As it happened: Brisbane on Thursday, November 13

Queensland state school teachers will descend on the Brisbane city this afternoon to highlight their ongoing negotiations with the government over pay and conditions.

Queensland Teachers’ Union members have rejected the state government’s latest EBA offer, and union executives told members to continue their industrial campaign before arbitration automatically begins on December 31.

Today’s rally will be held from 4.30pm outside the Speakers’ Corner at Parliament House on George Street.

The union is also planning a second strike after year 12 exams end on November 18, and before the last day of classes on December 12.

In August, 50,000 school teachers walked off the job for the first time in 16 years.

A teenage girl has been missing from the Moreton Bay area since the start of the month.

The 14-year-old was last seen at a home in Kippa-Ring on November 1.

“[There are] concerns for her welfare due to her young age and medical conditions,” police said.

She is 160cm tall, with a slim build, fair complexion, long straight blonde hair and white blotches on her skin.

Anyone with information should contact police.

Thanks for joining us for our live coverage of news in Brisbane today. We’ll be back tomorrow morning with more live news updates.

Catch up on some of the big stories we’ve been reporting on today:

• A teenager who fatally stabbed an elderly Queensland woman in front of a young girl has been sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment.
• The Liberal Party has formally agreed to dump the 2050 net zero target but will remain open to a carbon-neutral future as a “welcome outcome”.
• Some state school teachers have been given a surprise minor pay bump, while union members plan to rally outside Parliament this afternoon over their ongoing stoush with the state government over pay and conditions.
• The developer tasked with bringing life to the site of the former flood-ravaged Toombul Shopping Centre says it is in the process of selling the property.
• In sport, former Test paceman Michael Kasprowicz says Ashes-hopeful Brendan Doggett is ready to answer an Australian SOS if called upon, rubbishing fears the national set-up would be caught reeling from a transition crisis.

A teenager who fatally stabbed an elderly Queensland woman in front of a young girl has been sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment.

Vyleen White, 70, was killed by the 16-year-old, who stabbed her and did not hesitate in the car park of a Redbank Plains shopping centre in February last year, the Supreme Court has heard.

White’s family, including her husband, Victor, and her daughters, told the court on Wednesday morning how her death had haunted them, and they had struggled with the devastation of losing her.

Read more in the full story here.

Queensland state school teachers will descend on the Brisbane city this afternoon to highlight their ongoing negotiations with the government over pay and conditions.

Queensland Teachers’ Union members have rejected the state government’s latest EBA offer, and union executives told members to continue their industrial campaign before arbitration automatically begins on December 31.

Today’s rally will be held from 4.30pm outside the Speakers’ Corner at Parliament House on George Street.

The union is also planning a second strike after year 12 exams end on November 18, and before the last day of classes on December 12.

In August, 50,000 school teachers walked off the job for the first time in 16 years.

A doctor who founded a program that brings vital cardiac treatment to under-serviced rural communities has been announced as Queensland’s Australian of the Year.

Dr Rolf Gomes noticed the lack of facilities in rural areas before founding Heart Trucks, which regularly visit clinics in 30 towns around the country.

The program has treated more than 20,000 patients.

Kooma man and youth worker Jarib Branfield-Bradshaw, who opened a neighbourhood youth centre in Cunnamulla, is the Sunshine State’s Young Australian of the Year.

Former Volunteering Sunshine Coast CEO Cheryl Harris OAM is the Queensland Senior Australian of the Year thanks to her work championing volunteers in the region.

Disabled surfing advocate Ian Gay got the nod in the Local Hero category.

A man has died after being pulled from the Brisbane River at Goodna.

The 35-year-old Redbank Plains man went underwater and failed to resurface about 11am on Wednesday.

Police and paramedics were called to Goodna boat ramp on Noel Kelly Drive, next to the Wolston Park Golf Club.

He was declared dead by paramedics at the scene.