Hong Kong taxi driver ploughed into a crowd of anti-government protesters
According to local media reports, a taxi driver broke into a group of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, causing at least two people to be injured and then beaten by the crowd.
A witness named Huang said two girls were hit by a car, and a girl was trapped between a car and a store.
The Hong Kong Free Press said that the driver was beaten by the crowd. The graphic image shows his face being beaten and bleeding, and the protesters attacked the taxi and smashed the window with an umbrella.
South Korea suspends the Panmunjom tour in the demilitarised zone to curb African swine fever
In order to curb the outbreak of African swine fever, tourists are prohibited from entering the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating North Korea and South Korea.
The South Korean Unification Ministry announced yesterday that it is expected to prevent visitors from entering the Panmunjom store in the DFZ region.
The decision is part of an inevitable increase in quarantine measures to prevent the spread of ASF to other regions while the government said they will restore Panmunjom travel as soon as possible.
Film Review: The Third Wife at Brisbane International Film Festival 2019
Featuring at the Brisbane International Film Festival 2019 is The Third Wife, a poetic look into the marital life of a fourteen year old. Vietnamese Writer/Director Ash Mayfair depicts ancient traditions through a delicately interwoven story that focuses on central protagonist May, played by Nguyen Phuong Tra My. Breathtaking cinematography is featured in the film and this can be credited to Chananun Chotrungroj.
Kelso: Always A Godmother, Never A God
- Always a Godmother, Never A God is the second EP of self-described “cute weird songs for cute weird people” from Melbourne singer-songwriter Kelso.
Kelso is better known as Kelly-Dawn Hellmrich, bass player in world-conquering rock band Camp Cope. Kelly’s melodic bass playing is one of that band’s musical strengths, but these four tacks show a different side to her.
City And Colour: A Pill For Loneliness
- After reuniting with his long-time stablemates Alexisonfire for a handful of tantalising festival dates & some new music from that entity, Dallas Green is donning the City & Colour moniker once again. Since the man-and-his-guitar era of City & Colour, the twin peaks of Green’s musical muscles have been the mournful tenderness ever-present in that angelic falsetto and the trained eye he has for picking at and unravelling his listener's emotional stitching.
Kefaya + Elaha Soroor: Songs Of Our Mothers
- This collaboration of Iranian born Afghan singer Elaha Soroor with award-winning, UK-based duo Kerfaya is greater than the sum of its parts: the modern approach to Afghani folk that underpins Soroor’s treatment, combined with the eclectic experience of the production duo. Al MacSween on keys and guitarist Giuliano Modarelli are founders of the international collective Kerfaya which won Songlines Magazine’s Best Newcomer Award in 2017 for their release Radio International.
Flangipanis - 'Community Backwash'
Sporting groups targeted by vandals receive state government funding
LOGAN sporting groups, including a soccer club targeted by vandals and thieves, were the major beneficiaries of more than $625,000 from the state government’s gambling fund.
The Bethania Rams Football Club will use its $35,000 grant to install a commercial kitchen, which will help the club with fundraising activities and as a venue which sells food.
LNP senator slammed for sharing photo of dead cockatoo caught in his roof rack
A Liberal National Party senator is on the receiving end of a social media backlash after he took to Facebook to share a photo of a dead cockatoo caught in the roof rack of his car.
James McGrath's post is accompanied by the caption "Car 1. Flock of cockatoos 0."
The image has attracted widespread criticism with many users accusing the senator of boasting about the bird's death.
Australia’s Big Four banks are pocketing a massive windfall each year by not passing on the full interest rate cuts to consumers
A new report has found that Australia’s Big Four banks are pocketing a massive windfall each year by not passing on the full interest rate cuts to consumers.
The Big Four have withheld a quarter of all Reserve Bank rate cuts since 2011 - and at the same time they’ve cut the interest they pay on deposits by more than the official cash rate reductions.
Australian homeowners are forking out an extra $14 billion a year in interest repayments because of the move.