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Brisbane, Queensland
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Geoff Egan’s Biography

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I have written on the issued impacting regional Queenslanders since 2010. I write for the Brisbane-based NewsRegional bureau, part of the wider News Queensland organisation.

My role focuses on political journalism and data-driven journalism and I have a particular interest in where these two areas cross. I use open data, research statistics and right to information requests to obtain datasets relating to life in regional parts of Queensland.

Geoff Egan’s Journalist Portfolio

Politicians spent $8.7m of your money to get elected

Politicians spent $8.7m of your money to get elected

FEDERAL politicians exploited a loophole to spend an extra $8.7 million to bolster their election chances. Th…

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Federal Budget 2018: Regions could have done with staff

Federal Budget 2018: Regions could have done with staff

TURNS out what you and I class as "regional Australia" and what Treasurer Scott Morrison does are two very di…

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Queensland’s most dangerous roads for cyclists revealed

Queensland’s most dangerous roads for cyclists revealed

CYCLING on Queensland’s highways is a deadly activity – and the Bruce and Kennedy Highways top the list for b…

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Katter party's beefcake sparks copycat

Katter party's beefcake sparks copycat

FIRST-time Queensland MP Nick Dametto is already flexing political muscle in the State's Parliament. And he's…

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Council mergers: Did they actually save us money?

Council mergers: Did they actually save us money?

MERGING Queensland's councils was lauded as a way to save taxpayers millions. But a decade after amalgamation…

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Articles

Island insects: A lifetime of discovery goes digital

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By Geoff Egan
| Phys.org Verified
For more than two decades Dr. Richard Glatz has been on a one-man mission to catalog Kangaroo Island's insects. Since starting the collection in 1998, Richard has collected about 80,000 insect specimens, many of which are unique to science. To keep them safe, they are housed in a bushfire-proof building at Richard's D'Estrees Entomology on Kangaroo Island, an isle off South Australia.
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Island insects: a lifetime of discovery goes digital

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By Geoff Egan
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By Geoff Egan 25 March 2025 5 min read Key points Dr Richard Glatz has spent decades collecting and documenting Kangaroo Island’s insects. After the 2019 Kangaroo Island bushfire, he had a fire-proof building built to secure his more than 80,000 specimens from any future fire. Through the Australian Biodiversity Data Mobilisation Program, more than 16,000 of Richard’s specimens have been uploaded onto the Atlas of Living Australia.
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Why citizen scientists are key in the fight against invasive species

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By Geoff Egan
| Phys.org Verified
Creating a biosecurity crisis is shockingly simple. In the 1850s, Jane Paterson, a settler near Albury planted seeds of a European plant with an attractive purple flower in her garden. She had no way of knowing that plant would spread across southern Australia and become known as Paterson's Curse (Echium plantagineum), a weed that's since infested plenty of previously productive grazing pastures.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I have, my mum had an old one when I was a kid.

What's your favorite social network?

Despite the bots and fake news Facebook is still the most useful

Who do you wish followed you?

I'm not picky, I'd be happy with anyone at this stage.

Awards

Queensland Media Awards

2017 - Social Issues Reporting

Highly Commended at 2017 Queensland Media Awards for series of stories and investigations into re-emergence of black lung among Queensland coal workers.

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