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Parts of Queensland will go into lockdown for three days from 4pm on Saturday as the state recorded seven new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
Seven new cases of COVID-19 have been identified, with six related to the Indooroopilly State High School student cluster and one an overseas case.
The new local cases are linked to the Indooroopilly student, who tested positive on Friday, and have been confirmed to be her parents and two siblings, as well as a medical student who tutors the student and a teacher from Ironside State School.
The two schools are connected through the Indooroopilly student’s youngest sibling, who attends Ironside State School.
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YOUNG adults living with autism are reportedly being overlooked by prospective employers at a staggering six times the rate of their neurotypical counterparts.
The findings came this week following a study by the University of Southern Queensland, and highlight the challenges those on the spectrum regularly face while job hunting.
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Sadly, it was also found that the unemployment rate of young autistic adults was more than three times the rate of people living with other disabilities.
USQ Springfield lecturer Dr Yosheen Pillay, who led the study, said transitioning from school to employment was one of the biggest challenges for a young adult with autism.
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A MANUFACTURING hub for electric vehicles could be established in Springfield on the back of company behind a new âe-chopperâ unveiling it in the rapidly growing community.
Brisbane-based Electric Mobility Solutions officially launched its new electric motorbike at the University of Southern Queenslandâs Springfield campus on Saturday.
Called the WYLD, the single-seater chopper-style bike features aluminium alloy construction, coat hanger handlebars and fat tyres. Electric Mobility Solutions founders Wolfgang Roffmann and Harry Proskefallas with the WYLD electric bike.
EMoS is hoping to sell up to 500 of the bikes in Australia next year.
Orders have already been received from around Europe and the United Kingdom and the company has held talks to distribute the bikes in the United States of America.