Parking meters going permanently cashless.
From February 22 Brisbane city council will make more than 9 hundred parking metres permanently cashless.
Parking metres in Brisbane were made cashless during the lockdown in March last year but yesterday the council officially announced cash payments will not be returning.
hygiene reasons and lower maintenance costs were the main reasons behind the decision.
$8 million in grants for Queensland not-for-profits
The Queensland Government is set to hand out 8 million dollars of grants to upgrade community infrastructure and accelerate the COVID-19 economic recovery.
The grants will prioritise projects supporting critical social and job-readiness services, in high need communities.
The state government is encouraging not-for-profit organisations that own land or assets or are delivering social services from council-owned facilities to apply for the grants.
Developers allowed on council planning committee
Kangaroo Point residents are demanding answers on why Developer Pedro Pikos was allowed on a town planning committee that advised council on the redesign of the Kangaroo Point Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan in 2019.
The Plan allowed a fifty percent increase in building heights and the “Say No to one hundred and eight Lambert Street group claim that Mr Pikos has at least five development sites in Kangaroo Point.
Myanmar police shot a woman during the protest
Myanmar police shot a woman during the protests against military rule in Naypyitaw and she is in critical condition at hospital.
The protest has been occurring the last few days against the military's action on detention of the nation's iconic figure Aung San Suu Kyi.
Four people were taken to hospital reportedly with wounds caused by rubber bullets.
Ani Difranco: Revolutionary Love
<p><span><span>- <span>Ani Difranco has been forging her own singular musical path for three decades now - evolving in musical style but remaining a fiercely independent voice of social and gender conscience. </span><em>Revolutionary Love</em><span> is her 23rd full length album, and continues on that path.</span></span></span></p>
Sleaford Mods: Spare Ribs
<p><span><span>- It’s gotten to the point in my relationship with Sleaford Mods<strong> </strong>that if for some strange and unbeknown reason they put out a dud, I feel as though my internal operating system will read this as an illegal operation, flash a series of alarms, find an incorrect line of code, and wipe the slate cleaner than a food prep bench on the day of an OH&S report. We know the duo operate around a bare few components. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, ey? Those components have been widdled down to a fine art.
9th Feb 11am Zedlines
Your 11am Zedlines with Tom and Abbey
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Nearly half of America's citizens have lost faith in democracy
Forty five per cent of Americans do not believe democracy is functioning properly according to an Associated Press poll.
The poll reflects a mistrust in political processes that was a hallmark of the 2020 presidential election.
Since the November election, confidence in democracy nearly halved among Republican voters while almost doubling with Democrats.
Palestine leaders meet to discuss first elections in 15 years
Palestinian leaders are meeting in Cairo today to discuss the occupied territories’ first elections in fifteen years.
President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah will negotiate with Hamas and twelve other political groups to plan against interference and assure the safety of voters in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem.
Palestine’s political landscape has been fraught with conflict since the last elections in 2006, which Hamas won in an "unexpected landslide" and Fatah refuses to acknowledge.
New directors appointed across Agricultural Innovation Australia
Three new directors, including the chair have been appointed to the inaugural Agricultural Innovation Australia board
The directors bring experience from across government, private and industry sectors.
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management David Littleproud says this is an exciting step as the board continues to drive investment in agricultural innovation this year.