lives.

A man in Queensland has died and another is critically ill after suspected poisoning from a batch of synthetic cannabis.

Chris Rogers and Shaun Marsh scored half centuries as Australia built a 326-run lead over India after four days of the third test, putting the hosts in position to push for a series-clinching third-straight win.

Eclectic, easy-to-navigate Brisbane is often overlooked in the rush to the Gold Coast, writes Carly Flynn.

Two men wanted in relation to an alleged kidnapping in Queenstown last week have been remanded in custody.

Queensland Reds prop Taniela Tupou - nicknamed Tongan Thor - is set for a season of club rugby rather than Super Rugby, his coach says.

Ewan McDonald is set adrift on memory bliss after a Whitsundays yacht charter holiday.

A Queenstown family was woken by a stranger having a shower in their bathroom, police say.

Anne Gibson hops on board Queensland's new G:link transport system.

A Queensland mother says her daughter has miraculously survived a 17-day ordeal lost in bushland where she lived on creek water, small fish and insects.

Anne Gibson luxuriates on the 12th floor of this stylish Gold Coast hotel.

After meeting the denizens of land and sea at Heron Island, Rod Emmerson does not want to come home again.

Patrice Gaffaney finds an Aussie ecowarrior chef.

A New Zealand woman has fallen to her death in Queensland, Australia.

Eveline Harvey stays at a largely quiet spot alongside a picturesque Queensland river.

Graham Reid goes to a signature pub off the main highway.

Nina Fowler experiences life as a drover across 260km of Australian Outback on the annual Harry Redford Cattle Drive.

The Gold Coast offers plenty of adventures for family members of all ages, writes Donna McIntyre.

A New Zealander has given evidence in the Florida trial of a man who allegedly forced women into becoming high-end prostitutes.

In Brisbane on a Sunday? Take a dip and sip Pimms at a party up high in Fortitude Valley, writes Daniel Richardson.

Australian state governments spent A$17.6 billion on subsidies for mineral and fossil fuel industries over six years, including A$8 billion to help transport coal.