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Rural doctors shortage could be solved if there were more like these central Queensland doctors MonMonday 1 updated MonMonday 1 GP Adele Love says working in rural medicine is exciting and fulfilling. ( Share Print text only Cancel Adele Love is known as the ‘tears and smears doctor’ in the rural Queensland community she has served for more than 25 years. With rural and regional towns struggling to attract doctors, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) said her dedication to rural medic...

Indigenous health practitioner helping Queensland Close the Gap ThuThursday 25 updated ThuThursday 25 Dani Beezley says she always knew she wanted to work with Aboriginal people. ( Share Print text only Growing up, visiting the doctors made Dani Beezley uncomfortable. The Wulli Wulli and Wakka Wakka woman was raised in the rural town of Theodore in central Queensland. While the 32-year-old has fond memories of visiting her local GP, she remembers sharing uneasy feelings with family when they h...

Theodore, the first Queensland town to be totally evacuated, reflects on flood disaster 10 years on MonMonday 28 updated MonMonday 28 The floodwater took several days to recede. ( Print text only On December 28, 2010 the rural town of Theodore made history. Flood waters were rising in the township, which sits at the junction of the Dawson River and Castle Creek, west of Bundaberg. Residents were trapped and a mandatory evacuation was called. It made Theodore, with a population around 300, the ...