While international tourism – mainly visitors from Asia and the US – in Australia had increased by about 7 per cent, backpackers were shifting south.
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Queensland Racing bureaucrat facing fraud charges
Former senior Queensland racing bureaucrat Bill Shuck has briefly faced court over allegations he was involved in the fraudulent awarding of contracts.
Is virtual reality the key to helping people with aerophobia?
A fear of flying makes travelling an ordeal for many people, so a group of Brisbane students hope their idea to use virtual reality headsets on flights will really take off.
Knowledge the key to curing arachnophobia
A spider researcher says arachnophobia is a fear that is unnecessarily passed down to generations and spiders should be a source of fascination, not fear.
Australia Post explores electric vehicles for mail deliveries
The postal services says shifting industry and consumer needs have prompted it look to new technologies to deliver growing online purchases and traditional mail.
Update: Armed robbery, Kedron
Police have charged a man following the investigation of an armed robbery of a hotel in Kedron Monday morning. It will be alleged at 1.25am, a man armed with a knife entered the Gympie Road licenced premises and threatened staff… Read Post
Man, 82, dead after argument in Darling Downs carpark
Police are investigating after an 82-year-old man died at Oakey.
Eddie Mabo among the Queensland Greats of 2017 announced in Brisbane
More than two decades after his death, Eddie Mabo continues to have a profound impact for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and Australia as a whole.
Patients left 'struggling to afford expenses' despite four reviews of subsidy scheme
Overly burdensome, not patient-friendly and slow – that is how Queensland Health’s travel subsidy scheme for sick patients has been described.
Final salute to Brett Forte, a cheeky Queensland hero born to wear blue
The story of Senior Constable Forte’s tragic death was known to many, but mourners at his funeral heard another side to the policeman, and that his heroics began when he was just three.