Federal Government to provide economic drought aid to farm dependent communities
Federal Government drought support measures will deliver $709 million in much needed economic aid for farm dependent communities as they brace for another hot summer, as announced yesterday.
AgForce General President Georgie Somerset said that regional Queensland would welcome any and all assistance available from all levels of Government as the drought showed no signs of easing.
A new cancer treatment trialed from Queensland researchers
A new cancer treatment is being trialled in the United States thanks to pioneering work being done by Queensland researchers, according to findings published in the journal Cancer Discovery yesterday.
The head of QIMR’s Immunology Department, Professor Mark Smyth, said the method had very good results in mice.
Professor Smyth said because their method focuses on the ‘upsteam’ part of the process, it could potentially work well alongside current immunotherapies that target ‘downstream’ once the adenosine as accumulated.
Car driving up the wrong side of a highway in Cairns
Dashcam video has captured a car speeding up a highway on the wrong side of the road in Cairns, about 4:30pm Wednesday.
A witness of the scene said at one point the car appeared to scrape the guard rail as it attempted to move as far to the left.
Police are reviewing the video and charges have not yet been laid.
Elizabeth: The Wonderful World Of Nature
- After the untimely demise of her highly regarded retro-pop outfit Totally Mild, Elizabeth Mitchell was never going to pack up that big voice of hers and walk away from the game. God, maybe she could have, but thank goodness she didn’t. Her full-length, solo debut, features many of the things that made her music great in the past, but also a few significant departures. It also struggles to contain the emotional turmoil that’s surged through recent chapters of Elizabeth’s life.
Mayhem: Daemon
- While Mayhem haven’t proffered any new music, outside of some live albums, since 2014’s brilliant Esoteric Warfare, they remain a band that's central in extreme music conversations. The chatter only increased in volume and intensity when the gormless mess of a so-called bio-pic Lords of Chaos was released to unanimous ire.
Amaringo: I Woke Up This Morning After A Dream
- Amaringo have been gently drifting through the cosmos for a few years now. That's kinda their thing. The duo of singer-drummer Allie Wu Lin and guitarist-bassist Christian Driscoll float on psychedelic breezes, jamming their hypnotic jams.
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Indonesia uses asbestos that can cause cancers
Indonesia are still using asbestos in massive volumes, oblivious to the danger.
About 10 per cent of Indonesian homes have roofs made from white asbestos, a proven carcinogen that can cause cancers including mesothelioma [me-seu-thi-lioma ]and several other diseases.
Muhammad Darisman from Indonesian Ban Asbestos Network saud Indonesia has a potential for an epxlosion of the number of people with exposure to asbestos or asbestos-related disease.
Tom Watson quits as Labour deputy leader
The UK’s Labour deputy leader Tom Watson announced he will step down from parliament after 35 years reopening the debate about the party’s direction under Jeremy Corbyn.
In a letter to Mr Corbyn released by Labour, Mr Watson says his resignation was “personal, not political,” as the two shared significant political differences.
Mr Corbyn also said he enjoyed “convivial” chats with Mr Waston, and he hoped the horseradish plant he gave Waston will thrive.
The reef in Queensland are in the risk of pesticide residues
New research has found that pesticide regulation and management in the reef catchment areas of Queensland had failed to prevent the exposure of ecosystems to the significant risk of agricultural chemicals.
The study revealed more than 50 individual pesticide residues had been detected in the Great Barrier Reef waterways.