Two young girls found dead in a car south of Brisbane on Saturday were known to the Child Safety Department, Queensland's Premier has confirmed. Kerri-Ann Conley has been charged with murdering her daughters Darcey and Chloe-Ann, whose bodies were found in a black car at the front of their Waterford West home about 1:30pm on Saturday.
She was also charged with possessing dangerous drugs and possessing utensils or a pipe.
Her case was briefly mentioned in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this morning, but she wasn't required to appear.
Temperatures reached 31 degrees Celsius on Saturday and police said the girls, aged one and two, had been in the car for a number of hours.
Paramedics tried to revive the sisters, but they died at the scene.
Ms Palaszczuk said the deaths were an "absolute tragedy".
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