Major Coral Bleaching Event Projected in the Great Barrier Reef
Doctor William Skirving from the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch has projected a major coral bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef as a result of a spike in ocean warming.
It has been emphasized that this event will likely be larger and more intense than previous bleaching events which troubled the reef in 2016 and 2017, and will affect southern parts of the reef which have previously escaped dramatic bleaching events.
Emergency Staff in Quarantine Over Coronavirus Exposure
15 emergency staff from Brisbane’s Mater Private Hospital will be quarantined for two weeks due to potential exposure to coronavirus.
An 81-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were confirmed as the 12th and 13th cases of the virus in Queensland on Thursday afternoon.
The man had recently returned from Thailand while the woman travelled from London to Brisbane with a stopover in Singapore.
Queensland Health said they are working to locate those who came into contact with these two most recent cases.
New Wage Theft Legislation to Be Proposed Next Month
Queensland employers caught committing wage theft could face up to fourteen years in prison under laws to be proposed next month.
A 2018 inquiry discovered almost one in four Queensland workers were not being paid their full wage.
Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace says amendments will be made to the criminal code after years of union pressure on state and federal governments.
Wage theft includes not paying superannuation, withholding leave entitlements and short changing staff.
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Palestinian protests escalate as Israeli bulldozers clear land
Palestinians have protested in the West Bank after Israeli bulldozers began clearing land. Villagers fear it may be an attempt by Israel to confiscate the land for future Jewish settlements.
Tensions rose this week after Palestinians have claimed settlers were empowered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party lead the vote count after Monday’s election, and a victory would open the way for Netanyahu’s pledge to annex settlements in the West Bank under Trump’s peace plan.
EU proposes new climate law
The European Union has proposed a climate law that will set a target of net zero carbon emissions across the bloc by 2050.
Greta Thunberg has denounced the announcement as “empty words” describing the proposal as, “giving up on the Paris Agreement,” which was signed in 2016 by almost two hundred nations who proposed to limit their emissions.
Many activists have called on the EU to set a target for 2030 and to further specify how it would be achieved.