Terminal cancer patient Josephine Collins says she is content as she lies on an oversized “cuddle bed”, surrounded by her daughters and granddaughter in the Robina Hospital’s palliative care ward on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Category: ABC Brisbane News
Gold Coast corruption probe clears Mayor and council
Queensland’s corruption watchdog has cleared Gold Coast City Council Mayor Tom Tate and other members of the council over alleged conflicts of interest over property developments.
Why future Wallabies players are being coached by former All Blacks
A former international rugby coach says Australian Rugby needs to do more to support future Wallabies players at the school-age level.
Phone-sized device could allow depressed people to treat themselves at home
Researchers say a hand-held device that sufferers of depression can take home and use themselves has the power to dramatically improve people’s moods.
Killer sentenced to life for strangling woman, stealing her money
Robert Graham Thomas is sentenced to life in prison for strangling a Brisbane woman he was seeing, before stealing her bank cards and attempting to cover his tracks.
Clive Palmer to run for the Senate, drafts ex-NRL star for seat of Herbert
Billionaire businessman and former federal MP Clive Palmer abandons his plan to contest the country’s most marginal seat, instead throwing himself into the race for the Senate.
Iconic bookstore's final chapter has a happy ending
After trading for more than 50 years and being a family’s pride and joy spanning three generations, a beloved Brisbane bookstore is closing its doors.
Our southern farmers could really use a break, literally
The first good rainfall that traditionally triggers the southern cropping season is known as the autumn break. We usually expect it by around Anzac Day, but for the past few years the skies have refused to open.
'Families need certainty': Fears remain despite Minister's pledge to keep disabilities centre open
Queensland’s Health Minister says he will overturn a decision made by his own department to soon close a unique residential centre for people with profound and complex disabilities, but families want a public declaration that the facility will remain open longer term.
George Christensen's Asian travel distracts Coalition attacks on Labor
Revelations about George Christensen’s taxpayer-funded travel are distracting the Coalition’s attack on Bill Shorten’s superannuation blunder.