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Kate BanvilleDefence reporter

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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It was May 5 this year when Mareeba local Kim Johnson received the call that her 15-year-old son Nathan had been involved in a serious workplace accident.

Nathan’s nightmare workplace accident

It was May 5 this year when Mareeba local Kim Johnson received the call that her 15-year-old son Nathan had been involved in a serious workplace accident.

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Tennille Palmer and her son Tavita Esekia 18 months who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at 5 months and is hoping to spend Christmas at home with his family . PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS

One year on, Tavita home for Christmas

When Tavita Esekia’s mum noticed a growing lump on his stomach in November last year, the baby boy was raced from Mareeba to Cairns and then flown to Townsville in just three days.

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Northshore State Primary School student Poppy Whiting, 9, with her diabetes testing kit. Picture: Evan Morgan

Poppy’s a class act despite diabetic setback

Most young children would find any excuse to stay home from school but for nine-year-old Poppy Whiting, going to school is all she’s ever wanted.

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Neville caught a minor respiratory illness that was exacerbated by his non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

Brave Neville gives thumbs up to his medical team

Living almost 800km from a tertiary hospital with a youngster with a complex lung condition would be a concern for most parents, but not Dr Leonie Fromberg.

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Braylen Macnamara spent 16 days in the paediatric intensive care unit.

Braylen’s all smiles once more

Braylen Macnamara was zooming around the house in his walker like a typical eight-month-old when a terrible accident saw the curious tot pull a burning hot pot on to himself.

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