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Andrea MacleodSenior reporter

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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HOLD COURIER MAIL SUNDAY FOR MONDAY 9 month old rescue Koalas Balou (at front) with from leftTatiana, Zidane and Bobo who are being rehabilitated and cared for byAnnika Lehmann of Moreton Bay Koala Rescue. Photo Lachie Millard

Minister: council koala maps were wrong

Queensland Environment Minister says the ‘bitter pill’ for southeast Queensland councils to swallow is in the new koala mapping details. She’s calling for a stop to using koalas as a political football.

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Even at 103 it’s hard to say goodbye to Nan

Even at 103 it’s hard to say goodbye to Nan

More and more elderly people are living their last years in nursing homes. But with the increase in numbers comes the need to provide more staff and greater care for a population that is living longer and longer.

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Wendy Taniela with her 5 year old son Cyrus Taniela in a play ground in Upper Caboolture.The mother of a five-year-old boy with long hair says his Caboolture school, Australian Christian College Moreton, told them it had to be cut despite his hair cutting ceremony, which is part of his father’s Cook Islands and Niuean heritage, being still a year awayMonday February 10,2020. (AAP image, John Gass)

This is about much more than a haircut

The debate over whether a five-year-old boy should be asking his school to change its hair policy to accommodate his cultural hairstyle raises another issue: gender discrimination. JOIN THE CONVERSATION

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Wendy Taniela with her 5 year old son Cyrus Taniela in a play ground in Upper Caboolture.The mother of a five-year-old boy with long hair says his Caboolture school, Australian Christian College Moreton, told them it had to be cut despite his hair cutting ceremony, which is part of his father’s Cook Islands and Niuean heritage, being still a year awayMonday February 10,2020. (AAP image, John Gass)

The school rule that may be racist

The state’s Human Rights Commission has warned that a southeast Queensland Christian school’s rule may constitute indirect racial discrimination, as a student’s family takes on the school administration over their young son’s hair.

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