In a shaker, gently muddle fresh strawberries & basil leaves. Add gin, strawberry liqueur, lemon juice & sugar syrup. Top with ice and shake. Strain into glass then top with ice & garnish.

Defence lawyer Geoff Govey said his client, who normally resides in Townsville, was in Mackay to visit the three children he had with the victim of the assault. Police prosecutor Claudia Neil ...

Raw sugar in Queensland is produced by Wilmar Sugar and Renewables, the state’s largest, and Mackay Sugar, the second largest, among others. Owen Menkens, chairman of Canegrowers, Australia’s ...

Police and SES volunteers are scouring a rural area south of Townsville after the suspected homicide of a 21-year-old man. The man was found dead in a the back seat of a car on Saturday morning.

In the Townsville region, The Lakes copped the brunt of the rain receiving 68 millimetres of rain in the past 24 hours, with Townsville city receiving 39 millimetres, according to the Bureau of ...

Councillor Ann-Maree Greaney was appointed Townsville's deputy and acting mayor on Tuesday morning at a special council meeting. She takes over the job from Paul Jacob, who was thrust into the ...