The Queensland parliament has passed a bill that will see adoption considered for children in state care who can't be reunited with their parents.

The bill would see adoption be a second to last option for children in care, the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak opposes the bill.

The free carpark at Roma St Parklands is set to be sold by the Queensland government to developers, reportedly to offset costs of the cross-river rail project. 

Brisbane City Council is opposing the deal and will lodge an official complaint to the state government. . 

Although the rainfall is easing over south-east Queensland after flash flooding, our dams have failed to be topped up.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster, Jonty Hall says the significant rainfall over the past few days had fallen short of filling up the region's biggest dams.

Learning about consent as part of sex education is now mandatory in all Victorian public schools.

The Victorian government’s previously implemented program covered safety around STIs, and building health relationships, but did not explicitly cover how to recognise and give consent.

The founder of The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart and the dark MOFO festival has apologised over its plan to use donated blood to soak a British flag for an art project.

The museum and festival has been boycotted by first nations peoples for the art project after the request for donated Indigenous blood was made on Saturday.

The death toll from a fire that ripped through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh has risen to at least 15, with another 400 people missing, 550 injured and about 50,000 displaced according to the United Nations refugee agency. 

Bribie Island residents are worried that the island is too popular with holidaymakers and 4WD enthusiasts.

Residents are calling for a rethink of island tourism with increased traffic clogging the bridge to the mainland and putting turtle hatchlings at risk along the beach.

Residents are being urged to evacuate low-lying areas in Beaudesert this morning as the Logan and Albert river catchments burst their banks.
River levels are easing across the upper reaches of the catchments causing floodwaters downstream to arrive this morning.

You can get more warning, rainfall and river information at www.bom.gov.au 

A number of campsites on Fraser Island are set to remain closed over the Easter break due to concerns over dingo attacks. 

Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science say that visitors interacting and feeding Dingos may lead to an increase in aggressive behaviour.

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins is leading an independent inquiry into the parliament workplace culture and she says a wide-range of people will be coming forward.

Last night, the commissioner said at a Senate hearing, submissions will be welcomed from current and former politicians, staffers and even  those who work in Parliament's cafes and gardens.