Government announces $800 million plan to incorporate digital technologies within businesses
The Morrison government has yesterday announced a $800 million plan which hopes to enable business to make better use of digital technologies.
Specifically, PM Scott Morrison says around $260 million will be invested to implement a facial recognition system within public sector organisations like Centrelink.
QLD approves mine that will create 1000 jobs but destroy koala habitat
Yesterday the Queensland government approved the constructions of a new one billion dollar mine in central Queensland.
The mine will extract 15 million tonnes of coal each year and provide 1000 news jobs to regional Queenslanders.
The mine has been met with criticism as it requires the clearing of five thousand five hundred hectares of koala habitat.
Queensland reports no new coronavirus cases
Queensland has once again reported a day with zero new cases of coronavirus, leaving just eight known active cases in the state.
Queensland Health minister Steven Miles praised the state's efforts and says this is “exactly what we hope to see.”
The Health minister also committed to the creation of a new distribution hub in central Queensland that will provide a stock pile of essential supplies and equipment to hospitals.
Citing the pandemic as proving that "we can't be reliant on other countries for all of our medical supplies”.
Queensland tenets fear being evicted amid COVID-19 funding cuts
Tenets in Queensland affected by the coronavirus are facing fears of eviction as the residential eviction moratorium lifts and cuts to both job seeker and job keeper’s coronavirus supplement collide this week.
In an open letter health services, community organisations and unions have proposed an extension to the moratorium citing fears of increased evictions and homelessness in the wake of these changes.
Wax Chattels: Clot
<p>- Off the back of the widely acclaimed 2018 <strong>Daughters</strong> record <em>You Won’t Get What You Want</em> and the emergence of <strong>black midi</strong> last year, it seems noise rock is enjoying some renewed popularity.
Sufjan Stevens: Ascension
<p><span><span>- After the intensely personal eulogy to his mother, 2015’s <em>Carrie & Lowell</em> and a career that’s often been characterised by introspective analysis, it seems Sufjan Stevens has explicitly turned his gaze back to the world around him. His new, solo full-length, <em>Ascension</em>, presents as a manifesto, a toolkit for confronting the times and sorting out the problems of this divided world. It’s a desire he’s spoken about at length: “My objective for this album was simple: Interrogate the world around you.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Mitch, Please - The Bin Collection
2. The Ancient Bloods - ANCSTR (Single)
3. Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra - Welcome To The Neighbourhood (Single)
4. Ancient Channels - Moments In Ruin
5. The Cassingles - A Symphony Of Horrors
6. WHALEHOUSE - Trapped (In My Room) (Single)
7. Sweater Curse - All The Same (Single)
8. Jodie Flange - Don't You Ever Touch My Friend Like That Again (Single)
9. Dayliites - Diamonds (Single)
10. Wafia - Good Things
11. MiCCY - Tug Of War (Single)
12. Miiesha - Nyaaringu
12PM ZEDLINES – 29 SEPTEMBER
By 4ZZZ reporters Hannah Davies and Norma Hilton.
Image: Flickr
Trans-Tasman travel bubble possible before Christmas
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced travel between New Zealand and some states of Australia could be possible before the end of the year.
In an interview on TV N-Z, Ardern said if Australia can ensure hotspots are isolated and borders remain closed, a trans-Tasman travel bubble could occur.
Ardern said an Australian-wide travel bubble would take a while, but they were open to starting with states such as Queensland.
She said her ongoing goal like always is to remain a COVID free country.
Iran records alarming number of new coronavirus cases
Iran is in the middle of a third wave of COVID-19.
The capital city of Tehran has the severest outbreak but most of its 32 provinces are facing increasing infections.
The Middle Eastern country is battling the worst coronavirus outbreak in the region, recording 195 deaths on Sunday.
Iran has joined the COVAX global initiative, saying it will buy 20 million doses of vaccine once it’s licensed and approved.