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Migrant doctors filling GP gaps where 'there's nobody else'
By Grace Crivellaro and Brooke Chandler
As political debate about slashing migrant numbers continues, a medical centre in the NSW Southern Highlands is relying on doctors from overseas.
#DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #Health #Work #HealthPolicy #MigrationPolicy #RegionalCommunities #Immigration #GraceCrivellaro #BrookeChandler
World's 'last coachmaker' dies before delivering final work to king
By Brooke Chandler
Jim Frecklington dies during the final stages a build for King Charles III, but his team vows to see the work through.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/royal-coachmaker-jim-frecklington-dies-aged-76/107153976
$12m koala underpass not used in five months
By Brooke Chandler
Conservationists hope koalas will start using the first koala underpass south of Sydney despite research suggesting the native animal rarely uses them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-03/koalas-avoid-sydney-appin-road-underpass/107090362
#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #EnvironmentalManagement #Conservation #Roads #BrookeChandler
Distress beacons proposed for national park after teen hiker's death
By Brooke Chandler
The beacons are part of a safety program proposed by Wollondilly Council in memory of Lily Hooper who died while bushwalking in Nattai National Park.
#DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #MissingPerson #BrookeChandler
Driver dies after crashing into truck in front of police cars
By Brooke Chandler
Police say a driver who died after colliding with a truck at Appin was about 50 metres in front of two police vehicles using lights and sirens.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/critical-incident-fatal-crash-appin-police-cars/107000686
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #Police #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #DeathandDying #BrookeChandler
Deer stranded on rock shelf highlights looming urban pest problem
By Justin Huntsdale and Brooke Chandler
A deer stranded on an ocean rock shelf near swimmers and cyclists in Wollongong is the latest example of pest species encroaching into urban areas.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-05/deer-on-rock-shelf-near-wollongong-pool/106998206
#AgriculturalPestControl #Pests #EnvironmentalManagement #Animals #JustinHuntsdale #BrookeChandler
82-year-old charity cyclist dies day after last heroic ride
By Brooke Chandler
Motor neurone disease advocate Bob Montgomery dies just one day after completing a 5,300-kilometre bicycle ride across Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/bob-montgomery-mnd-charity-cyclist-death/106994142
#Charities #MotorNeuronedisease #DeathandDying #BrookeChandler
Grandfather and grandson pedal 5,300km from Broome to Bowral for MND
By Brooke Chandler
Bob Montgomery, 82, and his grandson Tom Malcolm, 18, have completed an epic cross-country cycling journey to raise money for research into motor neurone disease.
#Cycling #MotorNeuronedisease #HumanInterest #BrookeChandler
Falling objects at BlueScope trigger breaches months after death
By Brooke Chandler and Charles Rushforth
There have been six incidents involving falling tools and building materials at BlueScope, less than a year since contractor Jack McGrath was killed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-22/bluescope-safety-breaches-at-blast-furnace-reline/106908658
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #OccupationalHealthandSafety #Steel #Manufacturing #Unions #BrookeChandler #CharlesRushforth
Firewood side hustle sparks multi-million-dollar business in four states
By Brooke Chandler and Grace Crivellaro
When bushfire and drought robbed farmer Peter Chauncy of his livelihood, he started chopping wood to sell. Forty years later, he runs one of Australia's largest firewood businesses.
#Agriculture #RegionalCommunities #HumanInterest #Agribusiness #SmallBusinesses #RuralandRemoteCommunities #BrookeChandler #GraceCrivellaro
Union says it raised safety concerns day before major train derailment
By Brooke Chandler
The rail union says it raised safety concerns with a freight train operator about 24 hours before a major derailment in the New South Wales Southern Highlands.
#RailAccidentsandIncidents #RailTransportIndustry #Unions #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #RoadTransportIndustry #BrookeChandler
Family thanks paramedics who helped them 'say goodbye' to tradie
By Brooke Chandler and Justin Huntsdale
The family of a man who died in a workplace accident in Wollongong say they've found comfort knowing his donated organs are improving the lives of others.
