Queensland Government offering sport vouches to Struggling Families
The Queensland government is offering vouchers of $150 to families who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, in order to get children back into community sport.
As sporting clubs prepare to recommence training from the 13th of June, the vouchers will be available to families who can prove the COVID-19 financial hit.
The Queensland government will also repurpose over $50 million of sports funding to assist clubs in getting ready to operate under the new restrictions.
Brisbane Experiences Coldest Day in May for 40 years
On Friday May 22nd Brisbane went through it's coldest day for May in forty years.
With temperatures in the low teens, the Weather Bureau reports the drop in temperature is from the cold blast of air coming in from the southern states in combination with cloudy skies. Brisbane's last coldest day of May hasn’t been experienced since 1980 reaching 17.9C.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Dianas - Baby Baby (Album Of The Week)
2. Rackett - ILY Alley (I Love You Alley)
3. May Lyn - Closed Doors (Single)
4. Miiesha - Hold Strong (Single)
5. Cable Ties - Far Enough
6. Sycco - Nicotine (Single)
7. Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK
8. Moon Saloon - Mark St EP
9. Tia Gostelow - Rush (Single)
10. Wafia - Pick Me (Single)
11. Eliza & The Delusionals - A STATE OF LIVING IN AN OBJECTIVE REALITY
12. RVG - Feral
13. DickLord - It's Soooo Boring
Party Dozen: Pray For Party Dozen
<p><span><span>- Does doom exist only under disparity? Does the absence of clarity equal a dystopic environment? Are artists labelled as genre-defying when music critics lack the ability to categorise them? (Ed.: <em>yes.</em>) Do categories even matter? (Ed.: <em>but I spent so long learning them!</em>) Party Dozen has been branded ‘a noise-rock duo’. Originally met in Berlin, travelled from Brisbane to currently abide in Sydney.
Charli XCX: how i'm feeling now
<p><span><span>- On her newest record <em>how i’m feeling now</em>, pop futurist Charli XCX has decided that while she could coast for a few years on the release of her self-titled, magnum opus <em>Charli </em>- she’s not finished yet! Where last year’s album saw Charli stretch the dimensions of pop music to both experimental and accessible extremes, <em>how i’m feeling now </em>is more akin to the PC Music, bubblegum bass and dance-pop of her 2017 mixtapes.</span></span></p>
Andrew Tuttle - Alexandra
Zedlines - May 23
[Image: University of Queensland]
Residents return to villages in Bangladesh and India after Cyclone
Thousands return to damaged houses and submerged villages in Baladagelsh and Eastern India after Cyclone Amphan, the first super cyclone to start in the Bay of Bengal since 1999.
While authorities evacuated millions before the storm, shelters were not filled to capacity as a result of COVID-19 restrictions.
Residents are returning to their homes now, and a full assessment of the damage and number of casualties will be recorded.
US secures stockpile of experimental COVID-19 Vaccine
The United States has secured approximately 333 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. The US Department of Health and Human Services pledged up to $1.2 billion to accelerate AstraZeneca’s vaccine development.
The use of the vaccine is unclear as of now because there is uncertainty surrounding immunity to COVID, however, the pledge is intended to potentially kickstart the US economy.
The US could potentially have the first doses as early as October according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
"No Logic" behind border Closure: Dutton
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has openly expressed criticism to the decision to keep the borders shut.
He told the Guardian that there is ‘no logic’ behind Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s decision to keep the borders closed.
Queensland leaders continue to discuss the date that borders will open as the rest of the States in Australia open their borders back up.