Chloe Chomicki

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Emma Siossian |Isla Evans |Chloe Chomicki

The close knit North Shore community is accessed from Port Macquarie by car ferries which were stopped for five days. Tradespeople and volunteers have arrived to help with the clean-up and to restore power. The two car ferries started servicing the region again on Sunday afternoon. Having lived in Port Macquarie's North Shore for more than 40 years, Carla McKern knows isolation well. During times of flood though, that isolation goes to a new level.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Georgia Loney |Chloe Chomicki

Another person has died from soil-borne disease melioidosis in Queensland, bringing this year's death toll from the disease to 31. The latest Queensland Health figures show one person in Townsville has died from the infection in the past week. There have also been four new melioidosis cases reported in the same period. Three of those cases were around Cairns and the other was in the Townsville region.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Chloe Chomicki |Georgia Loney

Queensland police are reviewing a no-pursuit policy the union says gives a green light to car thieves. Despite the introduction of tougher "adult crime, adult time" penalties, the rate of car thefts remains stubbornly high in cities including Townsville in North Queensland, where a stolen car recently disrupted an Anzac Day service. Police cannot pursue a driver unless there is an imminent threat to life, a driver has made threats to kill or has committed an indictable offence. Loading...

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Georgia Loney |Chloe Chomicki

A 15-year-old boy has been charged after a police search for a stolen car delayed and disrupted an Anzac Day parade in Townsville. Police moved marchers at Friday's Thuringowa parade off roads and onto nearby paths after a stolen ute was involved in several crashes. The boy is set to face the Townsville Children's Court on Monday. A 15-year-old boy has been charged in relation to a stolen ute forcing an Anzac Day parade off the road in Townsville, Australia's largest garrison city.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Chloe Chomicki |Georgia Loney

An investigation into the sexual assault of a Townsville University Hospital nurse has found some clinical staff view unsafe patient behaviours as "just part of the job". When the nurse was assaulted by a patient, who was known for "verbal and physical aggression", there was no clear procedure for staff to follow. The health service has agreed to update procedures for line managers who are notified of sexual assault and make training mandatory service-wide.