Nibir Mostafa Khan

Aug 22, 2023 | abc.net.au | Nibir Mostafa Khan

Fire authorities say they are prepared for whatever the bushfire season throws at them, with the latest outlook showing Queensland faces an increased risk across much of the state. Queensland Fire and Rescue Commissioner Greg Leach said his organisation expects a busy fire season this year due to "huge" fuel loads. "The last six months [have seen] well-below average rainfall, so there is a lot of grass," he said.

Aug 21, 2023 | abc.net.au | Nibir Mostafa Khan

When the flood waters started rising in Burketown in the Gulf of Carpentaria in March, Murrandoo Yanner Jnr felt he and his rangers were quick to help their community. "It was just a handful of people, a couple of vehicles and a couple of boats going down to these businesses and homes and removing [flood victims]," the Carpentaria Land Council head ranger said.

Jul 25, 2023 | abc.net.au | Nibir Mostafa Khan

A 54-year-old male worker has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after falling "six to 10 metres" from scaffolding at a Cross River Rail construction site in inner Brisbane. Key points:A worker fell several metres onto concrete at the Brisbane siteA crane was used to extricate the man who is now in hospitalThe site has been closed and investigations are ongoingEmergency services were called to the worksite in Dutton Park just after 1pm following reports of an industrial incident.

Jul 16, 2023 | abc.net.au | Nibir Mostafa Khan |Craig Fitzsimmons

Yousuf Mohammed, 23, provides for more than two dozen relatives — his family of 11 in Brisbane, and as many as 25 in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. It's the same camp he was born in, after his parents fled genocide in Myanmar in the 90s. Now with the cost-of-living crisis, it's becoming harder for the support worker and his father to keep themselves, as well as their extended family, afloat.

Jul 10, 2023 | abc.net.au | Craig Fitzsimmons |Nibir Mostafa Khan

Australia's construction industry is in the midst of a skills shortage but, for some of those training to fill the gaps, making ends meet is a challenge. Mother of three Summer Hodge is a second-year mature-age apprentice and has left her career in accounting behind to get on the tools. "I love being outdoors … I'm not stuck in an office with four walls and every day is something different," Ms Hodge said.