Katherine Gregory
Katherine Gregory is a reporter and producer with ABC News in Darwin. She covers most stories but specialises in health and Indigenous health issues. Before this she worked for ABC 24 and Sky News in Sydney, as well as a policy advisor and researcher for think tanks. She began her reporting career in Sydney’s local papers and the financial press world of London.
Queensland's LNP, ALP to fight PM over Defence land acquisition
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Both sides of Queensland politics unite to pressure the Prime Minister to stop the compulsory acquisition of prime agricultural land for an army training ground expansion.
Topics: beef-cattle, livestock, rural, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, defence-forces, marlborough-4705, qld, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810
Documentary sheds light on Aboriginal people kept in 'human zoo'
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An historical documentary featuring the Indigenous community on Palm Island in far north Queensland will shed light on a relatively unknown aspect of Australia's colonisation where Aboriginal people were stolen, stripped and exhibited as attractions in a human zoo.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, colonialism, history, film-movies, documentary, arts-and-entertainment, palm-island-4815, australia
Family of refugee who took her own life calls for improved access to disability pension
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The family and psychologist of a Bhutanese refugee who took her own life before Christmas are appealing to the Federal Government to better manage welfare assessments for vulnerable people.
Topics: immigration, refugees, community-and-society, suicide, disabilities, health, mental-health, qld, australia
Sunny Brisbane well placed to capitalise on solar power
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A "stocktake" of Brisbane's solar potential reveals CBD rooftops could produce enough power to meet 11 per cent of the city's demand.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, wind-energy, brisbane-4000
Syrian refugees 'selling their organs on the black market'
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Syrian refugees are so desperate for money and passage to Europe, they are selling their organs on the black market, according to some experts.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, human-trafficking, unrest-conflict-and-war, refugees, immigration, syrian-arab-republic
Pill testing at music festivals 'needed' after rave overdose
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Drug experts renew calls for pill-testing facilities at music festivals after the death of a man from an unknown substance at a New Year's Eve rave in southern Queensland.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drug-education, community-and-society, drugs-and-substance-abuse, palen-creek-4287, qld, australia
Deadly jellyfish on the move down Queensland's coast: expert
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Four people are stung by Irukandji jellyfish off Fraser Island, as experts reinforce warnings the tiny but deadly creatures are moving south and could soon be on Queensland's popular Sunshine Coast beaches.
Topics: community-and-society, science-and-technology, marine-biology, biology, hervey-bay-4655, maroochydore-4558
Refugee on Nauru claims treatment for severe heart problems delayed
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A refugee in Nauru, who has been experiencing heart problems for over a month, tells the ABC he has been unable to receive much-needed medical treatment on the island and a planned trip to PNG has not eventuated.
Topics: refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, nauru, papua-new-guinea, pacific, australia
Residents affected by RAAF base contamination 'left in the dark'
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People in Queensland and New South Wales affected by polluted groundwater and soil from Defence bases near their homes say they are still left in the dark about the long-awaited clean-up process.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, environmental-technology, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, oakey-4401, williamtown-2318
Great Barrier Reef: Agriculture sector warns UNESCO 'in danger' listing could harm industry
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Representatives of Queensland's agriculture and tourism sectors say Australia's Great Barrier Reef progress report to UNESCO could make or break their industries.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, tourism, agribusiness, environment, qld
PrEP: Advocates call for greater access to new preventative HIV method
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A new AIDS prevention method known as PrEP is the most effective tool yet to reduce infection rates in Australia, experts say.
Topics: aids-and-hiv, drug-use, australia
Former workers allege Cleveland detention centre boss forced to step down
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The executive director of the troubled Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville has left the position amid controversy over whether he resigned or was forced out.
Topics: youth, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, townsville-4810
Asylum seekers 'helped' by playing cricket win national competition
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A group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers claim victory both on and off the cricket pitch, after winning a national Twenty20 championship at the Gold Coast.
Topics: sport, cricket, refugees, immigration, community-and-society, southport-4215, sri-lanka, australia
Delegates hopeful Trump presidency won't derail Paris climate agreement
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Delegates at a summit finalising the details of the Paris Agreement on climate change in Morocco are hopeful Donald Trump's presidency will not derail progress.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, environment, climate-change, morocco, united-states
Defence Department called to explain report on toxic chemicals at NT sites
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The Defence Department must explain its report on toxic firefighting foam chemicals found at all sites tested in the Northern Territory, according to Chief Minister Michael Gunner, as a toxins expert questions the findings.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-health, defence-forces, community-and-society, darwin-0800, tindal-raaf-0853, nt, qld, amberley-4306, oakey-4401
Groundwater near 3 RAAF bases exceeds safe contaminant levels, Defence report shows
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The Department of Defence has released a report into the water quality of 12 sites around Australia located near contaminated RAAF bases.
Topics: defence-forces, water-management, federal-government, water-pollution, australia, williamtown-2318, oakey-4401, katherine-0850, tindal-raaf-0853, townsville-4810, darwin-0800, garden-island-6168, newcastle-2300
Defence targeted in class action over RAAF base contamination
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New South Wales residents officially launch a class action against the Defence Department, seeking compensation for contaminated groundwater from the RAAF Williamtown base.
Topics: courts-and-trials, laws, defence-forces, air-force, law-crime-and-justice, pollution, water, defence-and-national-security, williamtown-2318, fullerton-cove-2318, nsw, australia
Dreamworld safety inspectors' system of self-regulation not 'robust', union claims
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As Dreamworld commits to an internal audit of all its theme park rides, more questions are raised about safety compliance at the park.
Topics: accidents---other, occupational-health-and-safety, travel-health-and-safety, coomera-4209, qld, australia
Dreamworld defends record after documents reveal safety breaches
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Dreamworld defends its safety record in light of documents showing previous allegations of safety breaches dating back to 2012, as police investigate possible criminal negligence charges following this week's deaths.
Topics: workplace, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld, southport-4215
CommBank backs down on foreclosing contaminated homes
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Days after the Commonwealth Bank's threats to foreclose homes in a contaminated area of NSW were revealed at the banking inquiry, the CEO apologises and says an administrative error had occurred.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-aerospace-industries, pollution, housing-industry, salt-ash-2318, williamtown-2318, australia, nsw
Women underrepresented in academia despite gender equity programs: research
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Women are still underrepresented at the higher levels of academia despite more of them entering the profession, research reveals.
Topics: women, work, education, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, australia
Should allegations of corruption be made public?
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Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission is investigating whether allegations of corruption against individuals should be made public, while the media says such reporting holds governments accountable.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, print-media, media, qld, australia
Oakey residents secure funding for class action against army base
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Residents of a Darling Downs town affected by contaminated groundwater are one step closer to pursuing a class action against the Federal Government after securing funding, their lawyer says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, oakey-4401
Support group for partners of child porn offenders probes link with domestic violence
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The founder of a support group for partners and family members of child pornography offenders is investigating evidence which suggests people who access child porn are also likely to be violent and controlling toward their partners.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, domestic-violence, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, australia
One in three adults 'will be obese within a decade'
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New modelling predicts 35 per cent of adults will be obese by 2025, with younger people now gaining weight at higher rates than ever before.
Topics: obesity, health, diet-and-nutrition, australia
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