The full impact of cyclone Yasi will be revealed this morning, as north Queensland wakes up to examine the aftermath of a category five cyclone. Initial reports indicate damage isn’t as bad as originally feared, but thousands have been left homeless.
Cairns
Bird of the week: Common Paradise Kingfisher
Bob Gosford found a bird that no one has ever before recorded in Australia. Unfortunately, it was dead.
Abortion: speaking up for the muzzled doctors
With an important case on medical abortion in the Cairns Magistrates’ Court, there is an urgent need for reform of Queensland’s archaic and repressive abortion laws, writes Dr Caroline de Costa.
MEANWHILE: Queensland passes abortion law reforms
The abortion law reform saga continues in Queensland
We have been forced not to resume the practice of medical abortion in Cairns until there is a clear legal framework in which we can care for our patients, and in which we can be certain that those patients, as well as ourselves, do not risk prosecution, write Caroline de Costa and Michael Carrette.
Legal issues lead Cairns doctors to cease medical abortion
Doctors Caroline de Costa and Michael Carrette explain why they will no longer be offering medical abortion services in Far North Queensland.
