
Aisling Brennan
Reporter for NewsWire. Responds better to "Ash-ling." Wish I could drink more coffee. Opinions are my own. Got news? [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Aisling Brennan |Peter Sanders
For those living in the small busy rural town of Yarraman, 180 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, medical help can be hard to come by if something goes wrong. The town of about 1,200 people has been without a regular doctor since 2018 and the nearest GP in Blackbutt, a 30-minute drive away, has closed its books to new patients.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Aisling Brennan |Peter Sanders
A young man involved in a violent shopping centre robbery which resulted in the death of an elderly man has been sentenced after his murder charge was dropped. Robert William Brown, 75, died in hospital days after he was pushed to the ground outside the busy Grand Central Shopping Centre and had his backpack stolen in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on February 6, 2023.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Aisling Brennan
The Queensland government adopts major recommendations to redesign plans for new Toowoomba and Bundaberg hospital sites. Other hospital expansion sites also face planning reassessment. The redesigns mean new costings and timelines for the major hospital projects. Hundreds of beds slated for two new regional Queensland hospitals and other health-related projects are facing significant delays due to spiralling costs, an independent review has found.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Aisling Brennan |Peter Sanders
A Queensland high school student killed in a e-scooter crash in a rural town is being remembered as a caring young girl whose smile would light up a room. Twelve-year-old Summah Richards was riding an e-scooter in Laidley, west of Brisbane, when she died in a collision with a car at about 3pm on Saturday. Queensland Police said initial investigations suggested Summah was riding southbound on Vaux Street when she fell into the path of a grey Holden Barina travelling in the same direction.
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2 months ago |
au.news.yahoo.com | Aisling Brennan |Ria Pandey |Emma Kirk
Police have released dramatic footage of a teenage boy being arrested over an alleged sexual assault and home invasion in Far North Queensland. It is alleged a woman was raped at knifepoint after three teenagers broke into her Cairns home while she was sleeping in the early hours of Friday. Bodycam footage shows an officer chasing the teen on foot before he runs through traffic across a busy road in Manunda on Friday afternoon.
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For those living in the small busy rural town of Yarraman, 180 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, medical help can be hard to come by if something goes wrong. https://t.co/pBrfFnQvcv

The state government will have to go back to the drawing board for many hospital plans across the state following a review into the health expansion roll out. https://t.co/d7hENZ1AJ8

News from me (again) - I’ve got a new job! Let me know if you’ve got a Southern Queensland yarn worth sharing. https://t.co/IXd0I1pNCl