Meet Qld's most charitable schoolgirl

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published June 18, 2015

Don't touch the hair. It's a common enough refrain by teenagers as they barrel through the image-conscious rite of adolescence.

BRISBANE, June 18 - Thankfully, Maria Cobain isn't a common teenager.

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