Rick Thorburn is sentenced to life in jail for murdering his 12-year-old foster daughter, Tiahleigh Palmer, to protect his son who feared he had gotten her pregnant and was later convicted of incest.
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'Too early to speculate': Park backs away from earlier comments on high-ropes accident
The adventure park where a 14-year-old Brisbane schoolboy was critically injured now says it is “far too early to speculate” on how the accident occurred, after earlier releasing a statement saying safety equipment was not to blame.
Museum reveals the dinosaur skeletons in its cupboard
Take a look in the Queensland Museum’s warehouse that stores millions of the state’s priceless geoheritage treasures, preserving them for future generations.
Reef shark bites the hand that feeds it in Cairns Aquarium
A grey reef shark gets the wrong end of the stick and bites a diver on the hand while he is trying to feed it, but luckily the wound is not serious.
'Smokers care more about money than health': Warnings on cigarettes should focus on cost
Pictures showing gross feet, rotting teeth and sick children on cigarette packets are no longer shocking enough to prompt people to quit the habit, and warnings should focus on cost, experts say.
How a suburban family worked together to cover up their foster daughter's murder
Rick Thorburn murdered his 12-year-old foster daughter Tiahleigh Palmer after discovering his son had sex with her, and today, more than two years later, and after his family were jailed for covering it up, he faces a life sentence.
Have the Broncos lost faith in Wayne Bennett, and can he prove them wrong?
Richard Hinds asks: Is the Broncos’ move to contact the Storm’s Craig Bellamy wise succession planning, or has the club lost faith in Wayne Bennett’s ability to deliver that long-ish awaited premiership?
CCC widens its investigation into Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate
The Crime and Corruption Commission investigates claims Cr Tate failed to declare possible conflicts of interest during council votes on a $1.3 billion Chinese-owned development.
The extraordinary new Gabba plans you weren't meant to see yet
A top secret report outlining a major revamp for the Gabba, was inadvertently released to the ABC by mistake under a right to information request, before it was sent to Queensland Cabinet for approval.
Queensland's sexual consent laws should be reviewed, Law Society says in wake of ABC report
The Queensland Law Society president writes to the Attorney-General, backing calls for a review of Queensland’s sexual consent laws sparked by a woman whose accused rapist was acquitted despite causing her shocking injuries.