Melody Labinsky

When you walk into Jayde and Ben Chandler's home at Gregory Park, 39 kilometres south of Barcaldine, it's hard to reconcile the cool airy atmosphere of the open plan design with an image of a civic centre.

A Queensland Police email bungle that has exposed more than a thousand firearms owners in southern Queensland to the possibility of break-ins is raising serious concerns with the Shooters Union Queensland.

When other children living miles from Blackall down black soil roads were rejoicing that flooded creeks meant they couldn't attend school, Nigel MacDonald's kids had no such excuse.