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': Australia-wide marine park revamp has conservationists worried
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.
Broncos beat Panthers to set up prelim against Storm
Broncos seal a spot in the prelim with a hard-fought 13-6 win over the Panthers at Lang Park.
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”.
'Stop wasting my time': Lift chat suggests anti-mum workplace sentiment
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 admits his nephew Clive Mensink is still being paid more than $4,000 a week by his companies, while the subject of two arrest warrants, claiming he was “heavily sedated” when he previously denied it.