Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Childrens Court may hear and decide the application in the absence of the child's parents only if--
(a) the parents have been given reasonable notice of the hearing and fail to attend or continue to attend the hearing; or
(b) it is satisfied it was not practicable to give the parents notice of the hearing.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the jurisdiction of the court to exclude a person from a proceeding.