Jessica Hinchliffe
Jessica grew up on a cattle property just outside Rockhampton and came to the ABC after studying at the Australian Film, TV and Radio school in Sydney. She has worked in a number of ABC offices around Queensland, including as a producer at ABC Capricornia before presenting Drive for the ABC on the Sunshine Coast. Currently, Jessica is the cross media reporter for 612 ABC Brisbane.
Conditions ripe for flies swarming Brisbane homes
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First it was butterflies, now black flies are flocking to Brisbane suburbs causing a nuisance to residents.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, human-interest, weather, animals, brisbane-4000
Saying g'day with emojis: App explains quirks of Aussie culture
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If Australian lifestyle and culture was an emoji set, what would it look like?
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, indigenous-culture, lifestyle, human-interest, brisbane-4000
Amputee's emotional plea to PM to reconsider migration law changes
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A Brisbane amputee whose life was changed by a refugee writes to the Prime Minister asking him to rethink proposed migration law changes.
Topics: refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000
Caper white butterflies flock to Brisbane
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Thousands of butterflies from western Queensland are migrating to the south-east in search of food.
Topics: human-interest, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, animal-science, brisbane-4000
How growing a garden on your windowsill can save you money
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Growing your own food could be the key to a calmer and wealthier life, but how do you do it when you don't have a backyard?
Topics: gardening, sustainable-living, lifestyle, health, mental-health, brisbane-4000
Lamb Island farm's blooming success growing edible flowers
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A small farm on an island off the coast of Brisbane is brightening Australia's restaurant scene with colourful, edible flowers.
Topics: flowers, food-and-cooking, human-interest, lamb-island-4184, brisbane-4000
Pitch perfect Gabba wicket for 2016/17 cricket season
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The man who works around the clock to keep The Gabba in tiptop shape hopes the weather will be kind to the wicket this cricket season.
Topics: cricket, sport, gardening, human-interest, people, woolloongabba-4102
Exhibition explores India's national fabric khadi
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A new exhibition in Brisbane is shining the spotlight on an important textile for the Indian community that links itself to Mahatma Gandhi.
Topics: visual-art, multiculturalism, art-history, brisbane-4000, kelvin-grove-4059
1 William Street: Moving day arrives for public servants in Brisbane
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Thousands of public servants will begin moving into Brisbane's "Tower of Power" today with the interior of the building complete.
Topics: state-parliament, architecture, brisbane-4000
The women making their mark on the craft beer scene
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In an industry dominated by glasses-wearing bearded blokes, meet five women who are shaking up Australia's craft beer sector.
Topics: beverages, women, human-interest, people, brisbane-4000
How to stop your mobile from ruining your relationship
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In an age when smartphones and tablets rule our lives, how important is it to put down technology and talk to your loved ones?
Topics: health, relationships, community-and-society, internet-culture, mobile-phones, brisbane-4000
Local paper plane championships off to a flyer
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A father inspired by a recent Australian film holds a paper plane competition in Brisbane to encourage children to put down their laptops and connect.
Topics: kids-games-and-links, charities-and-community-organisations, human-interest, upper-mount-gravatt-4122, brisbane-4000
Boy buys a pony with money saved from lemonade stand
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A seven-year-old Queensland boy makes his dream of owning a pony come true by selling lemonade in front of his family's home for more than three years.
Topics: human-interest, animals, scarborough-4020
Sunscreen stickers aim to reduce risk of sunburn
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Could a sticker on your hand be the key to reducing sunburn each summer in Australia?
Topics: skin-cancer, health, science-and-technology, research, medical-research, brisbane-4000
How old is too old to have sex?
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As Australia's ageing population increases, experts urge older people to talk openly about sex and relationships.
Topics: older-people, sexual-health, healthcare-facilities, lifestyle-and-leisure, people, brisbane-4000
Why would an Aussie volunteer for the Clinton campaign?
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With less than a month until the climax of the US presidential race, one Brisbane man is en route to Philadelphia to work as a volunteer for Hilary Clinton.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, volunteers, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000
Consumers split as banana prices vary across suburbs
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Across south-east Queensland consumers are scratching their heads trying to figure out why banana prices differ so greatly between suburbs.
Topics: fruit, retail, human-interest, rocklea-4106, brisbane-4000
Brisbane Open House unlocks buildings for public to enjoy
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More than 100 Brisbane buildings will open this weekend to give stickybeaks a chance to see inside and celebrate diverse and subtropical architecture.
Topics: architecture, design, history, community-and-society, human-interest, brisbane-4000
Lure of coffee gets office workers walking
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When you get your morning coffee, do you walk straight to the cafe or could you go the long way round to get your caffeine hit?
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, health, lifestyle-and-leisure, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000
The woman who uses art to help heal sick children
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Meet the woman responsible for handpicking more than 600 artworks that aim to brighten the day for sick children at Lady Cilento hospital.
Topics: visual-art, family-and-children, people, healthcare-facilities, human-interest, south-brisbane-4101
Ex-Army sergeant designs fashionable hospital gowns
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A 65-year-old retired Army sergeant creates a fashion start-up in the hope of giving hospital patients back their dignity.
Topics: people, human-interest, fashion, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000
A day in the life of a professional organiser
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When you enter someone else's home to organise and declutter it, where do you start? One Brisbane woman has the answer.
Topics: human-interest, house-and-home, lifestyle, brisbane-4000
Public input welcomed for proposed Brisbane Metro
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Brisbane residents are being encouraged to help shape the planning of the proposed Brisbane Metro Subway System.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, brisbane-4000
RACQ urges motorists to use E10 fuel
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The RACQ supports the E10 fuel education campaign released by the Queensland Government but wants motorists to continue to have choice at the bowser.
Topics: environmental-technology, oil-and-gas, consumer-protection, environmental-impact, states-and-territories, qld
Radio Lollipop releases top 25 songs that helped sick kids
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The hospital radio station that broadcasts to sick children in Queensland and Victoria compiles the top 25 songs that have helped patients smile this year.
Topics: music, family-and-children, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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