Gambling is at record high since venues reopen
Gambling is at a record high after JobSeeker and JobKeeper payments continue to be spent on poker machines.
Since venues reopened, $293 million was spent in Queensland in July, with similar figures every month since.
Lifeline Darling Downs and Southwest Queensland CEO Derek Tuffield said it’s common for people to gamble more in times of a natural disaster, or this case, pandemic.
Queensland elections could go either way
The result of the state election campaign, which begins today, will depend on trust in candidates, attitudes on public policy and plans for CoVid-19 recovery, according to Paul Williams, Senior Lecturer at Griffith University.
In late July, Newspoll found 81% of those surveyed approved of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s handling of the pandemic. 57% of respondents preferred her as premier. But in June, a YouGov poll had the LNP in front of Labor, 52% to 48%.
9 AM ZEDLINES - 0CTOBER 6
By 4ZZZ reporters Norma Hilton and Hannah Davies
Image credit: pixabay.
Róisín Murphy: Róisín Machine
- The High Queen of the Irish dance floor is back and this time she’s brought a big machine to give your hips, knees, feet and toes a good working over. Been a bit of a gap since her 2016 Take Her Up To Monto album, with only a few singles over the last couple of years marking her progress in the studio. However, her at times sultry, other times worn, gravelly tones find a good home amongst the beats of a lonely dance floor (because 2020’s dance floors have all been bereft and lonely.)
GL: You Read My Mind
<p><span><span>- GL are definitely on a retro-tip (but who isn't right now?!). Maybe that's just what happens when crate digging vinyl-fetishists and encyclopaedic club DJs combine with the always-available digital archive. Artists discover that the style they want to create isn't a niche so much as a cavernous gorge allowing them to dive deeper and deeper into what was once thought to be a hyper-specific sub-classification for the specialists only.</span></span></p>
October 5 - 12pm Zedlines
By 4ZZZ reporters Chelsea and Estelle.
Image Credit: Unsplash/ Michał Parzuchowski
New Caledonia rejects independence from France
New Caledonia has voted against independence from France for a second time, after 10,000 votes separated the two sides in the referendum.
Voter participation was four percent higher than the referendum of 2018.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated in a press conference that he “saluted this show of confidence in the republic with a profound amount of gratitude” but has “heard the voices of those who wish independence.”
Paris in coronavirus “maximal warning zone” as the increase in daily cases doesn’t seem to stop
Paris and its three neighbouring departments were announced to be in “maximal warning zone” last night for a period of two weeks after the coronavirus cases increased dangerously since August.
All the bars will have to be closed from Tuesday this week, universities will have to reduce the numbers of students on campus simultaneously but restaurants will still be open with maximum precautions.
Melbourne metro trains project to be linked to Uighur labour
Chinese company CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles, which won the contract to build 65 new high capacity metro trains for Melbourne in 2016 has been identified as a potential beneficiary of Uighur labour.
The enterprise was recently blacklisted by the US government due to the security risks posed by its ties to the Chinese government as it is a subsidiary of major Chinese state owned rolling stock manufacturer, CCRC.
Victoria records just 9 news cases of COVID-19
Victoria has recorded 9 new cases of coronavirus overnight.
No deaths have been recorded in the state for the last 24 hours.
This is the first time in almost three weeks that the state has recorded zero deaths in a 24-hour period.