Tuesday's news in 5 minutes.

1. Tiahleigh’s foster mother to plead guilty and will be witness for prosecution.

The foster family of Tiahleigh Palmer has split, with two members agreeing to appear as prosecution witnesses.

Julene Thorburn, 54, and her son Josh, 20, were mentioned in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court yesterday after they were last month charged with perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The Brisbane Times reports they will plead guilty at their next appearance on November 21 and will both act as witnesses for the prosecution.

Julene Thorburn’s partner Rick, 56, has been charged with Tiahleigh’s murder, while her other son Trent, 19, is also behind bars and faces an incest charge.

Police will allege that Rick Thorburn killed Tiahleigh in a bid to cover up the alleged crimes of his son Trent.

The lawyer for Julene and Rick, Jason Jacobson said outside court, “Albeit late, they are now giving their complete co-operation to the police investigation, and what’s more is that they now have taken the step of agreeing to be prosecution witnesses and will give evidence about everything they know.”

“You can take it from that theirs is very much a family divided.”

2. Toddler bitten by snake will need care for the rest of his life.

The two-year-old boy bitten by a taipan in his family’s chicken pen at Agnes Waters will need care for the rest of his life.

Eli Campell was bitten by the snake while collecting eggs last week. His father Giles says Eli has significant swelling on the brain, can not see and may never walk again, two weeks after being bitten three times by a coastal taipan.

“We know this boy of our’s will need some care for the rest of his life, how much will be up to him and the best rehabilitation we can find … and yes we still hope for miracles,” Eli’s dad wrote on a fundraising page.

“We may have to relocate to Brisbane.”

He then thanked his partner who he said has been a pillar of support.

3. Gable Tostee trial: Neighbour heard cries of “No, no, no” shortly before Warriena Wright fell to her death from his 14th floor balcony.

The woman who resided in the apartment under Gable Tostee has told a court she heard a woman’s panicked cries of, “No, no, no” shortly before Warriena Wright fell to her death from his 14th floor balcony.

Tostee, 30, is on trial for the murder of Warriena Wright, who he met on Tinder, in August, 2014.

He has pleaded not guilty.

The Courier Mail reports that neighbour Gabriella Collyer, told the Brisbane Supreme Court she heard noises like furniture being thrown around in the apartment above her about 2am on August 8, 2014.

She went to her balcony to investigate.

“She was just screaming no, no, no,” Ms Collyer told the court.

“I opened the door and looked up and these legs were in the air and I froze and the body fell onto the railing of my balcony.”

The person fell … I screamed and somebody else screamed,” she said.

“I rang Triple-0 and stepped forward (to look over) and she was laying on the ground.”

Crown Prosecutor Glenn Cash told the court that Tostee did not physically push or throw Ms Wright to her death but that he had locked her out on his balcony after a fight.

And the 26-year-old felt so threatened and intimidated, she felt she had no other choice but to escape his apartment by climbing over the balcony to another floor.

“It doesn’t matter he was inside … he bears responsibility for causing her death as much as if he had pushed or thrown her off the balcony.

“He has, by threat and intimidation … caused her death,” Mr Cash said.

4. Man who shook his partner’s one-month-old baby, fracturing her skull in the process, has had his jail term doubled.

A man who pleaded guilty to negligently causing serious injury to a one-month-old baby and recklessly causing injury to a three-year-old has had his jail term doubled after an appeal.

Darren Weston will now serve four years in prison, with a two-and-a-half-year non-parole period.

The Age reports that Weston was minding two of his de facto partner’s daughters in November 2013 when he shook one-month-old Laura and pressed on her head. Laura was admitted to hospital for 12 days, suffering head injuries, eye haemorrhages, a fractured thigh bone and ribs.

He also slapped her three-year-old sister Rosie on the cheek a few days later.

County Court judge Christopher Ryan last year sentenced Weston to two years’ prison, with a non-parole period of 15 months. Director of Public Prosecutions John Champion SC had challenged the original sentence, arguing this was “manifestly inadequate” for the crime.

5. Labor leads Newspoll 52% to 48%.

Malcolm Turnbull’s satisfaction rate is at an all-time low, according to the latest newspoll published in The Australian.

The results show Labor has maintained its lead 52 per cent to the Coalition’s 48 per cent, 100 days after the federal election.

The government’s primary vote has risen one point to 39 per cent while Labor’s dropped one per cent to 36 per cent. The Greens were unchanged at 10 per cent.

Mr Turnbull remains preferred Prime Minister leading Bill Shorten 45 per cent to 30 per cent but his satisfaction rating fell one point to a new low of 31 per cent, while his dissatisfaction rating lifted one point to a new high of 56 per cent.

6. Opposition to announce it will block plebiscite legislation today.

It is expected that the Opposition today will finally reject the Federal Government’s same-sex marriage plebiscite legislation.

The ABC reports that Labor MPs and senators will meet in Canberra this morning to formalise its position.

Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus said there was no need for a national vote.

“The community has now reached a position where I think there’s an overwhelming majority of people who say to the Parliament of Australia, just get on with it,” Mr Dreyfus said.

However Education minister, Simon Birmingham, has offered an 11th hour compromise saying it would be “reasonable” for Labor to demand the government drop public funding for the same-sex marriage plebiscite campaign in return for its support.

7. ‘Respectful relationships’ classes to begin in Victorian prep.

Students as young as five will be taught the basic names of their private parts and students of all ages will be educated in challenging male and female-based labels in the playground, classroom and workplace reports The Herald Sun.

Year 1 and 2 students are encouraged to chant statements such as: “Girls can play football, can be doctors and can be strong” and “boys can cry when they are hurt, can be gentle, can be nurses and can mind babies”.

The curriculum says: “As young children learn about gender, they may also begin to enact sexist values, or stereotypical beliefs and attitudes. They may, for example, insist that some games are for boys and others for girls, and actively reject peers from certain games.”

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