An urgent review has been ordered into the Queensland Heart Valve Bank, after the Health Department revealed four patients, including three babies, were given tissue from a donor who had brain cancer.
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Senior LNP members suspended for calling MP 'belligerent' 'liability'
The Queensland LNP has suspended the membership of three senior branch members who lambasted the federal member for Bowman, Andrew Laming, in an email to members.
Animal catcher performs CPR to revive frog regurgitated by snake
It’s a story that just jumps out at you — a Townsville snake catcher using chest compressions to revive a tree frog that was about to become a snake’s lunch.
'Almost identical' accident happened at Dreamworld two years earlier, operator fired
An inquest into the death of four people on a Dreamworld water ride hears an employee operator’s employment was terminated in 2014 because of a safety issue on the same ride and a new operator was never told by management what exactly had occurred.
Campbell Newman's brother-in-law granted bail over fraud charges
Sebastian ‘Seb’ Monsour, the brother-in-law of former Queensland premier Campbell Newman, is granted bail and ordered to surrender his passport after facing a Brisbane court over an alleged $5 million fraud.
Artist offers up $10k painting in search for childhood drowning rescuer
A near-death experience as a child prompts acclaimed Australian artist Robert Brownhall to give away a $10,000 painting, but only if he can find the man who saved his life 47 years ago when they were both just three years old.
Make fun of parliamentarians if you want to, but don't break the rules
To casual observers, it might seem ridiculous to face punishment for ridiculing a politician who has done something ridiculous, but it depends how it’s done.
Labour hire company accused of ripping off workers at Qld abattoir
Allegations of the company GOYX Pty Ltd ripping off workers at a south-east Queensland abattoir sparks an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman and comes amid a crackdown on labour hire companies by the State Government.
Relative charged over 22-year-old cold case killing of Queensland woman
Queensland police have made an arrest in the 22-year-old cold case shooting of Airlie Beach woman Dorothy Britton, who was allegedly murdered in her home in 1996.
'Everything for nothing': salesman banned for targeting poor continues to work as pawn broker
A former used car salesman fined $1.2 million for repeatedly signing up poor, Indigenous people in far north Queensland to exorbitant loans is continuing to work as a pawn broker in Cairns.