Darling Downs

A “dangerous situation is emerging” as Australia’s drenching continues, with one state issuing a warning of major risk overnight.Forecasters have warned of a “dangerous situation emerging” as conditions worsen and heavy rain continues to…

The nation’s east coast is set to cop an almighty drenching over the next couple of days with forecasters putting several communities on flood watch.Swathes of the nation’s east coast are on flood watch as forecasters warn more than a…

After copping a beating last week, more unpredictable weather is on its way with wild storms to lash Queensland.The wet season has well and truly arrived in Queensland, with more wild storms and possible tornadoes on the way this…

The mouse plague that horrified the nation is back – and a new surge is seeing it spread even further than before.Despite a lull over the winter, Australia’s mouse plague never ended – and now it’s threatening new areas of the country.Large…

Mice are coming back in large numbers to plague farmers across several Australian states.The federal research bureau CSIRO has warned farmers in NSW and Queensland there is a “high mouse abundance” in a large area stretching between both…

At the end of Danielle Hodges’ street in a large modern housing estate in Sydney’s south west is an inconspicuous compound. Hidden by trees, it’s little more than a fence containing what looks like several large water storage tanks, solar…