Queensland’s Child Safety Minister Shannon Fentiman says child protection organisations do not want her to quit over the Tiahleigh Palmer murder case and its implications for foster care, despite the LNP’s call for her resignation.
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Tiahleigh Palmer: Child welfare advocates call for more support as backyard search continues
Child safety advocates are calling for independent monitoring following the Tiahleigh Palmer case, as Queensland police continue to dig up the backyard of her accused killer.
Riverfire 2016: David Bowie, Prince honoured in soundtrack to Brisbane fireworks spectacular
The skies over Brisbane light up with another successful Riverfire fireworks spectacular, drawing out crowds estimated at close to half a million people.
Queensland feedlot faces court for allegedly short-changing backpackers
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Winning Warriors keep on spreading the message about West Papua
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Brisbane women's prison most overcrowded in Queensland, assaults, self-harm up, report finds
Queensland’s Corrective Services Minister is “comfortable” with female prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the floors of cells, despite a report raising serious concerns about overcrowding.
All-female ground crew becomes first to win international air races championship event
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Farm buyout on hold as Queensland authorities investigate suspected new case of damaging banana fungus
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