An rain gauge that uploads real-time climate data to the internet from remote locations could save farmers time, money and help them keep better records.

Temperatures in parts of NSW are expected to exceed 40 degrees including the outskirts of Sydney.

Farms across North Queensland have suffered stock and crop losses of up to 50 per cent in the wake of unprecedented flooding.

It's been 30 years since the Daintree rainforest was World Heritage-listed, signalling the end of one industry and the birth of another.

The SES is urging northern Queensland residents to be ready as a tropical low starts to bring heavy rain to coastal communities north from Rockhampton.

A Townsville woman's Uber account racks up about $1,500 in fraudulent use across two continents before it is shut down a case that experts warn is indicative of a growing economy in stolen payment details.

South Sydney leaves it late to beat the Cowboys in Townsville, after the Roosters crush the Knights at the SCG and the Raiders get up against Wests Tigers.

When Dave Suter donated the 'innocuous' wartime artefacts he had once used as bookends, he was shocked to learn they were unexploded WWII bombs.

Clive Palmer is admonished by Justice Debra Mullins over another delay in the Queensland Nickel trial, this time because his expert witness is in Brazil.

A former Queensland Nickel worker who complained to the ATO that her entitlement payment from the company had left her with a tax debt calls on other workers to submit complaints in a bid to have the classification changed.

Police drop trespass charges against prominent French journalist Hugo Clement and his film crew, following their arrest while filming anti-Adani protesters at Abbot Point earlier this week.

Prominent French journalist Hugo Clement says his arrest in north Queensland this week will now feature heavily in the documentary he is filming, with the incident sparking a strong international reaction.

Clive Palmer paid just $1 for his Queensland Nickel business seven years before it collapsed over fatal cashflow problems, a liquidator tells a court in Brisbane.

A Townsville woman says she was hit with a $2,000 "robodebt" notice despite a Federal Minister's claim the debt recovery program was suspended in the wake of February's floods.

Townsville resident Bronwyn Creedy says she feels like a "first-world refugee" after six months of living away from her flood-ravaged home, and hundreds of people are in a similar position.

The ancient rituals of some of the more mysterious aspects of Indigenous dance are off-limits to most Australians, but Frenchman Charles Frger has been invited to capture them in a new light.

Fire-weary residents in Queensland's Scenic Rim are being told they need to prepare to leave again, as the Sarabah bushfire rears up for a second time. It's one of 55 fires burning across the state.

Houses intended to keep eligible Queensland teenagers out of the youth detention system are not cost-effective and may not have the desired results, a damning report finds.

The departure of some of north Queensland's best and brightest students is worrying the region's leaders and prompting them to devise a retention solution.

The case against Queensland man Ronald John Toft, who was accused of trying to kidnap a six-year-old girl at an Adelaide caravan park earlier this year, is dropped.

After a sharp rise in complaints at a state-run nursing home facility in north Queensland, health officials move to overhaul the nursing home's management.

A site is chosen for a dam as part of the $300 million Hughenden Irrigation Project in north Queensland, but questions remain about how water licences will be granted.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un orders the removal of all "shabby" facilities at the Mount Kumgang tourist site the current resting place of Townsville's former Barrier Reef Floating Resort.

A Townsville boy, whose mother was murdered by his father, and who has been in court over 26 matters in just five months is denied bail after being linked to a crime spree involving recklessly driven stolen cars.

Witness AAA tells the disability royal commission her daughter was "screamed at" by teachers in Year 1, not given access to the curriculum and did not receive permission forms for excursions and other activities.

Eric Ebatarintja escaped from the prison for the second time after removing his electronic monitoring bracelet. Although his sentence had expired, he was being held on an ongoing basis under the Serious Sex Offenders Act because the court deemed him to be at high risk of reoffending.

Darwin newlyweds Jack and Amy Mildwaters set to put their 'wedding car' through its paces at this year's Finke Desert Race.

Four Northern Territory public service executives are being paid more than $200,000 a year to facilitate a planned gas industry that some experts doubt will ever stack up economically, particularly as terminals for importing gas from "wherever's cheapest" secure approval on the nation's east coast.

A businessman and his pastoralist partners launch court action against Origin Energy over its plan for gas exploration on a Northern Territory cattle station.

An Alice Springs paraplegic man is pulled over by police for using a NDIS-funded wheelchair aid deemed illegal in the Northern Territory.

Aboriginal traditional owners, politicians, and local community members are renewing calls for the Aboriginal flag to fly on Alice Springs's Anzac Hill 365 days a year, after it was raised on Monday morning solely to mark NAIDOC Week.

As the dust settles over the outcome of the controversial running of the iconic race, questions remain over exactly what happened, and who benefitted.

A Northern Territory judge previously sanctioned for "harsh" and "gratuitous" remarks from the bench has criticised other Aboriginal defendants. A legal body says the comments are "clearly offensive" but has not yet decided to make any formal complaint.

The Saints have given interim coach Brett Ratten a winning start by beating the Western Bulldogs at Docklands after the Hawks upset the Cats at the MCG and West Coast beat Melbourne in Alice Springs.

The head of the Australian Law Society says comments by Alice Springs Judge Greg Borchers were "racist because they are disparaging, discriminatory and offensive, insulting and humiliating to Indigenous Australians based solely on their race".

Sprinting into the path of a bucking 600-kilogram bull is not something most people would consider enjoyable, but it is what Cain Burns does for fun.