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Compulsory reporting queried

POLICE are “jaded” when accepting reports of abuse from residential aged care providers.

The statement is made in a comprehensive report prep...

30/08/2010
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Sweet, sweet music

IT SEEMS safe to say that no one in mid-life or later is likely to take up a musical instrument without having fallen in love with music a long tim...

30/08/2010
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Vera’s golden comeback

Idol contest brings out very best in coast’s senior talent


Coombabah singer Vera Dimmack’s ultimate triumph over the stroke that almost...

30/08/2010
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Laws out of pace with abuse

REALISTIC totals for the amount of money misappropriated from older Queens­landers each year through financial abuse range from $1-5 billion.

26/07/2010
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Daniel awards guest

INTERNATIONALLY renowned Irish singer Daniel O’Donnell will be a special guest at the Daniel’s Shield Nursing Home Awards in September.

Launc...

26/07/2010
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Science still has much to learn

BRIAN Gabrielli’s decision to not become a builder is a good thing for cancer research as the scientist works with a team to find better diagnostic...

26/07/2010
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WE’LL ‘SUFFER BADLY’

OUTRAGEOUS is how one Queensland seniors’ groups has described last month’s announcement of a 13.29 per cent rise in electricity prices.

Aust...

28/06/2010
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Rail workers’ reunion

LARRY Walter was the third generation of men in his family to become a Queensland Rail worker.

He had always wanted to work on the railways, ...

28/06/2010
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Take a leaf out of this angel’s book

Alison Cunningham loves reading to children. This very act makes her an angel; but no ordinary angel. She’s a Pyjama Angel – one of many volunteeri...

28/06/2010
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Wagon wheels rolled!

IT’S about 120km from Charters Towers to Townsville – a fair drive in anyone’s language. But by horse-drawn wagon?

Charters Towers locals Jim...

31/05/2010
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Guiding’s fabulous century

In September 1909, four brave girls walked up to Scout Movement founder Robert Baden Powell and asked if they could join the Scouts.

In 1910,...

31/05/2010
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Golden Idol time

Time to tune up that voice, slip on the dancing shoes or pull a rabbit out of a hat... the search is on for our next Golden Idol.

And with th...

31/05/2010
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Dick dusts up on Tidy Towns

AUSTRALIAN motor racing legend Dick Johnson has spent more time than most behind the driver’s wheel – on the racetrack and on the road.

So he...

27/04/2010
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Posties to make way for boxes?

NEWS that automated community mail hubs could replace the postman in some new communities has created outrage among seniors groups.

However s...

27/04/2010
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Gallipoli tribute a labour of love

THE fruits of two years’ labour and the efforts of a team of dedicated volunteers were unveiled when Vietnam war hero Keith Payne VC opened the new...

27/04/2010
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