Premier Palaszczuk has Announced $145 Million for Infrastructure Plan.
Brisbane economic forums heard from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in relation to the Queensland economy.
Ms Palaszczuk said Queensland’s economy is benefiting from border closures with fewer active cases.
The State Government’s economic recovery roadmap is said to be $51.8 billion.
The Premier announced $145 million of this infrastructure plan will be set aside for a renewable energy future.
Kangaroo Point Detainee Arrested Amidst Allegations of Possessing Child Exploitation Material.
A Kangaroo Point Central Hotel detainee has reportedly been requested to appear before the court regarding allegations of possessing and distributing material exploitative of children.
Amid ongoing investigations of the asylum seekers being detained at the hotel; Queensland detectives searched the premises yesterday afternoon and seized electronic items in the man’s possession.
Tkay Maidza: Last Year Was Weird Vol.2
- Though it has been released two years after Vol.1, and its title would be more fitting for a 2021 release, Last Year Was Weird, Vol.2 is Tkay Maidza’s breakthrough record. Ambitiously taking in hip-hop, pop, grime and R&B, 2 elevates Tkay’s sound to the status of her icons: Santigold, Azealia Banks and M.I.A.. It’s no surprise that this mixtape got her signed to cult rock label 4AD Beyond being musically stellar and an examination of 2017, or is it 2019 this time around?
Cut Copy: Freeze, Melt
- It has been many years since Melbourne’s Cut Copy were the Bright New Things of the Australian live music community. After the rapturous response to their 2008 album In Ghost Colours, their popularity has continued overseas while gradually waning in their home country.
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Mali president resigns following military coup.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced his immediate resignation whilst in the custody of soldiers, one day after the military launched a coup.
When addressing the nation, Mr. Keita also confirmed that both the government and the national assembly would be dissolved.
The coup has been strongly condemned abroad, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Keita and his colleagues.
Thousands evacuate as fires engulf California.
Thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes in Northern California as wildfires ravage the state.
Over three hundred fires have ignited in a seventy-two-hour period reportedly caused by eleven thousand lighting strikes during an unprecedented heatwave.
Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as California tries to keep communities safe in these extreme conditions.
National Farmer's Federation calls for a faster reduction of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.
The National Farmer’s Federation have called for Australia to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
President Fiona Simson says her members, comprised of industry and state agriculture groups, overwhelmingly support the proposal.
The organisation’s target is more ambitious than Prime Minister Scott Morrison's, who has previously committed to achieving zero net emissions sometime in the second half of the century.
NSW Premier John Barilaro calls for NSW-Victoria border permit system to be scrapped.
New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro has called for the end of the permit system on the New South Wales – Victorian Border.
Mr. Barilaro has called the system “cumbersome” and “problematic” and wants a full review claiming that the crisis is easing in Victoria and case numbers are low in New South Wales.
The call comes on the back of Victoria’s lowest daily case update in weeks with two-hundred and sixteen new cases recorded yesterday.
Brisbane's Jam Pantry Café closes doors temporarily after customer returns positve Covid-19 test.
Brisbane’s Jam Pantry Café in Greenslopes has shut for deep cleaning after a woman who dined there on Sunday tested positive for Coronavirus.
Owner Victor Chan says Queensland health has given him approval to remain open, but he instead decided to close in order to sanitize the premises and have all staff tested.
Contact tracing is underway after the woman returned a positive test for Coronavirus upon arrival in Japan.