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Shooters destroy flood monitoring cameras as more rain looms for south-west Queensland

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kemii Maguire |David Iliffe

As a Queensland shire braces for river rises and flooding, almost a quarter of its flood-monitoring cameras are offline after they were deliberately shot at or vandalised. Balonne Shire, in south-west Queensland, has 19 cameras in flood-prone locations to monitor water levels. Images from the cameras are published to council's disaster dashboard, available to authorities and the community.
Statistics show experienced male drivers most likely to die on flooded roads

Dec 20, 2024 | abc.net.au | Peter Sanders |David Iliffe

Experienced male motorists have been involved in all nine southern Queensland flooded road fatalities since 2021. Police believe impatience and overconfidence are leading to motorists choosing to drive into floodwater. Police have launched their holiday road safety operation. Experienced drivers in southern Queensland are not heeding the "If it's flooded, forget it" message.
Telstra registers uptick in calls to helplines from public phones since service became free

Sep 19, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kemii Maguire |David Iliffe

Still they stand, beacons of hope beside Australia's highways and suburban streets. Public telephones — once slated for obsolescence as mobile devices appeared in every hand — are increasingly becoming a last lifeline for the nation's most vulnerable people. More than 300,000 free phone calls were made from public phones across Australia to triple-0, Lifeline, 1800-Respect and other lifesaving services in the past year.
From coral counting to beach cleanups: Queensland's youngest Coral Watch ambassador - ABC listen

Jan 11, 2024 | abc.net.au | David Iliffe

This 9yo got Billie Eilish to lend her song to a reef protection campaign. Now he's got his sights set on other big names
With the help of an anonymous family's $500k donation, these women have received the gift of a lifetime

Oct 28, 2023 | abc.net.au | David Iliffe |Michael Black |Sharon Gordon

Four women living with disabilities have received the gift of a lifetime with a brand new house for them to share. The new build, nestled in a quiet suburb of Toowoomba in southern Queensland, was funded by a large donation from a local philanthropic family, as well as funding from the Endeavour Foundation. It means the four National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) recipients will be able to live mostly independently, one of them for the first time in her life.
An out of the blue donation gave these women a home

Oct 26, 2023 | abc.net.au | David Iliffe

David Iliffe, ABCAt first glance, it's just another house. It has a tidy little front yard, beds of flowers and one or two newly planted trees, a driveway, and a garage. Just another house in a quiet Toowoomba suburb where neighbours walk their dogs without having to worry too much about the traffic.
Rob loves camping in his caravan, but a check found something simple putting his family's safety at risk

Oct 11, 2023 | abc.net.au | David Chen |David Iliffe |Kemii Maguire

Rob Katelaars admits his love of caravans is out of control. 90 per cent of caravans have been found to be overweightOverweight vehicles can be a safety risk and void insuranceOwners are being urged to attend education events being held across QueenslandThe 50-year-old and his wife from Willowbank in south-east Queensland have owned three caravans since they swapped their tent for a camper in 2014. Each one has been bigger and better, decked out with all the modern accessories.
Pub Choir heads to Thallon to fill the night sky with song

Sep 26, 2023 | abc.net.au | David Iliffe

When Astrid Jorgensen's Pub Choir heads to Thallon next month to teach the town a well-known rock song in three-part harmonies, she wants the sound to soar into the night sky. On Saturday night, October 29, hundreds of locals and tourists alike will revel in the Pub Choir experience, not in the town's local watering hole, but out in the open, under the setting sun in the shadow of the iconic grain silos with their much-photographed murals.
Bridging the generational divide

Aug 23, 2023 | abc.net.au | David Iliffe |Elsa Silberstein

Neville Brown grew up in an era when children were seen and not heard. So, when the call went out to residents of his retirement village to be a part of a digital storytelling project with students at a local high school, the 88-year-old was delighted.
Making friends when you have Down Syndrome

Aug 7, 2023 | abc.net.au | Sarah Cumming |David Iliffe

Judy Currie's son Andrew was the only child with Down Syndrome at his country school. She says it was difficult to watch him struggle to form close friendships, but that all changed when he found his crowd.

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David Iliffe

Articles

Shooters destroy flood monitoring cameras as more rain looms for south-west Queensland

Statistics show experienced male drivers most likely to die on flooded roads

Telstra registers uptick in calls to helplines from public phones since service became free

From coral counting to beach cleanups: Queensland's youngest Coral Watch ambassador - ABC listen

With the help of an anonymous family's $500k donation, these women have received the gift of a lifetime

An out of the blue donation gave these women a home

Rob loves camping in his caravan, but a check found something simple putting his family's safety at risk

Pub Choir heads to Thallon to fill the night sky with song

Bridging the generational divide

Making friends when you have Down Syndrome

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