A young Brisbane uni student signs a deal with a music company to use her cover of the Aussie classic Down Under as the theme for the major TV series Wolf Creek.

The first responders to a fatal speedway crash say Queensland Raceway had broken first aid equipment, ran out of fire extinguishers and were too slow to respond.

Leave your candles at home - this year's Carols By Candlelight event will be a smaller, indoor affair with electric candles and an admission fee, organisers announce.

Primary school students across the country are celebrating children's literature with costume parades, diorama displays and reading activities. But as technology continues to dominate schools and households, how do you get your kids off the screens and into a good picture book?

As Adelaide burlesque group Fafi D'Alour and the Delinquents prepares for a New York tour, their injury list could put a football team to shame.