Danielle Mahe

5 days ago | abc.net.au | Danielle Mahe

Showers will persist across parts of Queensland before easing on Wednesday. But in north Queensland the unseasonal rain is forecast to continue throughout the week. Showers and a cold snap will return on Friday and into the weekend. South-east Queensland residents can expect a reprieve from the wet and wintry weather later this week before conditions pick up again ahead of the official start of the school holidays.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Danielle Mahe

Leon and Olga Radunz should be enjoying their retirement but instead they're living in fear because their "forever home" in Queensland's Scenic Rim is falling down. In 2004, the couple settled on a secluded 8,000 square metre block of land at Tamborine Mountain because it seemed like the perfect spot. But without realising it, they built their home in an area prone to landslides.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Danielle Mahe

New Zealand citizens who find themselves homeless in Australia are being offered one-way tickets home amid the nation's worsening housing crisis. A small community centre on the Gold Coast said it had helped hundreds of Kiwis with the last-resort flights over the past 15 years. Repatriation was often "the best and only option", according to Nerang Neighbourhood Centre general manager Vicky Rose.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Danielle Mahe |Gabrielle Becerra Mellet

A man has died after a serious crash on the Bruce Highway in Far North Queensland involving a car and a truck. Emergency services were called to the highway at Rungoo, north of Ingham, at about 12:45pm on Sunday afternoon. Initial reports indicate a grey Holden sedan and a Scania G450 prime mover collided. The driver of the car was declared dead at the scene. Paramedics say the truck driver, a man in his 50s from Kullogum, was treated for a knee injury.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Danielle Mahe

Police are investigating a serious crash on the Bruce Highway in far north Queensland involving a car and a truck. Emergency services were called to the the highway in Damper Creek about 12:45pm. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said two patients were assessed at the scene. Paramedics found the driver of the car with life-threatening injuries. The truck driver, a man in his 50s, was treated for a knee injury.