Category Archives: People

Oui do ! Love is not just for the young

Posted on 10/06/2024 by admin

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 →

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Gates gives away $1.5bn

Posted on 30/05/2024 by admin

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 →

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Stranger gave gift of life

Posted on 03/03/2024 by admin

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

Posted on 03/03/2024 by admin

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 →

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Ricky tackles autism stigma

Posted on 28/01/2024 by admin

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

Posted on 04/04/2023 by admin

A tiny Queensland baby girl born almost foru 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 →

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Alpac’in a lot in my life

Posted on 03/04/2023 by admin

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 →

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Hospital’s cuddle mum hangs up her hugs

Posted on 23/03/2023 by admin

BELOVED grandparents who have cuddled more than 1000 new born at Mater Mothers’ Hospital are stepping down after docking up 19.000 hours of volunteering. Continue reading →

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Fortunate parents win IVF lottery

Posted on 19/03/2023 by admin

COUPLE’S dream to become parents has delivered four times the joy with quadruplets born for just the third time in 12 years at one Queensland hospital. Continue reading →

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Saved in a birthday miracle

Posted on 08/01/2023 by admin

A nine years old defined all odds and set to make a miraculous return to school this year Continue reading →

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Kids discover old grand way to make friends

Posted on 30/11/2022 by admin

Kindergarten students are helping to keep Brisbane elderly to feel young as part of a speial program dubbed GrandFriends. Continue reading →

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For the flying doctor saving lives is just another day at the Beechcraft

Posted on 20/11/2022 by admin

Meet Queenslad very own flying doctor.He flies thousands of kilometers across regional Queensland for consultations. Continue reading →

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Twins at miracle milestone

Posted on 05/11/2022 by admin

Twins born 3 months premature with minimal chance of survival are celebrating their first birthday. Continue reading →

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Minutes from dying: How veteran cop saved two lives

Posted on 28/10/2022 by admin

Two lost shooters found in the cusp of death and within minutes of perishing in the arid North Queensland heat.This is a real story of rescue. Continue reading →

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Scott’s titanic work to help poor children

Posted on 21/10/2022 by admin

Mr Neeson first visited Cambodiain the early 2000s on a family holiday and was rattled by the reality of Children workingin toxic fumes and burning waste – many earning a little over a dollar a day. Continue reading →

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The girl they had to stop growing

Posted on 17/09/2022 by admin

She was diagnosed with a extremely rare form of gigantism, now she wants to make a difference, inspire others and encourage resilience for those with challenges to flourish. Continue reading →

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Like an iron man

Posted on 14/05/2022 by admin

She died for 22 minutes and only an incredible chain of luck means she is alive today. Continue reading →

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Mon, daughter surgeons, an Australia first

Posted on 02/05/2022 by admin

Australia’s only mon-daughter surgeons are Queenslanders Continue reading →

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Sophie is giving a deaf voice

Posted on 26/04/2022 by admin

Young Brisbane woman Sophie Li is helping the global deaf communitty with a new website featuring the signs of the world. Continue reading →

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New start for a little mermaid

Posted on 18/04/2022 by admin

It is a remarkable journey of survival, being plucked lifeless from the Mediterranean Sea of Malta only to be resuscitated by an Army medic then adopted by an Australian-Spanish couple. Continue reading →

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