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At the end of a long working day, Rockhampton Region Councillor Drew Wickerson loves to swap his councillor badge for a rolling pin and mixing bowl.
Over the past five years the mixmaster has created an impressive array of cakes for various council and community events, from live action cakes blowing smoke for the Singapore Army, to immaculately detailed replica cakes for iconic buildings like the former Morning Bulletin site and Rockhampton Girls Grammar, to a massive display piece of Harry Potter and a sugar inspired cake for Willy Wonka. A scrumptious Willy Wonka cake by Drew Wickerson.
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Stacey Schmidt, a former Rockhampton Girls Grammar School student, wears silver ring-like devices on her fingers which, at first glance, look like some form of punk jewellery.
They are, in fact, finger splints which reduce the hyperextension and pain associated with her rare, genetic and chronic condition.
Ahead of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Awareness Month in May, Ms Schmidt told the story of her diagnosis to
The Morning Bulletin.
What followed were three years of what she described as a “traumatic” journey.
The initial diagnosis of an iron deficiency did little to explain Ms Schmidt’s multitude of symptoms which impacted virtually every system and organ in her body.
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Brooke Adams and Hannah Goodwin, senior students at the Rockhampton Girls Grammar School, are preparing to go out into the world and help people.
Neither of them aspire to become a politician; Brooke and Hannah intend to study medicine and dentistry, respectively.
On Tuesday morning, they met with a woman who also left their school, albeit some years ago, with no plans to become a politician.
Today she â Michelle Landry â represents our region in the federal parliament as the Member for Capricornia and Assistant Minister for both Children and Families, and Northern Australia.
Ms Landry visited the school to speak with the Year 11 and 12 students about the rewards and pitfalls of leadership.
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Subscriber only Rockhampton Girls Grammar School (RGGS) posted its strongest profit last year since 2015, thanks to $1.1 million in funding from JobKeeper. The RGGS 2020 annual report and financial statements were tabled recently at Queensland Parliament and revealed the school profited $1.2 million. It is the first report under new principal Deanne Johnston, who has just completed her first year at the school. Deanne Johnston is Rockhampton Girl Grammar School s principal. The private school had a total of 290 students in 2020 with 87 boarders and 203 day students. Of these, 83 students were in years prep to six and 207 were in years seven to 12. The school supported 26.5 teaching staff, 17.7 non-teaching staff and seven boarding staff.