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A four-year-old girl who suffered from terrible neglect was so severely malnourished an expert found she stopped growing eight months before her death, a court has heard.

THE parents of a vulnerable disabled girl whose face was "eaten by rats" after being "starved and left to die" are now standing trial for her murder.C

Willows father Mark Dunn and stepmother Shannon White will face trial for murder after the four-year-olds body was found by police in extremely confronting conditions in their Brisbane home.

News by Kate Kyriacou Premium Content   From fatal assaults and neglect to drownings and suicide - Queensland children who are known to the Department of Child Safety are four times more likely to die than those who arent. Statistics released via the Queensland Family and Child Commissions annual report into child deaths show 53 children died in the 2019/20 financial year who had had some contact with the department in the 12 months prior. Of those, 14 di...

The death of Ann Marie Smith last year shocked the nation and sparked a number of investigations and taskforces at both state and federal levels. And yet there remains a persistent sense that systemic change could still be years away. This anniversary should be a wake-up call, especially to state parliamentarians around Australia, to the continuing plight of people living with disabilities.

Glimmer of hope after deadly year of violence in our suburbs We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A major review has been ordered into the way the criminal justice system deals with victims of sexual and domestic violence after another horror year of attacks and alleged neglect. The epidemic, coined the slaughter in our suburbs, has claimed the lives of at least nine women and four children in Queensland this year. ...

Camp Hill Brisbane mother Hannah Clarke was on the morning school run with her three children, Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4 and three-year-old Trey, when her ex-husband flung open her car door and jumped inside. Hannah Clarke with her children Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey. Rowan Baxter threatened the terrified mother with a knife and told her to drive. But soon after, he doused her and the children with petrol and set them all on fire. The children burned to death strapped into their child seats. F...