Hundreds of homes are without power after the Sunshine Coast was dealt its first dose of volatile spring weather.

A man has been shot dead while hunting in the state's high country near Mount Baw Baw.

The out-of-control bushfire in Sydney's north has been downgraded to watch and act level.

You can't make this up. Just minutes after dislocating his shoulder, Brisbane ruckman Oscar McInerney returned to the field in their preliminary final.

Brisbane have smashed St George Illawarra to close in on a fifth NRLW premiership, while Newcastle secured a finals berth by ...