An embattled state Labor backbencher currently under investigation for allegedly using taxpayer cash to buy artworks amid other accusations of bullying and harassment is set to keep his seat in caucus, and the $25,000 a year spot in a parliamentary committee.

Two rubbish tips will be searched for the body of missing retired schoolteacher Lesley Trotter following police revelations she was tipped from a wheelie bin into a garbage truck.

The two dogs that viciously mauled a six-year-old Logan girl have been put down, as the uncle of the schoolgirl revealed how the family saved her life.

And the Palaszczuk government has backed away from introducing a test, quiz, or course on the road rules when motorists renew their drivers licence – but are still planning a “refresher”.

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