Melanie Vujkovic

More than 4 million people are in the firing line of Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it tracks towards the south-east Queensland and northern NSW coast.

Parents and dietitians say it shouldn't be up to schools to push healthy eating if it means sending food home, or not allowing a child to eat something packed in their lunch box — especially during a cost-of-living crisis.

One in four of the 123 children who died in road crashes between 2004 and 2023 weren't restrained at all — even by an adult seatbelt.

David Crisafulli is set to become Queensland's 41st premier after claiming victory in the state election.

A man is facing more than 100 charges after he allegedly filmed and photographed women and children using a small camera attached to a walking stick at Mt Ommaney Centre in south-west Brisbane.

The AFP alleges 40-year-old Kira Korolev, who was an army private in the Australian Defence Force, and her 62-year-old husband Igor, accessed sensitive ADF information with the intent to provide it to Russian authorities. 

Babies with peanut allergy to be offered oral immunotherapy under first national model of care

Kiesha Thompson, 23, had just dropped her daughter at daycare when she was hit, and died in hospital that night. 

Australia has the highest rate of food allergies in the world, with one in 10 babies allergic to foods like peanuts, eggs and milk by their first birthday. But did you know introducing these foods early can reduce that risk?

One in 10 children will have a proven food allergy in their first year of life, and by school, there’ll be at least one child in every classroom. Yet, there is still no approved treatment and more services are desperately needed.