Tia Palmer's foster dad faces murder trial

Tiahleigh Palmer's foster father Rick Thorburn has been committed to stand trial for the Queensland schoolgirl's murder.

Thorburn is accused of killing 12-year-old Tiahleigh, whose decomposing body was discovered on the banks of a northern Gold Coast river six days after she went missing in October 2015.

The 57-year-old successfully applied for a registry committal application at Beenleigh Magistrates Court on the murder charge on Tuesday.

He was also committed to stand trial on a count of interfering with a corpse.

Thorburn was arrested and charged in September 2016, almost a year after Tiahleigh's body was found on the banks of the Pimpama River.

No further date for his matter has been fixed yet.