She established and headed The Courier-Mail's Toowoomba bureau from 1997-2007. In 2002 Amanda received one of Queensland's major media awards, Best News Report, All Media. Amanda has tutored in journalism at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology.For the past seven years Amanda has assisted survivors of child sexual assault to recover and to bring sex offenders to justice. She has presented papers at major child protection conferences in Sydney and Brisbane and advocates for law reform to improve child protection legislation in Australia. Amanda currently works as a freelance multi-media reporter from her base in Toowoomba.Stories by Amanda Gearing