Ela Minus: acts of rebellion

<p><span><span>- <em>acts of rebellion</em><span> is the debut full-length album from Colombian born, New York based synth artist </span><strong>Ela Minus</strong><span>. “Bright music for dark times” is her mission statement, a message she scrawled on her keyboard after the election of Donald Trump four years ago.

Brisbane bridge to be demolished

A Brisbane north-west timber bridge that was built 89 years ago will be demolished and replaced.

Ashgrove’s Gresham Street Bridge is the only public road access to St John’s Wood. There is concern with the old bridge, as it can be flooded during low flood events.

Brisbane City Council is meeting today to start drawing plans on renewing the bridge, and providing a temporary replacement one while the construction is being completed.

Brisbane butterflies

Brisbane is expecting to receive millions of caper white butterflies throughout the city as part of their annual migration.

A project that has emerged from this is Brisbane’s Big Butterfly Count – a community project that intends to document the number and types of butterflies in the area.

The organisers of the project state the health of the butterflies can help indicate environmental health.

Clive Palmer to face court

Clive Palmer will be facing the High Court in Canberra today regarding his personal fight against COVID-19 rules which shut Western Australia’s border.

Palmer claims the border closure breaches section 92 of the constitution. The WA government is fighting back, arguing that the measures were necessary for the health and wellbeing of Western Australia’s population.

Shooting in Vienna

Two people have been killed and several others injured by gunmen in Vienna.

The shooting happened at Vienna’s main synagogue around 8:00pm local time, and has left 15 people hospitalised.

Authorities are still on the search for the attackers, and Austria’s Interior Minister Karl Nehammer states he can “confirm we believe this is an apparent terror attack”.

Republicans in America try to revoke 127,000 votes

In Texas America, a federal judge has rejected efforts made by Republicans to disqualify drive-through voting in Houston.

The drive-through voting sites in Houston have seen around 127,000 votes for the presidential election, to which Republicans think should be thrown out.

The judge denied these requests, allowing drive-through voting as an alternative method due to coronavirus.

QLD eases border restrictions

Queensland’s border restrictions have once again eased, allowing regional New South Wales visitors to come over.

From today, visitors from NSW, who are not from the hotspots identified in Sydney, will be allowed to travel to Queensland for any reason.

Victoria is still not allowed to enter Queensland.