
Jessica Ross
Journalist and TV Producer at Freelance
Freelance Journalist at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
ABC Sunshine Coast journalist, proud mum to children, chickens 👧🏻👦🏼🐓 Trying to make the world a better place, one pun at a time. Views are mine 💁🏼♀️
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Jessica Ross
There'd be few things more terrifying as a parent than finding out your child has a disease, particularly if it's one where there's no known cure. That was the situation for a couple from Queensland, when they discovered their daughter had an ultra-rare brain disease in 2020. They've since made it their mission to raise awareness and money to save not just their daughter, but the handful of children just like her, scattered around the globe.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Jessica Ross
It's a cosy scene in the Whitrod home, with the family of four nestled on a rug as they play with a wooden shop. Tallulah Moon is taking coffee orders — and taking charge. The sassy six-year-old demands dad pays first before he receives his imaginary beverage, and gets him to tap his phone on a block. It's hard to believe that just 18 months ago she was non-verbal. Five years ago, Tallulah was given just months to live after initially being misdiagnosed.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Jessica Ross |Sheridan Stewart
Morgan Hunter was just nine months old when she lost her parents and two sisters in a horrific car accident. The 31-year-old, from Queensland's Sunshine Coast, thought she had no memories of her mother Kerrie — until recently. "I was able to watch a family video for the first time and I heard her laugh," Ms Hunter said.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Jessica Ross
Showers are expected to hit Queensland over the long weekend, including on election day. Some isolated areas could receive up to 100 millimetres of rain, while the state's south-east will experience more moderate falls. Conditions are likely to begin to ease on Monday, with "pretty good" weather by Tuesday, according to the weather bureau. Falls of up to 100 millimetres could hit parts of Queensland over the Labour Day long weekend, after days of picture-perfect autumn weather.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Jessica Ross |Josh Dye
In Bonza's first year of operation more than 650,000 passengers eagerly boarded jets bound for cities and the many regional towns the big airlines had ignored. Based on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, the carrier was marketed as a cheap and cheerful alternative to the major players and took to the skies in early 2023. But a mere 15 months later the mood was grim.
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