Lexy Hamilton-Smith
Weekend News Anchor at ABC Brisbane
Journalist MC and Presenter, currently working for ABC Brisbane. (views are my own)
Articles
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Jack McKay |Jack Mckay |Lexy Hamilton-Smith |Peter Sanders |Jessica Haynes
They are the minor parties looming large this federal election. One Nation, led by the party's creator Pauline Hanson, and Trumpet of Patriots, led by businessman and former politician Clive Palmer, share a similar voter base. With polls indicating the Coalition may need preferences from right-leaning candidates to secure key seats, these two parties led by Queensland mavericks could play a decisive role in how the election plays out.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Lexy Hamilton-Smith
After a year of controversy Queensland Ballet has welcomed its new artistic director Ivan Gil-Ortega. The Spanish-born former principal dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet and Dutch National Ballet is working on his vision for the 2026 season. The 47-year-old takes the reins after the shock resignation of Li Cunxin, famously known as Mao's Last Dancer, due to ill health. Rockhampton-raised Leanne Benjamin took on the role after Li but resigned six months later after clashing with the board.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
abc.net.au | Lexy Hamilton-Smith
Mark Stockwell is one of the few Brisbane developers willing to mention the "F word" to prospective buyers. The entirety of West End, just one kilometre from the CBD, is a flood plain, but the demand for housing means skyscrapers are going up anyway. "We have got to realise Brisbane is on a flood plain, but we have to be prepared for it, have plans in place, and design buildings that can cope," he said.
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Dec 29, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Lexy Hamilton-Smith
Joshua Lowndes passed all his milestones as a baby. He walked and crawled and by the age of two could count and knew all the colours of the rainbow. But his life changed dramatically when he started having complex partial seizures. The uncontrollable fits led to an endless cocktail of drugs, stints in the ICU and eventually brain surgery. His mother, Monique Lowndes, said from then on her only son had an acquired brain injury and became non-verbal.
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Dec 18, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Lexy Hamilton-Smith |Christopher Testa
Hundreds more Australians stranded in Vanuatu after devastating earthquakes will be flown back home on RAAF flights early this evening. Brisbane Airport's international terminal will welcome both arrivals. It follows other emergency rescue flights, which brought 148 Australians from the disaster zone overnight.
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