Police search for mother and child after newborn taken from Queensland hospital

Police have issued an amber alert for a missing child after two women were seen taking a baby from Ipswich hospital

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The search continues for a mother who is believed to have taken her newborn baby from a Queensland hospital.

Two women were seen taking the baby from Ipswich hospital on Monday and putting her into a white Suzuki, which has since been located.

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