Logan West News

Community Celebrates NAIDOC Week with NAIDOC for Jajumms Event

Guy Hazlewood August 14, 2024 1 min read 0

The Springwood community recently came together to celebrate NAIDOC Week and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture at the annual NAIDOC for Jajumms event.  The OurNangara team who organised the NAIDOC for Jajumms event. Source: OurNangara This free event, organised by OurNangara and Springwood Road State School, drew over 1,500 community members from the Logan…

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Retirement villages offer affordable solutions in an unaffordable market

Guy Hazlewood August 14, 2024 2 min read 0

Fresh data released highlights the affordability of units in retirement villages compared to Australia’s traditional and otherwise unaffordable housing market.  The 2023 PwC-Property Council Retirement Census reveals the cost of a two-bedroom unit in a retirement village is on average 43% cheaper than homes in the same postcode across the country. A two-bedroom unit in…

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Queensland Government unveils QLD’s first virtual emergency care service

Guy Hazlewood August 14, 2024 3 min read 0

By the Queensland Government Adapted for print by Guy Hazlewood The Queensland Government has announced a $27 million investment to expand virtual care services through the Queensland Virtual Hospital.  This initiative includes the launch of Queensland’s first Virtual Emergency Care service, offering unprecedented access to immediate medical attention. One of the significant impacts of this…

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Logan West News acquires Local News Publications

Paul Jackson June 27, 2022 3 min read 0

In a ‘circle of life’ type scenario, four-year-old Logan West News has bought the Local News Publications that inspired its inception. Four years ago, Logan West retiree Chris Wren challenged me to start a newspaper for the Logan West community. Chris told me the story of how he had started The Lake News in 1993…

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