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Kate Banville is a news reporter at the Townsville Bulletin, covering Defence, Education and Health. She draws on her personal experience as a 7-year Army veteran to report on matters relevant to the defence community. Kate was awarded the 2018 Ossie Awards for Investigative Journalism by an undergraduate for her ABC 7.30 report and ongoing coverage of a group of combat veterans’ fight against the Home Affairs Department to have their Afghan interpreters relocated to Australia on humanitarian grounds. The case has since been overturned by a Federal Court decision. She has previously worked at WIN News in Townsville and ABC Gold Coast where she started as an intern. Kate is a wife and mother of two young boys.

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Students Josie, 6, Anna, 8 and Grace Taylor, 10 with Isabella Dolan, 11 are learning from home during term 2. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

‘Homeschooling is just too much pressure’

A Townsville mother would rather write off the next five weeks as holidays than put her kids through the stress of trying to school via online amid a statewide systems crash.

Townsville

Scientists have hailed a world-first breakthrough in wiping out up to 90 per cent of deadly disease-carrying mosquitoes in a trial in north Queensland. A female Aedes aegypti mosquito at the JCU lab. PICTURE: MARC MCCORMACK

New cases of virus confirmed in Townsville

Townsville has recorded nine new cases of a mosquito borne virus in the past week.

Townsville

Maiya, 5 and Max, 4 with parents Tanyssa and Josh McGuire announce they're expecting.

McGuire family announce exciting news

Holding up an ultrasound, Josh McGuire and wife Tanyssa’s children announced they’re going to be a big brother and sister.

Townsville

12 North QLD medical miracles of 2019

There are some harrowing stories of what has gone wrong to many young North Queenslanders this year. But thanks to their families and the care they received from Townsville University Hospital and other organisations in the region, they battled and survived.

Townsville

Parents Rhett and Shahn Trevarthen with baby William who was born with a hole in his heart and had open heart surgery at 2 weeks old. The family returned to Townsville from Brisbane 2 weeks ago. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.

Newborn’s battle far from over yet

At 24 weeks gestation, Shahn Trevarthen found out her baby would need open heart surgery.

Townsville

Small cut to hand leads to brain surgery requiring

Camping outdoors and getting scratches and cuts is almost a rite of passage for children worldwide.

Townsville

Samantha Hayden went into early labour at just 27 weeks with twins Zachary and Sebastian.

Early arrivals in tough start to 2019

NO AMOUNT of time can prepare a new mum for the journey ahead. However, for Townsville’s Samantha Hayden, time was cut drastically short when she went into early labour at just 27 weeks with twins Zachary and Sebastian.

Townsville

Tiny Emmie overcomes huge health hurdle

At just four weeks old, baby Emmie stopped breathing and turned blue while being cradled in her mother’s arms.

Townsville

Willow Howarth and son Tayte Crisafulli, 6, at their new home in Ingham today. Picture: CAMERON BATES

Tayte makes great strides

Au afternoon of fun at his grandparent’s farm quickly turned to horror for Tayte Crisafulli, who suffered a serious brain injury.

Townsville

Charlotte shows she’s one tough little fighter

When Alanta Rogers and Max Perry’s normally active daughter Charlotte barely had enough energy to walk from her bedroom to the bathroom, they knew something was very wrong.

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