Dr David Ward
Dr David Ward works as an emergency services consultant in a public hospital, and is also a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.
View ArticleCountries, aid agencies line up to help Haiti
A major earthquake has hit impoverished Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and left the Caribbean nation appealing for...
View Article'Miracle' Aussies dug their way out of quake rubble
A Brisbane couple have dug their way out of the rubble of their collapsed apartment building in Haiti.
View ArticleQld man awaits word from family in Haiti
A man from Queensland's Sunshine Coast is still waiting to hear from his family in Haiti following yesterday's devastating earthquake.
View ArticleHaitian Australian finds relatives safe
A Haitian-born Brisbane man has finally spoken with his family in the earthquake-ravaged country.
View ArticleBrisbane man contacted by Haitian family
Jonas Ramone has finally heard from members of his family in Haiti, after anxiously waiting for news in the wake of the recent earthquake.
View ArticleQld government donates $500,000 to Haiti appeal
The Queensland Government will donate $500,000 to the Australian Red Cross to help victims of the Haiti earthquake.
View ArticleSenegal offers Haitians a new home
Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade has called for Africa to make room for victims of Haiti's earthquake to restart their lives on the continent where their ancestors were snatched as slaves.
View ArticleHaitian immigrants to be assessed individually
The Immigration department says requests for Haitians affected by last week's devastating earthquake to be allowed into Australia will be considered on an individual basis.
View ArticleQuake survivors vow to return to Haiti
The Australian-American couple who survived the Haiti earthquake say they will return to Port-au-Prince.
View ArticleWyclef cancels Australian tour
Former Fugees star Wyclef Jean has pulled out of a planned Australian tour to focus on Haiti relief efforts.
View ArticleQueensland tsunami alert cancelled
The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATC) has cancelled the tsunami marine alert for the Queensland coast.
View ArticleBligh reconsiders trip to Chile
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is reconsidering a visit to Chile as part of a trade tour of the Americas, due to a recent earthquake.
View ArticleAussie surfers survive Tsunami
The death toll from the earthquake generated tsunami which swept across an island chain in western Sumatra is now put at 112 but authorities fear it will rise. Waves up to three metres high swept...
View ArticleQueensland Uni developing mobile app for disasters
The mobile phone could soon help save lives in natural disasters.
View ArticleDisaster insurance not necessary: Bligh
Premier Anna Bligh has hosed down expectations that Queensland will take out insurance against future floods or cyclones.
View ArticleQld emergency services ready to help Christchurch
Queensland medical and rescue experts are on standby to go to the earthquake disaster zone in Christchurch in New Zealand.
View ArticleUrban rescue experts head for NZ
Urban rescue experts board a plane at RAAF Base Amberley, west of Brisbane, en route to help in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, February 23, 2011.
View ArticleSandy McFarlane
Professor Sandy McFarlane AO is a psychiatrist specialising in treating those who have lived through disaster.
View ArticleThe long walk home
Up to 700 Australian's were estimated to be in Christchurch when Monday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck. 24 hours on and stories of survival from "New Zealand's darkest day" are beginning to emerge.
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