Top news stories, features and analysis filed by the ABC's network of journalists around the state.
Several thousand residents forced to abandon their homes in St George are anxiously waiting to see if the town's levees will hold up against a record flood.
Opening the floodgates?The Queensland Government is facing a potential class action worth hundreds of millions of dollars over last year's floods in south-east Queensland.
Queensland floods inquiryAn engineer has told Queensland's floods inquiry that poor English is to blame for discrepancies in evidence about how Wivenhoe Dam was operated last summer. (video)
In pictures
Record floods swamp communities in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Malaria mortality
Malaria kills twice as many people a year as previously thought, new research suggests.
Common bond
A new report reveals people who have lived through a natural disaster have a strengthened sense of community.
Wobbly numbers
Reports that jellyfish are taking over the world's oceans and turning them into slime have been exaggerated.
From mining to media
Clive Palmer may follow in Gina Rinehart's footsteps by buying a significant stake in Australian media companies.
Pet tech
The RSPCA wants cats kept indoors and says an IT application it has developed keeps them from getting bored.
In their words
A year after Yasi roared ashore and unleashed havoc in north Queensland, residents reflect on the disaster.
Queensland Votes
Antony Green sets out everything you need to know about the election landscape in Queensland.
News tips
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