Recycling Crisis: Recycling sent to landfill in the Hobson Bay Council area
Due to the “factory capacity problem throughout Melbourne” of the waste company Cleanaway, the recyclables will once again be temporarily disposed of in the landfill of the Hobson Bay Council area.
Residents in the council area (including Altona, Laverton and Williamstown) have been asked to put their recyclables on hold for two weeks.
The committee announced the news on Monday night, saying the issue will be resolved next weekend.
American Airlines plane sliding off Chicago runway and crashing into snow
A passenger immediately photographed the moment the jet slid off the runway after landing in icy conditions at a major airport in the United States.
The incident occurred when American Airlines flight AA4125 touched down at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport during a snowstorm on Monday morning (local time).
A video released by a passenger showed that Embraer ERJ145 skid on the runway and then turned to the snow-covered grass area and suddenly stopped.
New sales records set in China’s Singles Day marketing event
Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported that a total of more than US$55 billion ($80 billion) in sales on Monday through Singles Day, an annual marketing event that is the world's busiest online shopping day.
The volume of sales that day, which seems to have reached a new high in the 11th year is a temporary easing of retailers temporarily facing declining demand as Chinese consumers are constrained by slowing economic growth and tariff wars with Washington.
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Government negotiation over union bill
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation will meet today with Attorney-General Christian Porter to try and get a bill through the upper house that would penalise unions more severely for transgressions.
The Senate is due to vote tomorrow on the Ensuring Integrity bill, which would give the government the power to deregister unions and ban officials.
While the bill will require crossbench backing, it seems there is widespread support from senators.
Station Master’s Cottage now home for women’s centre
The historic Station Master’s Cottage in Cleveland has become the new headquarters for the Redlands Centre for Women.
Mayor Karen Williams officially opened the centre’s new location on Saturday, saying the cottage would offer more stability for the group.
Mayor Williams said “The Station Master’s Cottage will host a number of programs, including counselling to support women through challenges, programs to support teenage girls and young mothers and the Redlands Active Women’s Program”.
Smokey Brisbane air worse than Beijing
The smoke haze from fires across Queensland and New South Wales has left the air quality in Brisbane worse than Beijing, whose air is deemed as ‘unhealthy’.
According to The World Air Quality Index, the air quality is currently rated as very unhealthy over many areas in Brisbane.
Jonty Hall from the Bureau of Meteorology says a breeze is “recirculating all the smoke off the northern NSW fires and sort of pushed it out to sea… and this little south easterly this morning has brought it all back in from over the water”.
Thousands of resources are used to put out the terrible fires in NSW
More than 3,000 firefighters and thousands of police and other emergency services are deployed or on standby because they fight dangerous fire raging across New South Wales.
At present, there are about 50 major fires burning throughout the state, of which more than half are non-existent and nine are designated as “watch and act”
The temperatures in most parts of New South Wales are expected to reach around 30s, humidity below 10%, west winds north to west, and an average speed of at least 40 km/h.
Hong Kong Protest: Two men were shot by a traffic officer
On Monday, Hong Kong police opened fire on protesters as chaos erupted across the city on Monday morning, a local media reported.
A protester in Sai Wan Ho was shot in chaos by a traffic officer. The Hospital Authority said the injured protester was in critical condition and undergoing liver and kidney operation.
Police had fired live rounds at protesters in Central, the eastern side of Hong Kong island.
The United States condemns the recent violent incident in Hong Kong and urges both sides to downgrade
A senior Trump administration official said that the United States on Monday condemned “ the unjustified use of deadly force” in the recent violence in Hong Kong and urged the police and civilians to reduce the deterioration of the situation.
The United States issued the above statement after a Hong Kong police shot and critically wounded a demonstrator. A man was set on fire in violence that prompted leader Carrie Lam to denounce “enemies of the people.”