Elise Kinsella
Racing scandal: Anguished jockey weeps at thought she ‘failed’ slaughtered horse
A Queensland jockey has described the horror of watching the ABC’s 7.30 and seeing a horse she rode for years killed at...
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate and council cleared over corruption concerns
Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) has cleared the Gold Coast City Council and Mayor Tom Tate of a number of corruption...
Gold Coast lights to remain in place while new permanent home is sought for artwork
Gold Coast City councillors have voted to keep a controversial multi-million-dollar light installation on the motorway to Brisbane, after being told 100...
Winning watch design for colourblind brother sees schoolboy set to visit NASA
A Queensland schoolboy is heading to NASA after his proposal to build watches for colourblind people won a national science competition. Ten-year-old...
Gold Coast residents pay twice as much for water as Sydneysiders
In south-east Queensland, the cost of accessing mains water is more than double what people connected to Sydney Water pay. For Gold...
Commonwealth Games: Emergency services in ‘worst-case scenario’ training
Police and emergency services on the Gold Coast are using armoured cars, bomb robots and drones to train for a worst-case scenario...
‘Here are my battle scars’: Cancer survivor models for calendar
Nearly four years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Genevieve Esgate has stripped away her clothes and been painted from head...
Diver comes face-to-face with great white shark
A diver has recalled looking into the eyes of a great white shark that came within touching distance in waters off Queensland’s...
Woman used ‘bushcraft’ to survive five days lost in wilderness
A Dutch woman who survived five days lost in thick forest in Victoria built a hut and used river moss to keep...
Drug use in regional Vic surges
Police records indicate a steep rise in usage and possession.