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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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Ember the koala recovering at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital after being rescued by Friends of the Koala at Whiporie. Picture: Currumbin Wildlife Hospital

Koalas will be wiped out in five years, expert warns

A koala conservation expert says the State Government’s new mapping model for koala habitat has ‘shocked and appalled’ those working to save remaining populations. She has a dire warning if the Government goes ahead with its current plans.

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Scarborough man Brian Catterall has been taking kindness from the coast to the country to help those affected most by the drought. Sunday, January 19, 2020. (AAP Image/Renae Droop)

“There was just nothing. It was black and terrible.”

A charity drive to drought-stricken farmland west of Toowoomba started out as a trip to let country people know the city hadn’t forgotten them. It turned into a journey that would bring tears to one man’s eyes and change the lives of the children he met.

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