Sky News host AlanJones speaks to totally blind chocolatier Gerrard Gosens, a man who has “overcome extraordinary odds” to make a go of life.
|Sky News host Alan Jones speaks to totally blind chocolatier Gerrard Gosens, a man who has “overcome extraordinary odds” to make a go of life. Mr Jones said in September last year he began to receive emails from businesses who were forced out of work in the wake of Brisbane’s Cross River Rail Project. “Albert Street is basically closed.
A section of the road between Mary and Charlotte Streets has shut down as construction begins on the $5.4 billion rail project,” Mr Jones said. “The problems is, the businesses in Albert Street were left to swing in the breeze. One of whom was Gerrard Gosens, a totally blind chocolatier”. “The letters to Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk went unanswered. He lost over $100,000. "Well I interviewed Gerrard about his plight and I'm pleased to say we helped to get him a new store ...
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