ISABELLA HIGGINS FIRING LINE
Cowering in underground bomb shelters. Waiting for ominous air raid sirens to stop. Meeting people whose loved ones have just been killed by Russian soldiers, their homes destroyed. Watching citizens fleeing their homeland, and worse. For Brisbane journalist Isabella Higgins, it’s all part of a day’s work covering the devastating invasion of Ukraine.
Since February the ABC reporter has been a fixture on the national broadcaster’s coverage of the carnage, regularly reporting from the world’s latest war zone alongside a handful of other Australian media. It’s a far cry from her work in Queensland,
