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.
The RSPCA’s current hospital at Wacol was planned for a maximum of 8,000 animals, but at present rates will need to find room for over 32,000 animals by this time next year.
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.
Thousands flee Ethiopia as tensions escalate.
Thousands of Ethiopian refugees have crossed the border into Sudan, in response to violence in the country’s Tigray region.
As many as 8,000 refugees have fled from Ethiopia in the past two days, as concerns grows for the potential of a humanitarian crisis.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, began marching troops into Tigray last week, after accusing local authorities of an attack on a military camp.
New York introduces new COVID-19 restrictions as cases rise.
New York has introduced new Coronavirus restrictions with Mayor Bill de Blasio warning it’s the city’s “last chance” to stop a second wave.
Infection rates are surging in the United States with the country recording over 100,000 new cases per day for the last 10 days.
Experts fear hospitals across the country could soon be overwhelmed.