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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Emma Pollard |Janelle Miles
Aged care resident Arlene Freeland admits it's getting harder for her to clean her teeth properly as she grows older. "I try my best and some days it's not good enough, really," she says. "There should be more help for us oldies, who need as much help as we can get."Dental therapist Leonie Short visited Arlene's Ipswich aged care facility, west of Brisbane, educating residents and their carers about preventative oral health care for seniors. "Some of it was tips I didn't know," Arlene said.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Janelle Miles |Emma Pollard
A mother of a trans teenager has successfully taken the first step in legal action against the Queensland Health Director-General over the state's freeze on puberty blockers. The woman, whose name cannot be published to protect the identity of her daughter, has obtained an order in the Supreme Court to force Dr David Rosengren to provide her with a statement of reasons for the freeze.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Emma Pollard |Janelle Miles
Revelations that 17 children were given unauthorised gender treatments at a Cairns clinic led to a ban on public doctors in Queensland from giving children puberty blockers or hormones in January. Now the parents of teens caught up in the freeze are speaking out.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Esther Linder |Emma Pollard
Residents and tourists have been urged to secure their properties or move to safer locations as up to 20,000 homes could be impacted by flooding. Evacuation centres on the Gold Coast will be open on Wednesday but Brisbane city has yet to confirm its own services. Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall north of Brisbane on Thursday evening or Friday morning.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Esther Linder |Emma Pollard
Residents and tourists have been urged to secure their properties or move to safer locations as up to 20,000 homes could be impacted by flooding. Evacuation centres on the Gold Coast will be open tomorrow but Brisbane city has yet to confirm its own services. Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall north of Brisbane on Thursday evening or Friday morning.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Emma Pollard |Janelle Miles
An international team of researchers has found hundreds of new genetic variants linked to depression, highlighting the biological factors underpinning the illness and potentially laying the groundwork for new treatments. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and King's College in London led the project in conjunction with Australian researchers.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Janelle Miles |Emma Pollard
A first-time mum sings a nursery rhyme to her toddler son as he giggles in her arms. "The wheels on the bus go round and round," she sings to her little curly-top, as her partner watches on beside them, smiling. They're sitting on a park bench under blue skies at Brisbane's South Bank — a joyous scene that likely plays out with many families in parks across Australia every day.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Emma Pollard
Mandy* used to relish going out to see live music, but that joy was taken away from her when someone spiked her drink with opiates earlier this year. On a Saturday night in April, the 44-year-old went to Brisbane venue The Zoo to see a band with her partner Anne* to celebrate their third anniversary. The couple — who asked to remain anonymous — had only been there for 35 minutes when Mandy started to feel extremely sick. "I started throwing up and I actually passed out beside the toilet," she said.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Emma Pollard |Claudia Williams
Queensland's new premier has confirmed the LNP will repeal drug laws that are diverting thousands of people from the criminal justice system and have the support of police and doctors. State parliament passed the reforms last year, meaning anyone caught carrying small quantities of illicit substances such as heroin, cocaine or ice is given three chances before facing a criminal charge. A warning is given the first time someone is caught.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Emma Pollard |Alex Brewster
Queensland's new LNP government has accused the former Labor administration of lying to the community about the cost and viability of a huge pumped hydro scheme, branding it a "con job" and "hoax". Premier David Crisafulli has followed through on his election commitment to scrap Labor's Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project, slated for an area west of Mackay, in north Queensland.
