Indie Armstrong, the six-year-old girl killed when a car driven by an 86-year-old woman reversed into her family at a Sunshine Coast shopping centre, is remembered as a “precious little sweetheart”, as the close-knit Nambour community rallies around her family.
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Dreamworld ride victims' families a step closer to answers as inquest begins
A coronial inquest starts today into what went so horribly wrong on Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids ride and how a similar tragedy can be prevented.
Witness describes mother's anguish after daughters hit by reversing car
A six-year-old girl has died after she and her sister were hit by the reversing hatchback as they were using a pedestrian crossing in a Nambour supermarket carpark.
Mystery of the 8,000 bats that came to stay for winter
They’re supposed to be far away at this time of year, so why has a colony of 8,000 little red flying foxes settled in the trees above a cold inland community in Queensland?
Two months in town and this toddler has too much lead in her blood
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.
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.