MP Calls To Increase Newstart Allowance For People In Country Areas.
Former deputy prime minister and Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is joining the calls to increase Newstart allowance for people in country areas.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government should instead focus on tax cuts rather than lifting payments, which he says are indexed every six months.
About 723,000 Australians receive the allowance, and if they are single live on about $40 a day.
Logan Police New Plan To Stop Car Thieves
Logan Police have come up with a new plan to stop car thieves matching stolen vehicles with stolen number plates, with a special safety screw.
In an area with over 30 Number plate thefts a week reported and more than 4000 since 2016, police decided to drive their own campaign.
Demand for the new screw was so high, Logan District Crime Prevention United has started taking online orders and now, the Logan Police is trialling the distribution of SAFE PL8 packs, which include the special screws.
Paint Factory Fire In Albion
Last night, a massive fire destroyed a paint factory and nearby house in Albion with projectile exploding paint tins sent flying through the air.
Ten fire crews were called to battle the blaze on Tate Street, around 11:30 last night.
The fire is now under control, but not completely out.
Review: Queensland Symphony Orechesta's Two Treasures
L. MOZART Concerto for Alto Trombone and Orchestra
Performed by Jason Redman, alto trombone; Kevin Power, piano
BEETHOVEN Septet in E flat, Op.20
Performed by Nicholas Harmsen, clarinet; Evan Lewis, bassoon; Lauren Manuel, French Horn; Glenn Christensen, violin; Charlotte Burbrook de Vere, viola; Simon Cobcroft, cello; Phoebe Russell, double bass
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Three men crashed at high-speed in Rous Channel near Wynnum West.
Emergency services were notified just after 10pm on Wednesday that a 2007 Cruise Craft 686 Outsider, with three men aboard, had crashed at high-speed in Rous Channel near Wynnum West.
Queensland Ambulance Service senior operations supervisor Jeremy Lawrance says a 40-year-old passenger suffered an abdominal injury and bleeding in his stomach.
He was rushed to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition and given a blood transfusion on the way.
A new toolkit to attract more workers in rural Australia
A seven-step toolkit designed by the Regional Australia Institute has been rolled out in rural and regional Australia to attract more skilled employees to the area.
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI), says there are currently more than 44,600 job vacancies in regional Australia that are proving hard to fill.
Chronic labour shortages have affected some regional areas, resulting in population decline and the closure of businesses.
How many people have you kissed?
An Australian researcher, is studying the possibility the infection of gonorrhoea can be spread by kissing.
At the STI and HIV World Conference in Vancouver on Thursday, Professor Kit Fairley from Monash University will be arguing his case in a debate with Professor Emeritus H. Hunter Handsfield from the University of Washington.
In Australia, gonorrhoea rates have more than tripled between 2008 and 2017 from 36 to 118.
Hong Kong's more venerable and veteran residents have taken to the streets
Hong Kong's more venerable and veteran residents have taken to the streets as the elderly put on a show of solidarity for youth-led anti-government protesters.
Thousands of people took part in what was dubbed a "grey hair march" and the “silver hair protest” - billed as a way to show the city's pro-Beijing leadership that plenty of its older and more reliable conservative citizens still support younger demonstrators.
Hong Kong's more venerable and veteran residents have taken to the streets
Hong Kong's more venerable and veteran residents have taken to the streets as the elderly put on a show of solidarity for youth-led anti-government protesters.
Thousands of people took part in what was dubbed a "grey hair march" and the “silver hair protest” - billed as a way to show the city's pro-Beijing leadership that plenty of its older and more reliably conservative citizens still support younger demonstrators.