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- Mick still in full swing at mere 105 04/08/2025
- Gut link to debilitating diseases offers treatment hope 01/08/2025
- Brain fix coming 30/07/2025
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- Tot, 3, fixed by robot 30/07/2025
- Approved drug of hope 21/07/2025
- Parkinson’s implant offers hope 20/07/2025
- The long road to saving Grace 20/07/2025
- Cheers for 40 years of love 18/07/2025
- Veteran nurse who’s cared for generations of Queenslanders 17/07/2025
- Brain cancer stem cells breakthrough 15/07/2025
- Surprise new role for drug Breast cancer patient hope 15/07/2025
- Team nurses big hopes of helping kids 13/07/2025
- Jab to treat Parkinson’s 12/07/2025
- Milestone for premmies 10/07/2025
- Teen surfer’s building a future 09/07/2025
- Here for the girls period 07/07/2025
- Gift to keep on giving 17/06/2025
- New treatment breakthrough for leukaemia sufferers 14/06/2025
- ‘Absolute miracle’ just keeps defying all odds 14/06/2025
- HIV cure a step closer 07/06/2025
- Tickle the tummy of a real-life Babe 06/06/2025
- Weight loss jab can help sleep issue too 05/06/2025
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- Helping sick kids feel at home 03/06/2025
- Cancer therapy success in lupus 26/05/2025
- Ukraine refugee’s degree of hope 19/04/2025
- Stem chasers in Epic mercy dash for Mia 16/03/2025
- Free meals for cyclone victims 16/03/2025
- “Miracle drug” ends cancer nightmare 02/03/2025
- Oui do ! Love is not just for the young 10/06/2024
- Gates gives away $1.5bn 30/05/2024
- We can cure Parkinson’s 28/05/2024
- Live is chimply amazing for Lemba 23/05/2024
- Surprise finding to help baby 17/05/2024
- Stranger gave gift of life 03/03/2024
- How tiny bub beat the odds 03/03/2024
- Ricky tackles autism stigma 28/01/2024
- Miracle bub Sol is the luckiest chick in town 04/04/2023
- Alpac’in a lot in my life 03/04/2023
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Category Archives: People
Mick still in full swing at mere 105
He fought a war, farmed the land, raised a tribe of successful kids and on Sunday, Mick Scott marked the beginning of his 106th year on the planet. The World War II veteran and former Muttaburra stock-man celebrated his 105th birthday in style with about 70 guests at a lunch at the Caloundra Boat Club. Continue reading
Cheers for 40 years of love
At just 13-weeks-old, Mahalia was diagnosed with a rare condition.
Having spent most of her life as a patient at the Queensland Children’s Hospital, Mahalia has reached precious milestones once thought impossible living with Chromosome 22 microduplication syndrome.
She has been cheered on by doctors, nurses, volunteers and the Children’s Hospital Foundation team she now calls family.
The foundation is today celebrating its 40th birthday with more than $256m invested in pediatric care over the decades.
