Affordable housing launching in South Brisbane
A local Not-for-profit organisation is allocating apartments to young people in Brisbane as vacancy rates hit 10-year low.
Not-For-Profit organisation Brisbane Housing Company is allocating five of their 32 apartments specifically to young people living in transitional housing supported by Brisbane Youth Service, with the aim to move them into long-term homes.
New Queensland learning license implementation
Getting drivers license in Queensland will require more rigorous training following changes to the provisional license test, as increasing fatal crashes amongst P-plate drivers.
Starting from 29th of March, Queensland P-plate exams are being upgraded with an added-on hazard-perception test, in an attempt to assess drivers' reactions to dangers on the road.
Inflated discrimination against LGBTI+ Australians
Respect Victoria has released a new report which has revealed the discrimination and inequalities faced by LGBTIQ+ Australians were grossly inflated during the pandemic.
Young people have had to move back home as a result of COVID -19 and consequently some had to go back into the closet, according to General Manager at the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation, Beth McCann.
EndSARS movement aftermath on protestors
The #End-SARS movement in Nigeria initiated because of the shooting of an unidentified young Nigerian by a police officer in the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit known as SARS.
Started from October, in the weeks and months since the protests have abated, demonstrators are still being abused meanwhile the government sidesteps accountability.
Infant's death calls stop for baptism
An online petition with 60,000 signatures has called out for the end of baptisms in Romania, following the death of a six-week-old baby.
An autopsy found water in the child's lungs which relates to the baby's heart attack hours after the baptism.
A spokesperson of Romania’s Orthodox Church encouraged the church to modify their practices from submerging the recipients into holy water thrice to sprinkle holy water over them.
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North Stradbroke Traditional Owner protest continues
Traditional Owners on North Stradbroke Island are continuing a protest against a development on sacred land.
In a media statement on Facebook, the Save Straddie Rally 2020 page writes that the Quandamooka Truth Embassy has been established at Point Lookout to tell the truths of what is occurring on their country.
The Embassy is protesting the development of the ‘Whale of the Hill’ project and say that their views have been ignored and disregarded by the State Government and Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation.
New immigration exhibition at Museum of Brisbamne
A new exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane will focus on how immigration laws and processes affect families.
Queensland Photographer, Tammy Law, in her work titled Fractured Dreams & Indefinite Scars tells the story of families being torn from loved ones who are locked in prison or deported.
The exhibition opens on Friday and runs until 18th, April. Tammy Law will be present as the artist in residence on Wednesdays and Sundays.
GPS trackers call for repeat juvenile offenders
A call for repeat juvenile offenders to wear GPS trackers after their release from the youth justice system has been criticised by the Queensland Human Rights Commissioner.
Commissioner Scott McDougall says GPS trackers are best suited to sex offenders, not children, and says the proposal raised a number of human rights issues.
The QLD State Government says it is considering the proposal after the Queensland Police Union called for their use following a spate of incidents in rural and regional communities.
New net-zero emissions target by 2050
Australia may follow New Zealand in excluding the agriculture sector in its efforts to achieve a net-zero emissions target by 2050.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, he is not worried about what might happen in 30 years time. His main focus being on getting Australia back on its feet after a challenging year.
Regional Australia has been the victim of drought, bushfires, flood and Covid-nineteen and McCormack does not want to hurt them in any way shape or form just to get a target for climate in 2050.