In 2006 the ABC abandoned its Toowong studios in Brisbane following cases of breast cancer on a rise among its female employees. The rate of breast cancer recorded by the employees was six times the national average.

No clue has been found out to state the cause of this.

The latest woman to be diagnosed with breast cancer was ABC Queensland news editor Bernard Bowen. Bowen was in her mid-forties and for seven years she worked in the television newsroom in the 1990s.

After 1994 about 18 women have been diagnosed with the disease who worked at the Toowong site.

Public health expert Bruce Armstrong who is heading the panel that is investigating the ABC cluster had been made aware of the latest diagnosis.

“It is still a source of frustration to us all that no cause has ever been established and in all probability won't ever be,'' Bowen said.

The national broadcaster was shocked by the revealation about her disease, The ABC said in a statement.