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Childcare worker's 'monstrous' assaults on kids captured on CCTV

A childcare worker, Edwina Ling, has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to 80 counts of common assault and two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm. The assaults took place at a childcare centre in Injinoo, on Cape York, over three days in late August and early September 2024. CCTV footage captured the attacks, and one 13-month-old boy was assaulted 55 times. The centre operated outside the National Quality Framework. Parents want accountability to extend to the organisation that ran the centre and to regulators.

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Health service works to rein in outbreak of contagious infection on Cape

Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service is managing an outbreak of the contagious streptococcal A bacterial skin infection in the Injinoo community. The disease, which can lead to chronic kidney disease, has been eliminated in most of the country. Four cases of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) were detected in the Northern Peninsula Area. Screening will focus on children aged between 12 months and 16, who are most at risk. The health service advises prompt first aid for minor injuries, proper hygiene, and regular washing or swimming to prevent skin infections and APSGN kidney complications.

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Northern Peninsula Area leaders chasing $137m to ease chronic housing crisis

Northern Peninsula Area community leaders have travelled to Canberra to press politicians for funding to address a chronic housing shortage in the Cape region. Mayor Robert Poipoi and councillors have made housing their top priority. The council wants $120 million over six years for at least 120 new homes across five communities, plus $3 million for immediate housing needs and $14 million for social housing upgrades. The push follows an outbreak of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in Injinoo, a condition linked to household overcrowding.

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Childcare worker's 'monstrous' assaults on kids captured on CCTV

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