Ned Hammond
Contributor at Westender
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Ned Hammond
Lauren Ingrid Flanigan, 32, has died overnight after being found unresponsive in her cell at Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre on Friday. Ms Flanigan was charged with murder after her three-year-old daughter, Sophia Rose, was found with stab wounds at a home north of Bundaberg last Monday. A report will be prepared for the coroner. A mother accused of murdering her three-year-old daughter has died in hospital, two days after being found unresponsive while in custody in Brisbane.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Ned Hammond
The Queensland State Library says it remains committed to freedom of expression despite a decision to rescind a $15,000 fellowship awarded to Indigenous writer K A Ren Wyld over comments about the conflict in Gaza made on social media last year. The decision was made by the state's arts minister John-Paul Langbroek, who wrote to the library's board on Monday May 19. The library said it was legally bound to follow the minister's order.
Brisbane City Council to review low-to-medium density residential zoning to address housing shortage
2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Ned Hammond
Brisbane lord mayor Adrian Schrinner has announced a review into low-to-medium density residential zoning in Brisbane to address skyrocketing housing costs. It will focus on expanding density by reviewing car parking requirements, building heights, and lot sizes for developments in LMR areas and identifying areas where more LMR housing could be built.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Ned Hammond
A class action lawsuit has been launched accusing Queensland Health of racial discrimination in facilities in two regional Queensland areas. The class action filed in the Federal Court on Tuesday alleges state health services discriminated against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients at facilities administered by the North West Hospital and Health Service and the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Ned Hammond
Former Queensland governor Paul de Jersey was appointed to conduct a review into Brisbane City Council's response to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in March. Mr de Jersey gave the council's reaction an "A plus" and made 12 recommendations to further improve its disaster response. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has written to the state and federal governments requesting funds for the voluntary home buyback scheme.
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