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Professional Storyteller with @StoriesToldAu Former @7NewsBrisbane Reporter

Brisbane, Queensland
Joined April 2011
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Ballandean RFS Crew Leader Aaron Cox had just saved his own home from a fast-moving bushfire when his wife Bindi captured this powerful moment. Her words to him - “I know you think this photo makes you look vulnerable but in that moment we both felt this.” @7NewsBrisbane – at Queensland, Australia
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Stoked to finally launch @StoriesToldau, a platform promoting positivity through the power of storytelling! Can't wait to work with businesses I believe in and unearth the inspiring everyday people who make what they do so special. First story premieres Friday!
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Travellers could be sent straight to regional Queensland mining camps in a bid to contain a highly contagious variant of coronavirus. @MacLyon7 #COVID19qld #7NEWS youtube.com/watch?v=XtKu7LDQ…
Hundreds of people have been thrust back into another two weeks quarantine as Queensland Health tries to contain the highly contagious UK variant of COVID-19. Genomic testing confirming six cases are linked to a Brisbane hotel. @MacLyon7 #COVID19qld #7NEWS youtube.com/watch?v=vBgGnqn6…
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Before Brisbane went underwater, it was Ipswich's turn. A decade on, many in the community are still suffering, and calling for justice, with a class action against Queensland's largest dam operators still dragging on. @TomHartley_7 #7NEWS youtube.com/watch?v=id_voPvr…
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You'll need a mask if you're heading to the @GabbaBrisbane this week. After more than a week of indecision, cricket bosses have given the green light to the ground, but it won’t be a full house. @MacLyon7 #COVID19qld #AUSvIND #7NEWS
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Incredibly powerful story by @TomHartley_7. Tonight, part 2 revisits the city of Ipswich with more moving interviews from locals impacted by the devastating floods of 2011. @7NewsBrisbane
On this day a decade ago, Queenslanders were left heartbroken and stunned. A deadly wall of water roared through the centre of Toowoomba's CBD, swallowing towns in the Lockyer Valley. @TomHartley_7 #7NEWS youtube.com/watch?v=0uhOhQyu…
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On this day a decade ago, Queenslanders were left heartbroken and stunned. A deadly wall of water roared through the centre of Toowoomba's CBD, swallowing towns in the Lockyer Valley. @TomHartley_7 #7NEWS youtube.com/watch?v=0uhOhQyu…
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There were big turnouts at testing clinics across hotspot suburbs today. At Eight Mile Plains more than 900 people came to get tested. 7news.com.au/news/qld @MacLyon7 #COVID19qld #7NEWS
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Watch @robertmooreitv's report from inside the Capitol building as the extraordinary events unfolded in Washington DC itv.com/news/2021-01-06/dona…
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Communities from Townsville to Cairns are on flood watch, with Ex-tropical Cyclone Imogen dumping heavy rain and bringing dangerous winds. Overnight, the system cut a path of destruction across the Gulf. @MacLyon7 #TCImogen #7NEWS youtu.be/F7EuZGwS784
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There are warnings tonight of 'life threatening' flash flooding in the state's north. It follows another day of torrential rain, and gale force winds, which toppled trees and twisted steel. @MacLyon7 #TCImogen #qldweather #7NEWS youtu.be/mM4dLJxus2A
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Congratulations 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 so well-deserved @jamesvanleeuwe1
Very humbled to have been named Best Australian Documentary Photographer by @MDFFest for my work capturing the Melbourne lockdown this year 🏆 A nice way to round out a pretty rough year. Looking ahead to 2021! @AusLockedDown
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Ashleigh and Paten have been reunited with husband and dad Matt who arrived on the first flight from Sydney into Brisbane Airport this morning after 4 months apart. @7NewsBrisbane
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After 2 days of deliberation a jury has found Thomas Chris Lang guilty of murdering his on-again, off-again lover, Maureen Boyce, in 2015. @7NewsBrisbane
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BREAKING: Blake Jennings-Davey has been granted bail. His lawyer says the 18yo is remorseful and was in shock. Case returns to court in January @7NewsBrisbane
A little Caboolture boy is in an induced coma after he was hit by a wheel that came flying off a ute. Police say the driver was doing a burnout, before walking past the unconscious child to collect his wheel. #7NEWS youtube.com/watch?v=xAv5vGzn…
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Rick Thorburn has had his parole date pushed back by 2 years until 2038. He says he now knows he’ll die in prison. @7NewsBrisbane
An incredible court saga is unfolding in Beenleigh, involving one of Queensland's most loathed criminals. 7NEWS.com.au @MacLyon7 #7NEWS
Crazy day at Beenleigh Court! Tiahleigh Palmer’s killer Rick Thorburn is about to be sentenced over the rape & attempted rape of 2 girls after trying to withdraw his pleas, claiming complete memory loss before erupting in a fit of rage. All the details coming up on @7NewsBrisbane
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It was 13 hours late but Arthur finally got his cup of tea. ☕️
A wild thunderstorm has once again left a small community west of Ipswich with an almighty clean up. Residents living in one row of homes were hardest hit. They say it was like a mini-tornado and the damage speaks for itself. 7NEWS.com.au @MacLyon7 #qldweather #7NEWS
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Margate Shooting: A man is in a critical condition after a shooting at Margate this morning. The victim took himself to hospital just after 11am with a gunshot wound to the chest. 7NEWS.com.au @MacLyon7 #7NEWS
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A Cannon Hill mother, who drove up to 80km an hour the wrong way down a major Brisbane highway while heavily intoxicated, has walked away with a fine. Police released video of her dangerous driving as a warning to others. 7NEWS.com.au @MacLyon7 #7NEWS
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