Hospitals in North Queensland find an inventive way to help patients with swallowing difficulties receive adequate nutrition.
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No room: Increasing ice use forces Salvos to turn away addicts
The number of ice addicts seeking treatment across Brisbane has increased dramatically, leaving the Salvation Army’s local rehab centre with a months-long waiting list.
'There's no balance': Outrage over marine park shake-up
Tourism operators and environmentalists say the Federal Government’s new draft plan for marine parks almost halves the protections from commercial fishing set five years ago.
NRL finals live: Panthers in Brisbane hoping to upset Broncos
The NRL will be hoping for a monster crowd as Brisbane hosts the Panthers for the first semi-final. Follow the action in our NRL ScoreCentre.
Mirror-gate: Wool bosses to face Senate Estimates
Executives from the Australian Wool Innovation research and development body will be called before a Senate Estimates hearing to explain the ”bizarre” behaviour of its chairman in the so-called mirror-gate controversy.
Ipswich council contractor charged with official corruption
An Ipswich City Council contractor is charged with official corruption, fraud and misconduct in the latest arrests in the region, Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission says.
Tiahleigh Palmer's foster brother lodges appeal over sentence
The foster brother who had sex with Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer before she was allegedly murdered files an appeal against his sentence on the grounds it is “manifestly excessive in all the circumstances”.
Pregnant women, mothers 'still the target of discrimination in the workplace'
An overheard discussion in a Brisbane elevator between two professional woman raises the ire of one employment lawyer, who says businesses are still discriminating against mothers and pregnant women.
Brisbane woman applies to use dead boyfriend's sperm to have baby
The Supreme Court hears it is not a “pure grief reaction” that a 24-year-old woman wants to use her boyfriend’s sperm which was harvested shortly after he died suddenly last year.
Palmer's companies paying fugitive Mensink $4,000 per week, court told
Clive Palmer says his nephew Clive Mensink is still being paid more than $4,000 per week by his companies, while the subject of two arrest warrants.