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Warwick SES volunteers leapt into action to help rescue a hiker who fell down a cliff at the weekend.
A woman in her 30s was climbing Main Range National Park with a partner on Saturday evening when she fell 10m near Sylvester’s Lookout.
Fire crwes, police, paramedics and the local SES team were all called to the spot at about 3pm.
After six hours, the woman was winched to safety by a QGAir Rescue 500 helicopter and taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital just after 9pm.
According to Warwick local controller John Newley, the specialised Vertical Rescue team was mobilised during the rescue.
Three dead, five injured during 10 hours of carnage on SEQ roads
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Three people have died and five others were badly injured during a terrible 10-hour period on greater south-east Queensland roads overnight.
The crashes followed police warnings to drivers on Friday to take extra care on the roads leading up to Australia Day.
Critical care paramedics and ambulance officers from the high acuity response unit were kept busy overnight.
There was a double-fatal crash on the Bunya Highway in Taabinga near Kingaroy, about 155 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, just after 4.30am on Sunday.
Tapeworm, vertigo and pancreatitis drugs are being trialled as COVID-19 treatments
By the Specialist Reporting Team s Alison Branley and national medical reporter Sophie Scott
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Australian researchers are part of global efforts to trial potential COVID-19 treatments.
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With COVID-19 vaccines on their way, it s time to breathe a sigh of relief right? Well, maybe not.
Key points:
It includes drugs to treat tapeworm, pancreatitis, vertigo and cancer
Experts warn clinical trials don t always translate into effective human treatments
Most vaccines aren t 100 per cent effective and it s not likely we will achieve full coverage in the community.