• State Strengthens Ties with Remote Councils
  • Updated Flood Studies to Lower Insurance Bills
  • 290 Honoured for Bravery at Wieambilla Awards Ceremony
  • Albanese Sensitive on One Tax Reform
  • Ukraine Hitting Oil Facilities Deep Inside Russia
Stockman's Hall of Fame to Receive Major Tourism Upgrade

The Queensland Government has announced a $1 million investment to support a major new tourism development at the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, aimed at strengthening the future of Outback tourism. The funding will go towards the Outback Tourism EcoLink Project.

Truck Driver Killed in Fiery Crash on Toowoomba Bypass

Police are investigating a fatal truck crash on the Toowoomba Bypass in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Emergency services were called to the eastbound lanes of the bypass about 12:15am on 29 April after reports two trucks had collided, with one vehicle catching fire.

$30 million fund to accelerate AgTech innovation across Queensland

The Queensland Government has launched a $30 million investment aimed at fast-tracking innovation and technology development across the state's agriculture sector, delivering on a key election commitment. The newly established Sowing the Seeds of Farming Innovation Fund is Queensland's first dedicated agricultural innovation fund.

Spirit Airlines goes out of business after 34 years, ending operations immediately

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Spirit Airlines, an impish upstart that shook the industry with its irreverent ads and deep discount fares, announced Saturday that it has gone out of business after 34 years. The ultralow cost airline that once operated hundreds of daily flights  said it had “started an orderly wind-down of our operations.

In the PR battle for AI data centers, tech giants got a blue-collar ally

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Building trades unions – long fashioned as the voice of the American worker – are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial intelligence economy.

Crowd shrinks as Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO leads AGM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The folksy wisdom and jokes that were a staple of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting for decades when Warren Buffett led the show was mostly replaced Saturday with detailed business discussions led by new CEO Greg Abel.

Ukraine is hitting oil facilities deep inside Russia. Soaring fuel prices could blunt the impact

Ukrainian drones are flying deep into Russia to strike oil facilities, sending up plumes of smoke that can be seen from space and bringing toxic rain to tourist destinations on the Black Sea. The attacks are aimed at slashing Moscow’s oil exports, a key source of funding for its grinding invasion of Ukraine.

Troop withdrawal announcement adds to friction between Europe and Trump

BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s defense minister on Saturday appeared to take in stride a Pentagon announcement that the United States plans to pull some 5,000 troops out of the country, President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to reduce America’s commitment to European security.

Drone kills 2 in Kherson minibus strike, as Russia claims front-line progress

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Two people were killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said Saturday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas, a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.