Communities grants aim to build social cohesion in Queensland communities.
Sixteen community organisations and local councils will share in $930,000 of funding under the Thriving Cohesive Communities grants.
A short film festival and Fraser Coast Mobile Street university are amongst the first 16 projects to receive funding under the program.“ according to Minister for Disability Services and Seniors, The Honourable Coralee O'Rourke.
The Thriving Cohesive Communities grants aim to build social cohesion in Queensland communities.
Palaszczuk Government beefing up regional Queensland
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has committed $1 million towards Rockhampton’s triennial Beef Australia event, to be held 2-8 May 2021.
The event celebrates the Cattle and Beef industry and will feature over 30 breeds of cattle and a trade fair promoting more than businesses and industry research.
The injection is hoped to support Rockhampton’s regional economy, which has been impacted by drought and flood.
Monitors to be installed to lockyer valley farmers ensuring efficient use of water
Plans are underway to maximise water available to Lockyer Valley farmers from Clarendon and Kentville weirs.
Natural Resources Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said level recorders would be installed in the weirs to ensure the most effective and efficient use of water.
The new monitors are expected to be installed over the next 12 months
Queensland Ballet Academy has officially opened.
The highly anticipated $17.7 million Queensland Ballet Academy at Kelvin Grove State College has officially opened.
The Academy aims to combine world class ballet tuition with world-class educational programs.
From 2021, the Queensland Ballet Academy will extend its intensive dance training program to include talented students in Years 7 to 12.
CS + Kreme: Snoopy
<p><span><span>- Melbourne's CS + Kreme have released their first album, <em>Snoopy</em>, on The Trilogy Tapes. The duo, consisting of <strong>Conrad Standish</strong> and <strong>Sam Karmel</strong>, have already released a few excellent EPs and <em>Snoopy</em> consolidates their distinct left-field electronic music.</span></span></p>
U.S. Girls: Heavy Light
<p><span><span>- If one was to mention that the latest album one has been listening to references '70's touchstones <strong>Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band</strong>, <strong>David Bowie</strong>, <strong>Patti Smith</strong>, <strong>Jimmy Webb</strong> and <strong>Studio 54</strong> to just name but a few, one wouldn’t be surprised to find out it was the work of some Brooklyn hipsters who’d incidentally decamped to the Catskills in upstate New York. That’s what is so brilliant about U.S.
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Cornavirus Quarantine Hotel colapases
At least ten people were killed in the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, with 23 others still feared trapped in the rubble.
Rescuers pulled 48 people from the wreckage, of whom 38 are still alive, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on social media.
New initiative to tackle harassment
An international survey involving 15,500 people of all ages was interviewed about their experiences of harassment on two levels – as both victims and witnesses of sexual harassment in public spaces.
A survey conducted by researchers at Cornell University and L'Oréal Paris. Noted that 78% of women have experienced sexual harassment in public spaces. Only 25% of victims say someone helped. Therefore 86% of us do not know what to do when we witness it happening.
Funds help recover and rebuild bushfire-ravaged communities
Bushfire-ravaged communities are accessing millions in Federal Government money to help them recover and rebuild.
Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud said the Commonwealth (as of 6 March) has funded and distributed almost $177.55 million in disaster recovery help—with more on the way.
“We’re getting the money to those who need it most, ” Minister Littleproud said.