Craig Fitzsimmons

Jul 16, 2023 | abc.net.au | Nibir Mostafa Khan |Craig Fitzsimmons

Yousuf Mohammed, 23, provides for more than two dozen relatives — his family of 11 in Brisbane, and as many as 25 in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. It's the same camp he was born in, after his parents fled genocide in Myanmar in the 90s. Now with the cost-of-living crisis, it's becoming harder for the support worker and his father to keep themselves, as well as their extended family, afloat.

Jul 10, 2023 | abc.net.au | Craig Fitzsimmons |Nibir Mostafa Khan

Australia's construction industry is in the midst of a skills shortage but, for some of those training to fill the gaps, making ends meet is a challenge. Mother of three Summer Hodge is a second-year mature-age apprentice and has left her career in accounting behind to get on the tools. "I love being outdoors … I'm not stuck in an office with four walls and every day is something different," Ms Hodge said.

Jun 23, 2023 | abc.net.au | Craig Fitzsimmons

Tests of the Brisbane River catchment have revealed an unlikely harbour for Australia's most elusive mammal. A Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland survey after last year's floods found Sandy Creek, which skirts the edges of western Brisbane and Ipswich, is home to a significant platypus population. They surveyed 22 sites in the catchment, but Sandy Creek was the only one to record a positive eDNA test for the animal.

May 31, 2023 | abc.net.au | Craig Fitzsimmons |Nibir Mostafa Khan

Winter is here and once again Ipswich locals have reason to be more rugged up than their neighbours in Brisbane. In the depths of winter the average minimum temperature is 5 degrees Celsius chillier than the nearby capital. So why does Ipswich tend to get colder than Brisbane in winter, and hotter in summer? What causes the temperature differences?

May 31, 2023 | abc.net.au | Nibir Mostafa Khan |Craig Fitzsimmons

Akol Liar Mager says real estate agents hung up as soon as he said "hello" during his three-year mission to rent a house.