The Queensland Government hands Dreamworld's parent company a $70 million funding boost to reopen after the pandemic forced them to close their doors for several months.

"We always want the world to stop and pause for different problems, but it keeps going, so you've just got to keep going and try and look at things as positive as you can."

The trucking of oversize loads along the Great Western Highway is expected to take several months but planners aim to keep traffic disruptions to a minimum.

Record high gold prices and closed borders spark a boom in gold prospecting in Western Australia's Goldfields region, and metal detectors are flying off shelves around the state.

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Carnarvon has been devastated by the silting up of its main waterway for years; now, the State Government will pay for a permanent fix as part of its pandemic recovery plan.

New evidence of a platypus population emerges amid a development boom on the city's urban fringe.

While many Australians provide their phone number and email address when booking domestic flights, not everybody does, but now the Government wants airlines to ensure contact tracers are able to access the information they need.

China's foreign ministry says Australia is "purposely setting up obstacles" to make it harder for Chinese companies to invest.

A limit of 4,000 spectators per day at this year’s Great Race is expected to have a "huge effect" on local businesses.