Low lying areas are swamped, millions of people have hours to evacuate and destruction on a mass scale is predicted by scientists who have mapped the worst-case scenarios for how Queensland's coastline would be impacted if a one-in-10,000-year tsunami hit.

Queensland painter Wayne Malkin claims a record for creating the world's smallest painting on the end of a matchstick, but he won't make it into the record books.

The native Queensland seaweed that can stop bovines burping out methane could cut the country's greenhouse emissions by 10 per cent, if it could be farmed on a scale to feed every cow in Australia, researchers say.

State Emergency Service volunteers from across the Sunshine Coast, Gympie and Noosa are continuing to search for a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for 12 days.

A three-year-old girl who drowned in a backyard dam at her family's property on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is being remembered as a happy and bright child.

Search crews looking for 14-year-old Michael Ryan, who disappeared a fortnight ago on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, find a body, with police saying it is believed to be the missing teenager.

Fast rail, a high frequency Metro, and a duplicate M1, are just some of the multi-billion-dollar "fixes" aimed at getting South East Queensland moving again. But is it enough to solve the transport woes?

Residents of Noosa Springs have a close call when a bushfire comes within metres of homes, while fires continue to burn on Bribie Island.

A Sunshine Coast business defends its decision to dump concrete on a beach north of Noosa, as the Department of Environment launches an investigation into the matter.

The friend of a teenage girl recalls her crying and distressed at her father's wake after allegedly being accosted by a man now facing charges of indecent assault and attempted rape.

With dementia rates projected to soar in decades to come, a public pool on the Sunshine Coast is helping people living with the condition to stay healthy and feel included in the community.

Karin Radburnd fought for hours to save her home at Peregian Springs overnight as large flames surrounded the property after a large fire sparked a major ongoing emergency, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.

Police allege two teenagers gathered in bushland on Monday afternoon and deliberately lit the blaze, which gutted one home and tore through Sunshine Coast bushland.

After the death of an e-cigarette user and the hospitalisation of many US teens, Australian health experts fear a "vaping culture" is developing among teenagers.

Building an artificial reef could be the key to stabilising a popular beach at Queensland's Inskip Point that suffers from repeated landslips, a geotechnical expert says.

A delicate rescue operation frees a baby humpback from shark nets off Noosa on the Sunshine Coast with the whale's mother staying close to her calf during the ordeal.

As urban density intensifies in Australia's major cities, renegades are fighting to replace the greenery that has been lost, writes Natalie Vella.

Child abuse victims speak out against the Jehovah's Witnesses organisation, after it failed to opt in to the national redress scheme.

A local politician's stab at finding romance on reality television could backfire, as the Noosa Mayor considers a code of conduct probe into Councillor Jess Glasgow.

A formal investigation begins over the actions of Noosa Shire Councillor Jess Glasgow as a contestant on reality TV dating program The Bachelorette, with comments he made on the dating show described as "crude" and "highly offensive".

Chemical experts warn a Queensland council that a plan to dump millions of litres of PFAS-contaminated water into the sea off the Sunshine Coast as "insanity".

Mark Wadeson was sleeping rough and battling cancer and overzealous council workers now his life is looking up and he's keen to be a voice for the underdogs.

A bushfire that was threatening homes at Peregian on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is brought under control, with firefighters surrounding the blaze to keep it contained.

Dozens of residents from the Peregian Beach area have evacuated.

An annual health check of Queensland's Mary River records E. coli higher than recommended levels at two popular swimming spots.

A Sunshine Coast couple who launched an ambitious campaign to pay for their dream wedding using Queensland's container refund scheme lock in a venue, celebrant and catering all paid for by the initiative.

Two men are committed to stand trial for the alleged murder of Sunshine Coast butcher Bruce Saunders, whose body went through a woodchipper on a rural Queensland property in November 2017.

It has been three weeks since the NT's last COVID-19 diagnosis and this weekend some Northern Territory parks will reopen.

When Professor Anna Ralph's six-year-old daughter starting asking about COVID-19, the infectious diseases specialist decided to write a children's book about finding a cure.

A 23-year-old man is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a 1.8 metre crocodile while fishing in Arnhem Land. Police say he managed to hold onto mangroves until the croc let go.

Researchers say they've found early signs of a positive impact in the NT and health groups want the measure rolled out around the country, but an alcohol lobby group says the research is inconclusive.

From May 15, Territorians will be able to sweat it out at the gym, dine at a restaurants and get their nails done. And from June 5, they can get a tattoo or head to a nightclub.

Defence says it "proactively tested" members for COVID-19 in the Middle East after it was notified a number of locally engaged contractors had tested positive to COVID-19.

Northern Territorians are hitting the roads, pools and sportsgrounds in droves today, for the beginning of one of Australia's largest wind backs of coronavirus restrictions.