Amita doesn’t know what else she can do to protect her 17-month-old daughter after a study finds she’s just one of hundreds of Mount Isa children under the age of five with concerning lead levels. While the mine continues to reduce its emissions, critics and a senior minister say more needs to be done.
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Food swap 'good excuse' for people to cultivate real relationships
Backyard gardeners are meeting every month to swap organic fruit and vegetables without their wallet or expensive price tag.
Alan was stabbed to death, but his family say they're still in the dark
Amid the controversy of the Killer Instinct book published by a Brisbane psychiatrist, the family of a man stabbed to death says they’ve received few answers while dealing with Queensland’s mental health court system.
Bartlett to make way for Waters' return to Senate
Having resigned last year over her dual Canadian-Australian citizenship issues, former Queensland Greens senator Larissa Waters is set to return to Federal Parliament when Andrew Bartlett steps aside in August.
Coal politics an open-cut minefield on all sides in Queensland
Coal royalties are higher than expected in Queensland, and while Treasurer Jackie Trad dared not say the word in her budget speech this week, the LNP raised both the topic and eyebrows, writes Chris O’Brien.
Ad exec's 'toddler tantrum' tweet about LNP MP sent to ethics committee
The week the state budget was delivered in Queensland Parliament, MPs have also been forced to examine whether a retweeted comment constituted a breach of Parliament’s broadcast rules. Now the ethics committee will have to decide.
Police foil alleged plot to import 300kg of Peruvian cocaine via PNG
Two Sydney men and a Queensland woman are arrested in the culmination of a year-long AFP-led investigation into an alleged plot to import more than $100 million worth of cocaine from Peru.
No photos: The artist capturing the drama of the courtroom
Court sketcher Sharon Gordon honed her craft during the momentous Fitzgerald Inquiry. She hears some “eye-opening stuff” as she works to bring the anguish and tension inside the courtroom to life on paper.
15pc of Indigenous Queenslanders are not registered at birth
Indigenous births are significantly under-reported in Queensland, making it harder to enrol in school or get a driver’s licence, with the ombudsman labelling the lack of action “clearly inadequate” and “improperly discriminatory”.
Historic Longreach pub gutted by 'very intense fire'
A historic outback Queensland pub in Longreach is gutted after being engulfed by flames.