Tom Forbes
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Communications Officer at Queensland Capacity Network (QCN). Former ABC journalist.
Gold Coast
Joined January 2010
Thanks for having me @tomforbesGC talking #franksinatra anniversary at #abcradio @9NewsGoldCoast @9NewsQueensland
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Great GC bloke @NathanTurner71 working hard to get support for a worthy cause đ
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Dipping his bike in the Indian Ocean Gold Coast local Tom Forbes has finished a 4,500 kilometre journey from Mermaid Beach to Perth - on a push bike. #9News
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Turning 40 while sleeping rough on the Gold Coast, Joanne's milestone wish is to find a home
abc.net.au
Joanne knows she will soon be moved on from her latest sanctuary beneath a park shelter at a popular Gold Coast beach, as a local charity says it is feeding more homeless people than ever.
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Ibis use 'stress and wash' technique to eat poisonous cane toads https://t.co/Q5yPJt1wPa via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Citizen scientists report the much-maligned ibis has an ingenious method of making sure poisonous cane toads don't cause them a problem.
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Ibis fence erected on motorway in Yatala, Gold Coast, to reduce risk of bird strike https://t.co/70gnlOXH9w via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Fences are being erected to protect drivers and a large colony of ibises nesting metres away from one of Australia's busiest roads.
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Bali bombings survivor Andrew Csabi views terror attack as a 'celebration of life' https://t.co/MY0mS4vwHH via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
It's been 20 years, but Andrew Csabi says not one day goes by that he doesn't remember what happened to him while on a Bali holiday in 2002.Â
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Swell Festival expected to draw record crowds to Gold Coast for outdoor sculpture exhibition https://t.co/qlcU8WOE6u via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
From milk crate installations to copper blasted with a shotgun, artists are placing their finishing touches on works ahead of Queensland's Swell Sculpture Festival, which begins on Friday.
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Gold Coast's new Wonder Reef attracts one commercial dive operator https://t.co/L3vP5a6YnS via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
A veteran Gold Coast diver says the tourist city's new $5 million Wonder Reef is attracting plenty of fish species, but he's surprised more people aren't visiting the "world-class" attraction.
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Gold Coast couple's 40-year quest to restore a banana farm to pristine rainforest habitat - ABC News
abc.net.au
With no previous experience and only a desire to return their 10 hectares of land to its original habitat, Wal and Heather Mayr set about undoing the damage to this pristine environment, one weed at...
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Anti-shark net rally underway at Burleigh Beach this morning. Qld Fisheries says there have been 10 entanglements this season. @AustMarConsSoc says nets outdated and should be replaced with drone tech. @abcnews
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Foster carers recognised for starting Queensland branch of Hope in a Suitcase https://t.co/jgNtFOUlnJ via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Often foster children arrive at a carer's home with "the clothes on their back or a few items shoved in a plastic bag". This couple is doing something about that for Queensland kids.
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Queensland snake catcher inundated by calls from 'nervous' interstate migrants
abc.net.au
One in three Queensland homes have a python living in the roof cavity, according to a reptile catcher, and warmer daytime temperatures mean they're starting to move around.Â
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Runaway chickens make 'unexpected' new home at Gold Coast tip https://t.co/CY65EQip6x via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Mystery surrounds the origins of two backyard chickens, dubbed Plucky and Foghorn Leghorn, that have moved into the waste depot.
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Rising fox and hare numbers prompt feral animal cull in Tweed Shire https://t.co/Mac08C5Gse via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Shooters and trappers are called in to deal with increased feral animal activity recorded by monitoring cameras in the state's north.
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Kookaburra numbers declining in major eastern Australian cities due to noisy miners https://t.co/B4MwDyeyox via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
A new study finds that Australia's iconic kookaburras and galahs are being forced out of our biggest cities by competition for food and habitat.Â
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Long COVID fears lead to discovery of coronary heart disease in 'super fit' 70-year-old https://t.co/sYjqsqOXFO via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Chris Stear turned 70 in June and celebrated the milestone by doing 70 push-ups non-stop on a Gold Coast beach. A few weeks later his health took a sudden turn, and an angiogram detected blockages in...
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Wild dog fears grow as Scenic Rim residents warn of attacks on domestic animals https://t.co/TG4vLsT1Zl via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Scenic Rim residents are being told to carry sticks to protect themselves, their pets, and livestock from packs of wild dogs after a spate of attacks.
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Online porn blamed for jump in gonorrhoea infections as race for vaccine heats up https://t.co/REtV8BLGCZ via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
Scientists are racing to find a vaccine for the sexually transmitted infection as case numbers continue to climb among the young.
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