The Australian Banana Growers' Council says more than five million bananas are eaten every day in Australia. Chairman Leon Collins, who farms near Tully, said major retailers were offering bananas at ...

The long-awaited monsoon looks to officially kick in this weekend over northern Australia, helping to break up severe ...

A new study of water quality in Australian rivers reveals surprising changes since the turn of the century: good for the ...

North Queensland’s main freight artery has been severed, blocking supply of the nation’s favourite fruit from the main growing region.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Monsoon rains unleashed flooding in Australia’s Queensland that have claimed the lives of two people as the week-long deluge dropped months of rainfall in a few days, ...

A second woman has died in floodwaters in a rain-hit Queensland region as showers begin to ease following days of torrential ...

Record-breaking floods across north Queensland have now turned deadly, with one woman drowning while being rescued on Sunday ...

Logistics planning is under way to ensure supplies flow into North Queensland, with the Bruce Hwy cut in multiple locations, ...

A band of rain and thunderstorms is rolling across southern Queensland, inland NSW, central and eastern Victoria and much of Tasmania, with more wild weather is on the cards this week. Streets ...

Similarly, most of Queensland except the large cities will ... WA and the Northern Territory will see inland heatwaves, while all of South Australia is advised to prepare for heatwave conditions.

Public servants in Queensland government buildings have been asked to reduce their electricity use to avoid forced blackouts as state triggers emergency power response ...