Transport Minister waiting for council reports on proposed underground station in Brisbane Metro
Transport Minister Mark Bailey has expressed that he is still awaiting the City Council's reports on a proposal for an underground metro station in South Brisbane.
The Brisbane City Council has reported that they have not yet finalised a tender with interested bidders, operating under the concern that the proposal to move the Brisbane Metro station from the Cultural Centre to a location under the Exhibition Centre would cause route delays and overblow the original budget by over $300 million dollars.
Sinkhole opens at popular Inskip Point
A sinkhole opened up on a beach at Inskip Point on the Sunshine Coast yesterday morning- marking the second to appear at this popular camping area.
This comes on the second day of the school holidays, as a crowd of approximately 30 onlookers formed to marvel at the sight.
Brisbane resident Chris Fry was one of the first to notice the sand giving away as she was in the middle of capturing drone footage for her social media accounts when she began to notice blocks of beach sand falling into the ocean.
Malcom Roberts slammed for suggesting family law system behind domestic violence
The Law Council of Australia has warned accusing family law courts of driving domestic violence is “dangerous” behaviour after video emerged of One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts making the suggestion.
The Law Council of Australia has labelled ‘irresponsible and plain stupid’ past comments by Senator Malcolm Roberts, blaming the family law system for driving men to lash out with violence.
It’s urged all MPs to undergo family violence awareness training ahead of an inquiry examining the nation’s family law system announced last week.
Thousands of students across the country walk out of school for climate protests
Hundreds of thousands of school students across Australia walked out of class last Friday to attend the Global Climate Strikes.
Over 100 Australian cities and towns were joined by hundreds of wharfies who walked off the job in the first known instance of workers taking industrial action to attend the climate rallies.
Thousands of workers from other industries were also expected to take part, with over 2,000 businesses encouraging employees to use flexible hours and other initiatives to attend the protest.
As world leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest still burns
On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron will launch a "call for mobilisation" on the Amazon during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The fires that burned through the Amazon rainforest last month sparked international outcry and offers of help, but as world leaders meet in New York, the planet's largest rainforest remains engulfed in flames.
The latest satellite data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research shows 131,600 fires burning since January within the country, where 60 percent of the Amazon lies.
Thomas Cook travel firm approaches collapse
The UK's oldest travel providing company, Thomas Cook, is under financial pressure to secure $368 million in funds from the British government, as banks claim that the company could fall into administration- bolstering fears that the collapse could leave 150,000 British tourists stranded overseas.
The mounting financial difficulties have been noted to be the result of fierce competition from online operators, increased jet fuel prices, the tense political climate over Brexit and customers being less inclined to travel overseas in the summer heatwave.
Julia Why - 'Hysteria'
Julia Why?'s new album reclaims feminine emotion as a coherent response to a world gone mad. It reframes the weight of the word 'hysteria' and wears it as a badge of honour. Lead singer/songwriter/bassist Julia Wylie wrote half the record during the throes of mania, and the other half during the lows of depression. The album traces this personal journey through toxic breakups, epic breakdowns, #MeToo and the Australian political landscape. You can tell.
From the sexy lament of opening track Discount Fragile, the bittersweet sun kiss of Sun In Your Eyes, to the riot girl cries of Man Child and Deadbeat, through to the dreamy shoegaze of Starman that recounts a David Bowie-inspired psychotic episode, and the hypnotic refrain of Holden On’s “they are fucking in the shower next to my head,” Hysteria! reclaims feminine emotion as a coherent response to a world gone mad.
Julia explains why these nine tracks crafted over three years are so important to her: “'Hysteria' as a word and a concept has been used throughout history to control women that did not conform. It was a made-up disease that gaslighted women with endometriosis, bipolar and other legitimate diseases doctors didn’t take seriously. Witches were burnt at the stake, Janet Frame was nearly given a lobotomy, Ophelia decided to die, as did Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath."
Julia Why?’s visceral live set, cemented by Sarah Fenn (Le Pie) on drums and Caleb Jacobs on guitar, has gained them coveted supports including TFS Band, Waxahatchee, jade imagine, Cosmic Psychos, Hinds, Hatchie and Body Type.
8AM Zedlines
Glenda and Hugh present Monday's 8AM Zedlines
Brisbane Transit Centre to be Demolished
Roma Street's Brisbane Transit Centre is to be demolished in the next couple months, a project which will clear land for the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail and Brisbane Live entertainment precinct.
Demolition for the Cross River Rail is expected to be completed by the end of next year, which will result in some short-term lane closures outside of peak hour traffic and temporary busway closures in late 2020.
First koala spotted in suburban park for 21 years
Residents in the Brisbane suburb of Moorooka are celebrating the first koala to be spotted in a local park in 21 years.
Pegg’s Park has been transformed by a local tree planting group, who have planted hundreds of trees, to rejuvenate the site.
Councillor Steve Griffiths of the Moorooka ward congratulated the Moorooka Greening Group on the positive work they have done.