Health & Wellbeing

10 November 2025

QLD adults will be able to get ADHD diagnosis from GP

QUEENSLAND will be Australia’s first state to enable GPs to initiate, adjust and continue prescriptions for ADHD medications for adults from December 1, 2025. The changes to the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021 will make ADHD care an...

8 November 2025

Youth support program changing students’ lives

A SCHOOL-based youth support program is helping students in Moreton Bay stay engaged in their education by providing a range of vital services and targeted support. Patience Thornton-Whiu, who is employed by Lutheran Services’ Intercept Youth and Fam...

7 November 2025

Kilcoy Cancer Support Group helps locals in need

The Kilcoy Cancer Support Group (Breast and the Rest) is inviting locals to join their not-for-profit volunteer organisation, which provides practical support to local residents diagnosed with cancer. The group offers a range of free services to thos...

6 November 2025

Women’s new support hub

CABOOLTURE is now home to a new free walk-in Women and Girls Health Hub, with the official opening of the Wellspring Women and Girls Health Hub on October 24. The new hub provides health checks and screening, immunisations, social work support, educa...

6 November 2025

Local GP leads fight against melanoma

EVERY five hours, one Australian loses their life to melanoma – a statistic that Dr Aaron Lewis is determined to change. The long-time local GP has recently joined On Point Skin Cancer Clinic, which has just opened a new location in Morayfield, desig...

4 November 2025

Respect tested at Alkira

SENIOR executives from the beleaguered Respect aged care service met with dozens of family members and residents of the Toogoolawah Alkira home last Friday (October 31) following concerns raised over poor service. The meeting came a week after Federa...

2 June 2025

Rural doctors deliver heartfelt end-of-life care

Where access to specialist services is limited, it is often the RG who stands alongside patients and their families during life’s final chapter—providing not only expert clinical care, but continuity, compassion, and cultural understanding. ACRRM Pre...

31 May 2025

Park set to shine with $2.25M

Mayor Peter Flannery said that he was pleased to welcome people to Bribie Island’s first district level park thanks to the Cosmos Park upgrades. “We’re bringing new activities to Cosmos Park with a basketball half court, fitness equipment, dedicated ...

31 May 2025

New Alzheimer’s treatment

Developed by Eli Lilly, Kisunla is the first medicine approved in Australia that targets the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s by clearing the amyloid plaques that disrupt brain function. It is the first new Alzheimer’s treatment registered in Australi...