News by Leanne Edmistone
Premium Content
Subscriber only Mikey Webb is used to being stopped by friendly, perhaps slightly perplexed, strangers asking, Hey, aren t you that guy on the news? Since their unprecedented inclusion in televised updates during the devastating Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi in 2011, sign language interpreters like Webb have become suburban celebrities, thanks to regular appearances on our TV screens during such civic emergencies. COVID-19 means Webb regularly stands beside the likes of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young, Health Minister Yvette D Ath and police commissioner Katarina Carroll, helping to keep Queensland s deaf community up to date on case numbers, lockdowns, border closures and the vaccine rollout.
Selfies, Tik Toks : COVID propels TV translator to fame
gympietimes.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gympietimes.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Selfies, Tik Toks : COVID propels TV translator to fame
tweeddailynews.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tweeddailynews.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Premium Content
Subscriber only Fearful parents at Cooran have developed an ad hoc roster system to ensure their children can safely cross the main road after reports of a surge in Kin Kin quarry truck traffic. Save Noosa Hinterland committee member Naomi Slater said parents had been taking turns supervising crossings from the school to the skatepark across the road. The mother-of-two children, aged 11 and 9, said the B Doubles last week started rolling through town where school kids often ride, scooter or walk. The children aren t used to that kind of traffic coming through a quiet rural town, she said.