Kate McKenna

There is a highly secretive and unusual court case playing out behind closed doors in Far North Queensland involving a prominent married man and his alleged affair, a non-publication order we are not allowed to see and an allegation of extortion we cannot tell you much about.

A security flaw means the location of devices used by police, potentially including undercover officers and those travelling home, is visible to anyone with a phone or laptop.

Australia's complex surrogacy laws are under review, but in the meantime, couples like Alex and his husband say they are being pushed to look overseas to add to their families.

The Affinity Education Group chief executive Glen Hurley told the Brisbane inquiry — which is examining the quality and safety of early childhood education and care systems — he would have to take the question on notice.

Kylie Truswell-Mobbs has been committed to stand trial for the murder of her husband David Mobbs, who had motor neurone disease, after he was allegedly given a fatal dose of medication.

The review of the Cairns paediatric gender health service found that children as young as 12 were given puberty blockers inconsistently and without formal consent.  

A former Queensland childcare worker who dunked a child in a "muddy" puddle, causing him to hit a toy and injure his face, has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

The ABC can reveal a neurosurgeon specialising in spinal surgery is among five people facing serious charges over a Queensland scheme allegedly involving kickbacks for medical devices.

A Queensland woman who died after her partner allegedly rammed her vehicle and forced it off the road had made a call to Triple Zero around the time of the crash, police say.

The head of Queensland's child safety inquiry says he "might need to subpoena" files from the department after hearing it was often "not" following its own legislation around preferred permanency options for children in care.

An inquiry into the state's "broken" child protection system hears from staff who work at the child safety department.

The homebirth program was launched at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in July 2024, with 74 women enrolled in the service in its first 12 months.

The ABC can reveal that in July last year, Queensland Health department became aware of "inconsistencies" in records of the newborn blood spot screening program.

In an email seen by the ABC, a US-based egg bank told IVF clinics it was introducing its new "Client Success Reward Program in Australia".

Katter's Australian Party MP Nick Dametto has formally resigned from state parliament to run for Townsville mayor — forcing a by-election in his north Queensland seat.

Queensland's outgoing human rights commissioner says he has lost sleep worrying about some juveniles "spending weeks and weeks" in the state's watch houses.

Attacks by Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles against Premier David Crisafulli over fluoride this week are more than hard to swallow after another local government's decision to stop adding the mineral to its water supply, writes Janelle Miles.

Women without partners, or in same-sex relationships, had to pay thousands of dollars for at least two rounds of fertility procedures before they could access rebates.

A farming company has been fined after unlawfully docking the pay of PALM scheme workers, a Federal Circuit Court has found.

The guidelines include that they "must not" discuss or post anything about funded programs with "anyone in the media or related to media".

The review was launched following unrelated cases of embryo mix-ups in Brisbane and Melbourne, which were reported this year

The court heard the girl has "repeatedly" expressed the view that she does not want to continue with the pregnancy.

The girl's father says he felt like he "died inside" when the childcare centre phoned to say an educator had "used legs to kick" his daughter.

The Queensland coroner describes the case of a baby — known to child safety authorities — who starved to death while his mother and her partner were on a drug binge as "utterly tragic".

An unnamed hospital applied to the Supreme Court for orders after being asked to perform a surgical termination for the child who was about nine weeks pregnant.