Transplant Australia is defending Queensland’s organ and tissue donation process, after a major clinical breach saw three babies receive tissue from a donor with brain cancer.
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Palmer's lawsuit against Townsville Mayor hits a hurdle
Embattled businessman Clive Palmer, who is trying to sue the Townsville mayor for $3 million for allegedly defamatory comments she made about him, has hit a hurdle in the court process.
Townsville Mayor to fight $3 million Clive Palmer lawsuit
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill will defend a multi-million-dollar lawsuit for allegedly portraying Clive Palmer as a “criminal” who “destroyed” the Townsville community.
Australian's space mission to measure world groundwater reserves
An Australian professor has developed satellite technology used by NASA, which will measure the world’s freshwater reserves from space.
Resilient Blues beat Maroons in women's State of Origin thriller
Women’s State of Origin is here to stay, as the New South Wales Blues edge out the Queensland Maroons 16-10 in a nail-biting contest at North Sydney Oval.
Three babies transplanted with potentially contaminated cancer tissue
An urgent review has been ordered into the Queensland Heart Valve Bank, after the Health Department revealed four patients, including three babies, were given tissue from a donor who had brain cancer.
Senior LNP members suspended for calling MP 'belligerent' 'liability'
The Queensland LNP has suspended the membership of three senior branch members who lambasted the federal member for Bowman, Andrew Laming, in an email to members.
Animal catcher performs CPR to revive frog regurgitated by snake
It’s a story that just jumps out at you — a Townsville snake catcher using chest compressions to revive a tree frog that was about to become a snake’s lunch.
'Almost identical' accident happened at Dreamworld two years earlier, operator fired
An inquest into the death of four people on a Dreamworld water ride hears an employee operator’s employment was terminated in 2014 because of a safety issue on the same ride and a new operator was never told by management what exactly had occurred.
Campbell Newman's brother-in-law granted bail over fraud charges
Sebastian ‘Seb’ Monsour, the brother-in-law of former Queensland premier Campbell Newman, is granted bail and ordered to surrender his passport after facing a Brisbane court over an alleged $5 million fraud.