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Masks make everyday tasks 'highly stressful' for people who are deaf, hard of hearing updated Yesterday at 5:21am ThuThursday 1 Amanda Sterling signs in Auslan to communicate she is deaf. ( Print text only Cancel When Brisbane was placed into lockdown on Monday night and people across the city masked up, teacher Amanda Sterling, who is deaf, braced herself for the communication headaches to come. Key points: Deaf Services recognise the importance of masks, encouraged hearing community to learn Auslan Advocates say the needs of deaf community largely remain invisible For people who are dea...

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 h...

  Article By Louise Glen Published: 17:00, 30 January 2021 Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Lynda Campbell said the Deaf Services team can help in a variety of ways and was delighted to be recognised. A TEAM of workers from Dingwall have been praised for saving the lives of a family of four in a house fire. The small, committed team of social workers and support workers from Deaf Services, based in Dingwall, fitted a life-saving fire alarm to a home in Fortrose only weeks before a devastating house fire put ...

Advertisement A day after celebrating her 50th birthday with friends and family, Leonie Jackson died saving her son from a rip while swimming at the beach on the NSW Far South Coast. Ms Jackson had taken her two children for a walk along Congo Beach, south of Moruya, on Sunday when the boys decided to go for a swim. Leonie Jackson had just celebrated her 50th birthday, with her children and co-parents Alex Jones and Paul Harrison, before she drowned on the Far South Coast on Sunday. Credit:Facebook By the time the boys got into the water, the wind and swell had changed direction and was pulli...

From the Archives, 2011: Brisbane flood catastrophe averted - for now We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss From the Archives, 2011: Brisbane flood catastrophe averted - for now Ten years ago, a series of devastating floods had left Brisbane's suburbs swamped and its CBD an archipelago. But, the Herald reported, "this was a catastrophe on a good day." By David Marr and Paris Cowan January 12, 2021 — 11.00pm Normal text size City catastrophe averted - for now QUEENSLAND FLOOD CRISIS THE river fell all day. Even the fears of another flood on the...