Governor presents Australian honours and awards (4)
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Wednesday 12 May 2021
His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland, today presented Australian Honours and Awards to the following Queenslanders:
BRIGADIER TIMOTHY CHARLES O BRIEN
Commendation for Distinguished Service
For distinguished performance of duties, leadership, drive and vision on warlike operations as the Commander Task Group Afghanistan on Operation HIGHROAD, reshaping the Task Group Afghanistan, enhancing its contribution to the promotion of stability and security in Afghanistan, and reinforcing Australia’s reputation as a valuable Coalition partner.
Christopher Morrison A DANGEROUS child-preying sex attacker is under 24-hour supervision in his Greenock flat following his release from prison, the
Telegraph can reveal. Christopher Morrison, 28 who groped a four-year-old boy in a supermarket toilet is monitored round-the-clock by a mental health organisation. A team of staff from the Richmond Fellowship take turns in sleeping over in the town centre property with the deviant so that permanent tabs can be kept on him. The news emerged after Morrison appeared at Greenock Sheriff Court to plead guilty to a breach of the terms of his registration on the Sex Offenders Register.
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Subscriber only A woman with no criminal history was busted with more than three grams of MDMA when her belongings were searched after she was placed in a secure mental health unit. Britney Ann Goodwin, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a dangerous drug when she appeared before Maryborough Magistrates Court this week. The court heard on May 28 last year, about 11.30pm, Goodwin was placed in the secure unit. When the MDMA was found, she made frank admissions about it, saying it was for personal use, the court was told. She had been clean from drugs ever since and was engaging well with the Richmond Fellowship, which provided support for people facing mental health challenges.
Lockdown has been a chance for one green-fingered Wiltshire resident to keep busy. Nicola Sage transformed a once overgrown and inpassable patch of land in Greenacres, land near to Drews Pond Nature Reserve in Devizes, over the course of the last year. She has planted an array of colourful flowers, built a pond and still spends many of her days improving the area. Nicola explained that she is also in the process of creating a seating area, which passers-by can enjoy once lockdown restrictions allow. She said: “It’s been my lockdown project. It used to be completely overgrown - it’s totally different now but there’s still a lot left to do!