Driller digs deep for career as doctor

A former fly in-fly out mines driller who recently graduated from USC with a psychology degree is taking his career change even further in 2021 after getting into medicine.

Brad Lines, 33, of Landsborough, has been accepted into his first preference – Griffith University’s Doctor of Medicine program at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH).

“To get a place in this program is amazing,” he said. “My wife Sam works at SCUH as a nurse and we have family nearby, which will be wonderful for our baby daughter and an essential support for us over the next four years.

“I didn’t know that a career in medicine was an option for me as a mature-age student without an OP score until I began studying at USC,…