Missing Mount Morgan woman sparks appeal

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1. Missing woman, Mount Morgan

   Police are appealing for public assistance to locate Donna Cable, a 44-year-old woman reported missing from Mount Morgan. She was last seen on Rifle Range Road at 2:30pm on 25 August, and police and family hold concerns for her welfare due to a medical condition.

   mypolice.qld.gov.au

2. Wounding investigation, Campbells Pocket

   Police are investigating a wounding incident at Campbells Pocket, in the Moreton Bay area, after a 42-year-old man sustained a stab wound at a Dawes Road address just before 4pm on 25 August. The man was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane hospital.

   mypolice.qld.gov.au

3. ‘Enough is enough’: 121 Indigenous Victorians have died by suicide in the past five years

   Indigenous health advocates say 121 Indigenous Victorians have died by suicide in the past five years, and accuse the state of doing nothing to fund the First Nations healing centres recommended by a royal commission in 2021.

   theguardian.com

4. Federal MP Luke Gosling charged with breaching bail after alleged assault in NT

   Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling, member for Solomon, has been charged with one count of breaching bail conditions by Northern Territory police, less than a month after an alleged incident at a cultural festival in Darwin in July.

   theguardian.com

5. NSW’s koala national park will protect threatened species and cap logging across the state. Could the Greens really block it? | Adam Morton

   The Albanese government approved a proposal for NSW's koala national park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists over whether the Greens could block it.

   theguardian.com

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