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Andrea Macleod is a senior writer with three decades of experience working in news and magazines both home and abroad. She is part of the Quest Community Newspapers team and contributing books reviewer for Brisbane News.

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Moreton

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‘Utter heartbreak’: JobKeeper frustrations flare

It’s the Federal Government’s $130bn bail out to support workers but it’s leading some employers to the brink of despair. Here’s why.

Moreton

General images around Box Hill Central during coronavirus crisis. Shoppers are seen at Box Hill central. Thursday, April 15, 2020. Picture:David Crosling

Grave warning as thousands of high-risk workers untested

A Queensland fever clinic director has issued a grave warning about a second wave of COVID-19 as thousands of the state’s high-risk workers go untested.

Moreton

Nurse wearing protective mask and gloves. New coronavirus Covid-19 from China. Female surgeon wearing her surgical mask

NEW DETAILS: Moreton Bay coronavirus cases revealed

New statistics released today by the Queensland Government show how many confirmed COVID-19 cases there have been in the Moreton Bay region and where people acquired the virus.

North

A doctor talking to senior man in surgery

GP jobs at risk as patients stay away

Patient numbers coming to GP clinics have plummeted with the Queensland’s peak medical body saying there will be serious consequences if the decline continues.

North

RendezView. Woman holding a red chilli to her mouth. (Pic: iStock)

Brisbane erotica queen’s ‘live’ lockdown offering

People might be in lockdown but there’s one thing that’s not going anywhere says Brisbane’s own queen of erotic fiction, and she’s launched an online session aimed at easing the frustrations of locals stuck at home. FIND OUT HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Local

REIQ: ‘So many tenants hating on us right now’

The REIQ has launched a major campaign to stop the State Government’s proposed COVID-19 tenant protections as a State MP says there are good reasons renters should never have to pay back their pandemic related debts.

North

Close up of sleeping newborn and kissing mother

Study shows veggies linked to reducing premature births but which ones?

Everyone knows veggies are good for you but new Queensland research shows just how important they are for mums to be and why.

North

The F45 Carina team conducting a live streamed training session. Picture: supplied

Gym’s live stream training accused of breaking COVID-19 rules

Gyms launched virtual training sessions in response to social distancing laws. However, onlookers are concerned trainers who ‘cram together’ for live-stream sessions are breaching those laws.

North

Doctors and nurses pulling hospital trolley,

Nurses ‘stood down without pay’ amid pandemic

A Queensland union claims nurses and midwives in some hospitals are being stood down without pay amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

South West

RSPCA sends urgent call for rescue team help

Every week the incredible work of the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital goes on as hundreds of injured animals are brought in for care. Now they need your urgent help. See the photos of some of the RSPCA’s cutest patients here.

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