It runs research and clinical programs for sick kids and has grown into the philanthropic arm of Queensland Children’s Hospital since its establishment in 1985. Continue reading
Veteran nurse who’s cared for generations of Queenslanders
Janet Ezzy, 77, is celebrating 60 years as a nurse and she is believed to be the longest serving in Australia. The Beatles were top of the charts, Jean Shrimpton was modelling the minidress at the Melbourne Cup and Australia was at war in Vietnam when Ms Ezzy began her very first shift as a trainee nurse. She was just 17 when her nursing and midwifery career began back in 1965 and today the sprightly grandmother of five is still caring for patients at Mater Private Hospital Mackay. Continue reading
Team nurses big hopes of helping kids
When the starting gun fires for this year’s Bridge to Brisbane, a special team will be lacing up their runners with hearts full of purpose. The rehabilitation unit crew from Queensland Children’s Hospital, led by nurse Julia Thomas, aren’t just running for fitness — they’re running for the kids who’ve shown them what real courage looks like. Continue reading
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Teen surfer’s building a future
A talented teenage Gold Coast surfer, artist and musician has been picked by Lego to be part of a new worldwide campaign to inspire girls to build their dreams into reality. Continue reading
Here for the girls period
A Brisbane woman is gearing up to tackle the period poverty crisis with a new social impact start-up. Remy Tucker, 25, first had the idea for her initiative On The House three years ago while studying midwifery and has worked tirelessly since to bring it to life, with the first instalment set to launch this week. Continue reading
Gift to keep on giving
Two national philanthropy powerhouses have given more than $20m to a Queensland organisation that aims to support children and young people. Continue reading
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New treatment breakthrough for leukaemia sufferers
A “game-changing” Australian blood cancer treatment triples patients chances of surviving, being cancer free and avoiding serious, lifelong complications, new research shows. Continue reading
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‘Absolute miracle’ just keeps defying all odds
A Brisbane teenager given a 1 per cent chance of survival after a horror quad bike accident has opened up about how his family were told to “say their goodbyes” as he had just six hours to live. Josh Ditchmen, now 19, said he and his friends decided to take some quad bikes for a ride while celebrating the NRL grand final at a family friend’s Gatton property in 2023. Continue reading
Helping sick kids feel at home
Olympic champion swimmer Ariarne Titmus has stepped in to help sick kids feel like home while in hospital.
Titmus said it was special to spend time with young patients at Queensland Children’s Hospital who were encouraged to draw their home, where they felt safe and supported. Continue reading
Ukraine refugee’s degree of hope
A Ukrainian university graduate who fled from her home town after it was bombed by Russian forces three years ago has described her degree as a “symbol of resilience and hope”. Continue reading
Stem chasers in Epic mercy dash for Mia
The frantic race to save 22-year-old Mia Preston seemed like a mission impossible, involving an epic 13.000km trek and a one-in-50-year cyclone. Months of preparation and precision timing to deliver stem cells from the US to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital for the leukaemia patient’s “one chance at life” transplant were upended when Cyclone Alfred prevented the flight landing in Brisbane. Continue reading
Free meals for cyclone victims
Charity Turbans 4 Australia has handed out more than 700 free hot meals to Cyclone Alfred affected Queenslanders. Rice and lentil curries prepared at the Brisbane Sikh Temple in Eight Mile Plains were packed in coolers and distributed to Queens-landers worst hit by the Cyclone on Saturday. Continue reading
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Oui do ! Love is not just for the young
It might have been the longest wait but 100-year-old American World War II veteran Harold Terens married his 96-year-old fiancee in Normandy on the weekend , days after being honoured on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Continue reading
Gates gives away $1.5bn
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates , who was previously married to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said she was giving $US1bn to people and organisations working to promote women’s issues. Continue reading
Stranger gave gift of life
Cairo Raif turned five this week but no birthday gift will ever beat the gift of life he was given from a total stranger.
He was born with kidney problems and started dialysis at just six months old. Continue reading
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How tiny bub beat the odds
Baby Ruby spent the first days of her life with her chest open so doctors could monitor her half-heart. The six-month-old has already braved three open-heart surgeries.
About one in 100 Aussie kids are born with congenital heart disease and there are more than 30,000 living with the condition. Continue reading
Ricky tackles autism stigma
Emma Stuart has opened her famous father’s eyes to the sounds of silence.
Having not spoken a word since birth, the daughter of Ricky Stuart – one of Austra- lia’s best known rugby league
players, coaches and mentors – Emma and Ricky Stuart. has taught him a thing or two about adversity.
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Miracle bub Sol is the luckiest chick in town
A tiny Queensland baby girl born almost four months early has proven to be an Easter miracle with her survival and strength surprising doctors and nurses as well as her parents. Continue reading
Alpac’in a lot in my life
An Alpaca farm at Canungra has awarded their most valued customer a lifetime membership of free visits to the farm and a “favourite customer certificate. Continue reading