Adelaide COVID cluster grows to 17
The Adelaide COVID cluster has grown to 17 after a quarantine worker infected family members. Multiple schools and a fast-food restaurant have been closed for decontamination and contract tracing is underway after an 80-year old woman visited multiple places including a hospital and supermarket while infected. In a backflip on border restrictions, Western Australia has reintroduced mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from South Australia.
Year 12 graduations affected by COVID restrictions
As more COVID restrictions ease across the state tomorrow, most high schools have imposed a strict cap on family attendance at year 12 graduations this week. Schools that have tried to ban guests all together were met with public outrage, and have since found new venues that guests can attend. The Department of Education said it was up to principals to make appropriate graduation decisions in line with health advice.
Fraser Island bushfire warning downgraded
Warnings for a bushfire burning on Fraser Island have been downgraded to an ‘advice’ level after firefighters gained control of the blaze which has been burning for a month. Thought to be started by an illegal campfire, the fire forced the evacuation of ten camping zones over the weekend. Those who remain in the area are advised to monitor local radio and prepare to act on fire plans.
Egoism: On Our Minds
- Egoism are an indie-pop duo out of Sydney. No-one ever said you need to overthink indie-pop, just hit them with the bubblegum hooks and reel ‘em in. Egoism certainly knows how to do that, but there’s just something else, a sophisticated quality, the barest hint of bitter in the sweetness and it makes everything more. That may be missing the point though, because when the new EP, On Our Minds, gets those hooks into you, wow, you’re gone.
Kylie Minogue: Disco
<p><span><span>- If you reached for a packet of chocolate-chip biscuits on the supermarket shelf and on opening it at home, you’d be disappointed to find it containing plain water crackers; or on uncorking a fine Barossa Valley shiraz and decanting it only to discover you were about to down a less than impressive Semillon, you’d be questioning the quality of the labelling and packaging. So when clicking play on Kylie Minogue’s fifteenth studio album titled <em>Disco</em>, you are not expecting to get a serving of experimental grimecore or thumping death metal.
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Recount begins in Bundaberg and Nicklin.
The Electoral Commission of Queensland has approved an LNP request for a recount of votes cast in the Bundaberg and Nicklin electorates, during this month’s general election.
The request was made after Queensland Labor claimed victory in the tightly contested seats yesterday, by a margin of 79 votes in Nicklin and 11 in Bundaberg.
ECQ workers in these electorates will immediately begin the recount today.
RSPCA calls on new environment minister for a new animal hospital.
The RSPCA is calling on newly appointed Queensland environment minister, Meaghan Scanlon, to make good on their proposal for a new wildlife hospital.
The hospital was first proposed in July by RSPCA Queensland and negotiations are currently on-going with the Brisbane City Council and state government for an appropriate block of land to be donated.
South Australia bans protsting outside of abortion clinics.
Protesting outside of abortion clinics has been made illegal in South Australia, after new legislation passed state parliament last night.
Greens MLC Tammy Franks introduced the proposed law and said she was relieved patients and health care workers would no longer be subjected to harassment, intimidation and threats while trying to access or provide abortion services.
This new legislation leaves Western Australia as the only state without similar laws.
Impact of cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker revealed.
Analytics consultancy Taylor Fry has released new figures revealing the “instant and dramatic” financial impact the September cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker had on Australian households.
It claims job numbers fell by 1.6 per cent in the two weeks immediately following the cuts with many businesses no longer qualifying for JobKeeper and unable to keep staff on.
Construction, arts and hospitality have been among the hardest hit industries.