#WorkplaceAccidentsandIncidents #DeathandDying #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #CommunityandSociety #BrookeChandler #JustinHuntsdale
'Gutted' workers at Tahmoor Colliery confront mass redundancies
By Kelly Fuller and Brooke Chandler
After 238 jobs are cut following the court-ordered liquidation, workers describe despair, shattered routines and the end of decades-long careers.
#Coal #RegionalCommunities #Unions #Unemployment #IndustrialRelations #KellyFuller #BrookeChandler
Ageing pop star leads fight against plans to redevelop old jail
By Brooke Chandler
Leo Sayer leads the fight against plans to transform a historic former jail into an upmarket accommodation and hospitality venue in the NSW Southern Highlands.
#RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #History #Entertainment #BrookeChandler
Voter launches petition to stop convicted MPs being paid in jail
By Brooke Chandler
Disgraced former MP Gareth Ward was paid a weekly salary of more than $3,000 while waiting to be sentenced for sexual offences. An Illawarra resident wants to ensure that never happens again.
#StateandTerritoryParliament #LawCrimeandJustice #Courts #GovernmentandPolitics #SexualOffences #Parliament #Crime #BrookeChandler
E-scooter rider dies after falling on road, struck by passing vehicle
By Brooke Chandler
A man riding an e-scooter through a residential area of the New South Wales Illawarra region has died after being hit by a car.
#WildlifeTrafficAccidentsandIncidents #DeathandDying #Police #BrookeChandler
NSW government announces plan to build 100 preschools in three years
By Brooke Chandler
Chris Minns made the announcement at a Labor conference on the state's South Coast today, where he criticised the previous government for failing to live up to its early education promises.
#Preschoolers #StateandTerritoryGovernment #PrimaryEducation #BrookeChandler
4yo aspiring firefighter 'walks into station like he owns it' on 85th station visit
By Brooke Chandler
Liam Moffitt wants to visit as many of the 334 Fire and Rescue stations in New South Wales as he can as part of a fundraising mission for burns survivors.
#Charities #Fires #SurgicalMedicine #Volunteers #Children #HumanInterest #Health #BrookeChandler
One dead, others injured as crash leaves major road in gridlock
By Brooke Chandler
A person has died and three others are critically injured after a crash at the bottom of Bulli Pass, a major feeder road south of Sydney.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-16/lawrence-hargrave-drive-bulli-pass-fatal-crash/103477428
One dead, others injured as multi-vehicle crash leaves major road in gridlock
By Brooke Chandler
Police have confirmed a person has died after a crash at the bottom of Bulli Pass, a major feeder road south of Sydney.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-16/lawrence-hargrave-drive-bulli-pass-fatal-crash/103477428
Illawarra workers bid farewell to Russell Vale coal mine amid an uncertain future
By Kelly Fuller and Brooke Chandler
The closure of the Wollongong mine, and the subsequent loss of hundreds of jobs, prompts calls for miners to be given better re-employment options.
#MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Fires #UnemploymentCommunityandSociety #MiningRural #MiningandMetalsIndustry #KellyFuller #BrookeChandler
Blood clots can be deadly. But this 'simple' 20-minute technique can save lives
By Brooke Chandler and Melinda James
Wollongong surgeon Laurencia Villalba's technique uses a catheter to "destroy" and "dissolve" pulmonary embolisms. Here's how it works.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-05/pulmonary-embolism-blood-clot-keyhole-treatment-/103400366
#SurgicalMedicine #Health #ScienceAwards #MedicalProcedures #DiseasesandDisorders #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #BrookeChandler #MelindaJames
Long COVID research offers 'light at the end of the tunnel', finding symptoms ease over time
By Brooke Chandler
Giuliano Gaspri spent eight months in hospital with COVID. He's part of a study of long COVID patients which hasn't found the cause, but did find life can return to normal with time.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-02/long-covid-study-still-suffering-but-some-hope/103173430
#COVID19 #RespiratoryDiseases #MedicalResearch #Health #BrookeChandler