Coroner blames Wollongong teen's asthma death on child ...
Coroner blames Wollongong teen's asthma death on child protection services' failure Updated February 26, 2016 18:29:59 A coroner has found the asthma death of a teenager living in squalor could have been avoided had NSW child protection services not missed several chances to help her. Key points: Thirteen-year-old girl died from asthma in 2014Nineteen reports about her made to FACS from 2002 to time she diedCoronial inquest said FACS engagement with family was "relati..>> view originalCommon in your lawn, killer on Big Island
Common in your lawn, killer on Big Island A fat, mutton bird chick is pulled from a burrow. It looks like a downy-grey snowman that has a miniaturised albatross beak instead of a carrot. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters like this are facing an extraordinary problem on Big Island, just off the coast of Wollongong in NSW. The island is overtaken with weeds that grow so fast and thick that the birds get tangled as they attempt to manoeuvre in their burrows and are unable to break free. They die a slow d..>> view originalThe Midnight Watch by David Dyer: the crew that watched the Titanic ...
David Dyer, author of The Midnight Watch. Photo: James Brickwood It is a moonless night. The sea is oily black. A ship cuts its engines and comes to rest in a dead calm in the North Atlantic Ocean, directly above the wreck of the Titanic. On the minds of everyone aboard is the memory of the 1500 men, women and children who perished in the freezing water after the famous cruise liner struck an iceberg in 1912, sending it almost four kilometres to the bottom. This was the scene during the cen..>> view original
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