Published July 2025 Paediatrician and philanthropist Dr Michael Williams from New Farm has been honoured with Environmental Philanthropist of the Year at the 2025 Queensland Philanthropy Awards. In his acceptance speech, Dr Williams said the climate crisis and loss of biodiversity has driven him to give and advocate for the environment for many years. “It […]
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Published July 2025 Brisbane City Council have denied a charity assistance from The Booroodabin Bowls Club despite the club receiving a Community Support award for the partnership in March. The Boo Bowls Club manager Jeffrey Crawford believes their central location has helped the charity. “It made it quite easy for volunteers to catch the train
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Published July 2025 Described lovingly by her friends at Merthyr Road Uniting Church as wonderful and also ‘feisty’, Molly-Jean Hunt’s personality is a lively as ever, even having just celebrated her 100th birthday in June. Originally hailing from Montreal, Canada, the story of how she emigrated to Australia started at a Sunday lunch organised by
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Published July 2025 Local boxer Jake “The Machine” Wyllie is set to headline an event in August after impressing the boxing world with his recent performance against George Kambosos Jr. “There’s big things on the horizon”, Wyllie said. “It’s a huge one for [Fortitude Boxing gym] and for the people that have been around for
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Published July 2025 As the newly-appointed rector at St Augustine’s Anglican Church, Hamilton, Reverend David Ruthven is excited about his new parish, one that he sees as reaching out to the surrounding area, both spiritually and physically. Here there are unexpected blessings. The large grass verge that slopes down from the church towards Racecourse Road
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