Residents in flood-ravaged parts of northern Queensland have been warned to remain vigilant as three people’s deaths are ...

Three people have died from melioidosis in the Townsville area which follows four deaths from the disease in the Cairns region.

Hundreds of people were displaced and thousands more impacted, especially in working-class areas, as the result of record ...

Mould, flood damage and a potentially deadly disease lurk in the soil in northern Queensland, which also faces a possible ...

Further assistance has been announced for primary producers and rural landholders in the local government areas of Charters ...

North Queensland is recovering from weeks of wet weather that caused record-breaking flooding from Mackay to Cairns, with two ...

Soliders are living in guard rooms in Townsville and troops living on base are being evicted en masse as Army units move into ...

SYDNEY: Authorities in the Australian state of Queensland have reported a fifth death from melioidosis linked to heavy rainfall, reported Xinhua.

Three people have died from the rare soil-borne bacterial disease melioidosis in Townsville following devastating floods in ...

An elderly person has died from the serious infectious disease, melioidosis, that can be contracted from contaminated water, ...

Authorities are concerned about the death toll caused by a disease linked with heavy rain, with the number of cases rising in ...

North Queensland has recorded three more deaths from melioidosis on top of four in the state's far north, while health ...