Queensland

Lauren Ingrid Flanigan, charged with the murder of her daughter, has died in hospital after she was found unresponsive in her prison cell.

Mother charged with killing her toddler dies, found in cell

The Bundaberg mother accused of stabbing her three-year-old to death has died in hospital after she was found unresponsive in her prison cell. 

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Cairns mother Krystel Paul was tragically murdered on Tuesday night.

Devastated family speak after mother shot dead by husband leaving little girl an orphan

Krystel Paul’s husband is believed to have killed her before taking his own life, leaving their nine-year-old daughter without parents.

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Pheobe’s Bishop’s mother Kylie Johnson has made a public appeal for information.

Pheobe’s mum makes grave public appeal for help in search

In a clear sign of the depth of concern for missing 17-year-old Gin Gin teen, Pheobe Bishop, her mother, Kylie Johnson, has made a public appeal for assistance in the search for her daughter.

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A woman accused of fatally stabbing her young child has been rushed from detention to hospital.

Woman charged over daughter's murder hospitalised

A Queensland woman charged with murdering her daughter has been taken to hospital from jail after a serious medical incident.

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Tanika Bromley’s every move is being scrutinised by local residents and police as the search for Phoebe Bishop continues.

Chaos in streets as Pheobe’s housemate emerges

Worrying scenes continue to play out in the small Queensland town of Gin Gin as the desperate search to find answers into the disappearance of 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop continues.

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James Wood was one of the last people to see Pheobe Bishop, 17, alive.

Angry locals hounding Pheobe’s housemate over disappearance

Tension is at boiling point in the small Queensland town where Pheobe Bishop was living before she mysteriously vanished, with one of the last people to see her alive now being hounded by locals.

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Two teens have been injured in a crash at a Townsville high school.

Child thrown from vehicle as car slams into school fence

Two girls are in hospital and police are working to track down another three people over the crash in an allegedly stolen vehicle.

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A fundraiser has been launched for Sophia Rose.

Fundraiser set up for ‘sweet’ girl allegedly murdered by mum

A heartbreaking appeal has been launched for the family of a three-year-old girl, remembered as having a ‘smile like sunshine’, after her life was tragically taken to soon earlier this week. 

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The boy had pleaded not guilty to murder on the basis of self-defence. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Gasps as teen walks free after stabbing stepfather 35 times

A jury has found a teenager who stabbed his stepfather 35 times not guilty of murder or manslaughter.

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An investigation is underway after police discovered the bodies of Krystel and James Paul inside a Mount Sheridan home.

Dad told girl ‘run to neighbours’ before murder-suicide

A neighbour has shared the heartbreaking moment a nine-year-old girl raced to their door and said her dad had shot her mum.

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Police are still looking for clues about what happened to Pheobe on the day she failed to check in for a flight at Bundaberg airport.

Pheobe’s worrying last call, texts about ‘hellhole’ revealed

Details of the last phone call missing teen Pheobe Bishop made before she disappeared have emerged, while her estranged aunt has revealed her belief that ‘she won’t be found alive’.

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Flatmates of missing teen Pheobe Bishop, 17, have been identified.

Pheobe Bishop’s housemates hit with new claims about their relationship

An ex-girlfriend has spoken out as the investigation into where the missing teen is continues.

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A cockatoo has copped the blame for a failed rocket launch.

Hilarious ‘Straya’ reason for rocket launch delay

An unlikely suspect has emerged during the investigation into the technical issue that caused the first Australian-made rocket launch to be delayed.

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Mystery deepens as police scrap bush search for missing teen

In a new twist, police have suspended a bushland search for missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop.

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