Cairns house where eight children died to be removed

The Cairns house where eight children were found dead will be removed.

State MP Gavin King says the local community doesn't want the house to remain at its Murray St site in the suburb of Manoora.

"It is the right thing to do to help with the healing process," he told reporters in Manoora.

A memorial for the eight children will eventually be established, after consultation with the family and community.

Raina Mersane Thaiday, 37, has been charged with the murders of her seven youngest children and a niece at the house last week. She's been refused bail and is recovering from stab wounds in Cairns Hospital.

Her lawyer, Steve MacFarlane, says his client is still coming to terms with what happened.

"I think she probably knows what happened but doesn't realise it and it hasn't sunk in," he told reporters after the case was mentioned briefly in the Cairns Magistrates Court.

"I've spoken to her and she's coping the best that she can at the moment."

Mr MacFarlane said police had served the woman with an involuntary treatment order but she was yet to be assessed by psychiatrists.

"So once she gets assessed then it may go to the mental health court at that stage," he said.

Mr MacFarlane said it would be some time before his client was released from the Cairns Base Hospital where she is recovering from stab wounds.

Thaiday was formally excused from appearing at Monday's hearing.

Magistrate Alan Comans refused a request from Mr MacFarlane for the next hearing be held in a mental health court.

The case was adjourned until January 30.

Vigils and memorials for the slain children, who ranged in age from two to 14, were held throughout Queensland at the weekend.

More services are expected to be held in Cairns tonight.

Relatives, Manoora residents and strangers continue to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial set up just metres from the house where the children were found dead.