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A power pole down in Ballina.

What you need to know: Road closures, power outages, supermarkets

Brisbane and south-east Queensland have gone into an effective lockdown, with more than 600 schools shut, public transport stopped, and people urged to stay inside their homes.

  • Marissa Calligeros and Felicity Caldwell

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Sandipan Dhar died aged 21 months.

Labor MP owns share in Key Largo clinic at centre of probe into the death of Sandipan Dhar

In November Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson gave Key Largo a public dressing down for not being involved in a health department review of Sandipan’s care.

  • Hamish Hastie
Intermittent heavy rainfall from Cyclone Alfred made for wet work for the employees of Brads Butchery in Lismore as they evacuated their workplace.

How Cyclone Alfred is impacting Northern NSW

Supermarkets, health clinics, transport, schools and roads have all been impacted by Cyclone Alfred. Here’s what you need to know.

  • Kayla Olaya
Leah Pitman, 34, and Dustin Atkinson, 39, have spoken for the first time after losing their baby girl Harper just hours after her birth.

They trusted this hospital to care for their baby. Instead, the unimaginable happened

Leah Pitman and Dustin Atkinson have spoken for the first time after the loss of their baby girl, Harper, just hours after her birth at Northern Beaches Hospital.

  • Angus Thomson
Danijela Fitzgibbon has witnessed how differently the healthcare system treats her two children, William, 12 and Alexis, 10.

‘Why are you letting them do this?’ The terror these mothers have for ‘unseen’ children

Rachel’s long-term fears for her boy became reality. For Danijela and son William, the same feelings are ever-present.

  • Kate Aubusson
Drew Dowsley was struck by a train in September, just hours after he was turned away from Gosford Hospital in a state of psychosis. He miraculously survived, and now his family is launching campaign with his mother Helen Dowsley to ensure the tragedy does not happen to anyone else. Helen and Drew looking at old photos of Drew as a child, at their home in Mittagong, Tuesday 4th of February 2025. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Drew was in crisis when he was hit by a train. His family want answers

Five months after Drew Dowsley’s miracle survival, his mother Helen still doesn’t understand why he was allowed to leave a NSW hospital in his darkest hour.

  • Angus Thomson
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Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has previously suggested that hospitals have the resources they need to meet compliance costs.

Hospitals insist on extra cash to aid shake-up as state tightens belt

The state’s hospitals say they need hundreds of millions to realise the new health service networks, but the timing could be tricky.

  • Broede Carmody
Joe Massa’s heartbroken parents Elouise and Danny holding a pair of his shoes.

Joe’s death must be catalyst for hospital change

Two-year-old Joe Massa’s death must serve as a catalyst for systemic hospital reform and not become another forgotten tragedy.

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Elouise and Danny Massa holding a pair of their son Joe’s shoes in his favourite part of the family’s garden in Balgowlah. Their two year old son Joe died at Northern Beaches Hospital after not being treated straight away for hypovolemia. Balgowlah, NSW. February 20, 2025. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Sydney hospital under fire over death of two-year-old boy

The state’s health minister said the tragedy highlighted grave concerns about the decision to run the hospital under a controversial public-private partnership.

  • Angus Thomson and Nick Newling
Northern Beaches Hospital in Frenchs Forest.

A two-year-old died at this Sydney hospital. It has a troubled history

The tragedy has again thrown the spotlight on Northern Beaches Hospital and the state government’s arrangement with its private operators.

  • Angus Thomson

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