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Man charged over allegedly shooting woman in arm at Logan

Queensland police have charged a man after a woman was allegedly shot twice in the arm at Logan, south of Brisbane.

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Missing Logan girl, 12, last seen a week ago

Queensland Police are appealing for public assistance to help find a 12-year-old girl missing from Logan for almost a week.

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Tiahleigh's accused killer wakes from induced coma

Queensland Police's ethics unit investigates whether the foster father accused of killing schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer swallowed pills before his arrest, as police confirm he has woken from a coma in...

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Detectives dig for clues in Tiahleigh's foster home backyard

Queensland police are excavating the rural property of the foster family that Tiahleigh Palmer lived with when she was allegedly murdered 11 months ago.

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Police unearth material in hunt for Tiahleigh's school uniform

Queensland police digging up the backyard of Tiahleigh Palmer's foster family unearth light-coloured material as they search for the 12-year-old's school uniform and backpack.

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Child welfare advocates call for more government support

Child safety advocates are calling for independent monitoring following the Tiahleigh Palmer case, as Queensland police continue to dig up the backyard of her accused killer.

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Former foster mother, brother of Tiahleigh Palmer to plead guilty to perjury...

The former foster mother and brother of Logan schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer, whose body was found on a Gold Coast riverbank, intend to plead guilty when their matter returns to court next month, their...

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Brave Brisbane kids honoured for fighting off murderous stepfather

Cameron and Jayden Caulfield and their two siblings will be handed Australian Bravery Awards for disarming their drunken stepfather after he shot their mother and tried to strangle her.

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He cried when he carried her coffin, now Tiahleigh's foster dad is set to...

Rick Thorburn's expected guilty plea to Tiahleigh's murder will be the final chapter in the "horrific" case that resulted in his wife and two sons also being jailed for their involvement in covering up...

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Rick Thorburn charged with child rape over incidents at childcare centre

Details of rape allegations against Queensland man Rick Thorburn can now be revealed, with prosecutors arguing he raped a girl under the age of 12 and committed several other acts of child sexual abuse...

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How a suburban family worked together to cover up their foster daughter's murder

Rick Thorburn murdered his 12-year-old foster daughter Tiahleigh Palmer after discovering his son had sex with her, and today, more than two years later, and after his family were jailed for covering...

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Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father jailed for life for 'callous' murder and...

Rick Thorburn is sentenced to life in jail for murdering his 12-year-old foster daughter, Tiahleigh Palmer, to protect his son who feared he had gotten her pregnant and was later convicted of incest.

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'We fell for it': How Tiahleigh Palmer's killer played the grieving foster...

He thought he had gotten away with murder. After he killed Tiahleigh Palmer to protect his son, Rick Thorburn played the grieving foster father and spent months throwing police off the scent, until an...

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Killer's wife knew Tiahleigh Palmer's body was being dumped, but kept...

Julene Thorburn told police she knew her husband was loading the body of their dead foster daughter into the boot of their car but lied "out of fear" their family secret would be exposed.

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Tiahleigh was murdered to cover up a family secret revealed the previous day

Julene, Josh and Trent Thorburn have now all spent time behind bars for lying to police and trying to cover-up Tiahleigh's murder.

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'I was supposed to protect you': Child killer Rick Thorburn's confession letter

Child killer Rick Thorburn says he has "no memory" of murdering Tiahleigh Palmer, and says he still loves the 12-year-old girl whose life he brutally took.

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'What kind of animal leaves a little girl in a river?': Tiahleigh's mother...

Tiahleigh Palmer's mother and the foster brother of the murdered 12-year-old girl share their sides of the tragic story, with her mum saying Julene Thorburn left her daughter "there to die" at the...

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Man charged with shooting murder of his 67-year-old wife

A 72-year-old man is charged with the murder of his wife south of Brisbane. Queensland police say the 67-year-old woman was found injured on her rural property in Chambers Flat just before 9:00pm...

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Brisbane man charged with terrorism charges denied bail, Melbourne man to be...

Queensland man Gabriel Crazzi is denied bail after appearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court over his alleged involvement in running a terrorist network. His co-accused, Ahmed Talib, from Melbourne,...

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It's the cheapest land in south-east Queensland but you can't buy it and the...

The crush of development is being felt by long-term residents of Chambers Flat, south-east of Brisbane, who are being compensated just $20,000 by Logan City Council for 1,000-square-metre parcels of land.

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There are eight candidates vying for a seat of Forde. Here's who they are and...

Forde is based in Logan City Council, south-east of Brisbane, but also includes northern parts of the Gold Coast. It covers as far south as Upper Coomera.

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Nick 'The Honey Badger' Cummins provides prime time Strine feast

The former football player has brought Australian slang to a mainstream audience, meaning this season of The Bachelor will attract both fans of reality TV and linguists.

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Tiahleigh Palmer's mum sues government over daughter's murder

The mother of murdered Queensland foster care child Tiahleigh Palmer launches legal action against the State Government and the children's services provider.

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Convicted child killer Rick Thorburn found unresponsive in jail

Rick Thorburn, who was convicted of killing Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer, has been found unresponsive in his Brisbane jail cell.

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Rebels bikie club president and six others charged with more than 50 offences

Police executed a search warrant at a Holloway Road residence at Chambers Flat on Friday, allegedly finding several firearms, evidence of cannabis grow rooms and dismantled amphetamine laboratories.

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