Australia's newest luxury hotel will officially throw its doors open next Wednesday.

Graham Reid enters a long-ago art world.

With 17 days to go until the start of the World Cup, and 42 days for the tournament to run, ticket sales are still $30.5 million short of the $268m target. NZ will still lose $39m if all the tickets are sold.

Daniel Morcombe was 13 when he disappeared from a Queensland bus stop nearly eight years ago, sparking the state's biggest police investigation. This week a murder suspect was charged. Daniel's parents tell how they have coped.

Paul Rush takes a swim down the main street of a fishy metropolis.

Code-crosser Will Chambers will jump back to rugby league, and likely return to the Melbourne Storm, after being released by the Queensland Reds.

Anne Gibson experiences a Queensland wellness retreat that teaches healthy living.

Shane van Gisbergen and Scott Dixon are preparing an all-Kiwi assault on the unforgiving Surfers Paradise circuit.

Spoil yourself and book into one of the best spas in Australia and Asia.

Wests Tigers snapped a three-match NRL losing streak with a comprehensive 38-18 win over North Queensland.

Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

The NRL's Match Review Committee will initiate defamation proceedings against Mal Meninga and Queensland Newspapers.

There's always something happening on this island beauty in the Whitsunday chain.

The story of a stroke victim who revives for a short time after being given a sleeping pill has baffled medical experts.