A lack of access to health care, geographical isolation, and lower incomes mean rural people are more likely to die from heart diseases, a report released today shows.
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Darwin choreographer gives the gif of movement
Darwin-raised choreographer Matt Cornell has performed around the world, but his latest stage is the smartphone in your hand.
Baby fights for life after face slashed in cot attack; grandmother questioned
Police are questioning the grandmother of a four-month-old boy who was rushed to hospital with critical facial injuries, after the child’s mother allegedly found her standing near his cot with a large knife nearby while he cried in pain.
Deluge at levels not seen since Cyclone Debbie across southern Queensland
The massive downpour across southern Queensland is at levels not seen since Cyclone Debbie hammered the coastline last March, with 370mm falling in the wider Gladstone area.
Man's body found after car swept off flooded Queensland causeway
A man’s body is found after his car was swept off a flooded causeway near Gympie in south-east Queensland as his horrified wife watched on.
Arthritis patients lack critical help with treatment
Max Stoneman is just 23 and lives with chronic arthritis. But in one sense he’s lucky because he can access a rheumatology nurse, something four in five arthritis Australian sufferers can’t.
Steroids for crops? Not quite, but peptides could revolutionise how food is grown
Scientists say the discovery of a group of hormones in plants could revolutionise food production by improving yields.
'It felt like a mini hurricane': Torrential rain soaks Straddie weddings
A bride and groom are forced to make a run for it mid-vows as torrential rain interrupts their beach wedding off Queensland’s coast, while a bamboo hut hosting a 40th birthday bash is destroyed by wind.
Police hunt man who tried to abduct 6yo girl from her Loganlea home
Police are investigating the attempted abduction of a six-year-old girl from her home at Loganlea, south of Brisbane, in the early hours of the morning.
Rare 1950s Braille globe to be digitised for new generation
A project is launched to save an intricate Braille globe invented in Queensland in the 1950s — and share the story of the “fairy godfather of blind children” behind it.