Indigenous elders have called for climbing bans on Sunshine Coast mountains.
Sunshine Coast indigenous elders called for an Uluru-style ban on climbing sacred Sunshine Coast mountains.
There are no official moves to prohibit the climbing yet, however traditional owners have requested their beliefs to be shown more respect.
Tweed Shire Council’s indigenous heritage officer Rob Appo said “we'd prefer people not to climb [the mountains], particularly to the summit because that's where a lot of those stories focus on.”
Labour leader said there are jobs to be found in renewable energy.
Anthony Albernese is defending his statement that there are jobs to be found in renewable energy production.
The Labour leader will declare in his first major policy speech: “The road to a low-carbon future can be paved with hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs, as well as supporting traditional jobs, including coal mining”.
Mr Albernese said that there are plenty of opportunities for Australian manufacturing and mining in the world’s efforts to address climate change.
Hong Kong students developed a virtual reality game for the protest
The short and detailed first-person game was demonstrated in a dilapidated high-rise industrial block that allowed players to avoid tear gas, hide behind burning obstacles and escape the riot police.
Lam, a 30-year-old developer, covered her face and asked not to be named because she participated in a frequent illegal protest. She said: "It allows you to experience the crisis that frontline protesters may encounter."
"It doesn't mean you have to go out after playing the game. We want people who fight for freedom to go out anyway."
Japan, South Korea Research Fund to alleviate wartime forced labor
On Monday, South Korean and Japanese governments are studying a joint economic plan involving companies from both countries to ease the pressure on North Korea’s forced labor during the Second World War.
Kyodo News quoted an unnamed source as saying, however, that the Japanese government will not provide any funds to the plan, which is consistent with its position on the idea of forced labor that was resolved in the 1965 treaty.
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HSBC restructuring plan has increased concerns about layoffs
HSBC plans to restructure its business after the banking giant said it was "unacceptable" in parts of Europe and the United States.
Noel Quinn, interim chief executive, said plans to improve these sectors are “not enough” and “are accelerating plans to restructure these sectors.”
According to reports, at the beginning of this month, the bank with 238,000 employees planned to lay off as many as 10,000 people.
Quinn said on Monday that there is a possible range of “job cuts”.
Essex truck death: Maurice Robinson appeared in court for manslaughter
Prosecutors said that a driver charged with intentional homicide on the truck was found to be part of the "global ring" smugglers, 39 of whom died in trucks.
Maurice Robinson from Craigavon was remanded in the Chelmsford Magistrates Court. On Wednesday, 39 bodies were found in truck trailers in an industrial area in Grace, Essex.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in his condolences that the world has been “shocked by this tragedy.”.
Two thirds of working parents 'struggle to care for their own health
The National Working Families Report has found that two-thirds of working parents are struggling to take care of their mental and physical health.
According to the report, one-quarter of working parents are considering leaving their job in the next year due to stress caused by the conflict between work and caring responsibilities.
Wagga Wagga commemorates the past, the present and the country, the first public ceremonial staff since the 1870s
The first corroboree in a New South Wales city in more than 150 years occurred on Saturday night, with an attendance of over 2,000 people.
The gathering in the Wagga Wagga's Marrambidya Wetlands paid respects to ancestors and to country.
Joe Williams, who helped organise the event, said the corroboree was about education and forging a relationship to move forward as one.
Yorta Yorta elder Uncle Hewitt Whyman says the corroboree had a powerful element of environmental consciousness.
Lawyers say chemical substances around Ipswich Air Force Base are expanding at an "alert rate"
Chemicals are expanding around Ipswich airbase at an alarming rate, according to the Department of Defence.
Lawyers have called for residents near the Amberley airbase to be allowed free blood tests to learn if they have become contaminated by chemicals leaching from the airbase.
The Department of Defence says, “the Leichhardt residential area was built on the footprint of a former golf course that was likely irrigated with water from the Bremer River which is impacted by PFAS contamination,”