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UPDATE 6.10PM: A woman thrown from her car has been taken to Mackay Base Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway south of Bloomsbury.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said she was being treated for abdomen, leg and arm pain.
The spokeswoman said the second woman was being taken to Proserpine Hospital and being treated for minor head injuries and chest pain.
Both women are reported to be in a stable condition.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 4.08pm.
INITIAL 4.08PM: A woman in her 20s was reportedly thrown from her car after a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway south of Bloomsbury.
India s Discreet Arts Sets Steven Wendland as Head of U.S. Operations (EXCLUSIVE)
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Veteran animation executive Steven Wendland has been appointed as president of Discreet Arts USA, the newly-launched offshoot of Indian animation firm Discreet Arts. The new unit is based in Burbank, California.
He is expected to expand the company’s work-for-hire business while also developing a slate of original productions. These may be based on Discreet Arts’ existing IP and new properties.
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Book review: Lightseekers by Femi Kayode
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So many crime novels, so much same same … then along came Lightseekers. Set in Nigeria, the story follows an investigative psychologist as he s drawn in to the tragic and violent mob violence that ends in the torture and death of three university students.
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