Toowoomba widow calls for suicide prevention services in regional Queensland
A Toowoomba widow is calling for more out-of-hospital suicide prevention service in regional areas.
Beth McEwan’s husband Grant had been struggling with depression and she believed he fell through the cracks while navigating the mental health system.
Ms McEwan says after his husband began struggling under the pressure of his work, staff at Toowoomba Hospital were reluctant to treat him.
Ms McEwan said she believed her husband could have been saved if there were other services available to help monitor his condition and offer out-of-hospital care.
Drum lines to be removed from Great Barrier Reef
Drum lines will be removed from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park after the state government lost a challenge in federal court to continue culling sharks.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal ordered the Department of Fisheries could no longer shoot dead 19 species of shark caught in its 173 drum lines offshore from north of Cairns to just south of Gladstone.
The tribunal found overwhelming evidence that killing sharks did nothing to reduce the risk of unprovoked attacks.
Review: Swing On This at Brisbane Festival 2019
This year Brisbane Festival presents Swing On This, a show to keep an eye on as four classy men charm you through an evening of classic swing songs. Starring in the Brisbane Festival show are the following talented: Michael Falzon, Luke Kennedy, Matt Lee and Ben Mingay. Not only does the performance feature a collection of songs with a modern twist, but there are plenty of entertaining moments from the four men that make the show lively and well worth a watch!
Sampa The Great: The Return
- Sampa Tembo was born in Zambia, raised there and in Botswana, moved to the US in her late teens, then out to Australia where her career as Sampa The Great has blown up; and she’s been all over since then. I’m sure that her footloose upbringing has given her a cosmopolitan perspective, setting her apart from most people. It's easy to imagine positive aspects of that, but equally how it could leave her feeling isolated and alone. A black, female artist, making it big in Australia, was always going to have some questions about identity.
Miynt: Stay On Your Mind
- MIYNT is the project of Swedish indie pop artist Fredrika Ribbing. She emerged in 2015 with a couple of enigmatic, expansive pop singles and followed this up with 2016’s EP No. 1, which was an exciting debut effort. Her latest release, Stay on Your Mind, an EP that borders on LP-length, sees her fine-tune her sound and really begin to find herself as an artist.
Jenny Hval: The Practice Of Love
- “We all want something better” could be the defining mantra of Jenny Hval’s extensive discography; if you wanted to boil it down so reductively, which you might do if you’re desperately searching for a solid foundation to stand on in her surreal, ever-melting worlds. You might also want to ask, much as she does herself, exactly what she means by “something better”.
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Pro-China protestors are voicing out loud and prompting police intervention
Pro-China protestors in Hong Kong are speaking out to urge police intervention, after clasing with anti-government protestors in a shopping centre last night.
They chanted "Support the police" and "China, add oil" at a shopping centre, clashing with anti-government protestors.
The protestors also gathered at Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak to stage a lightshow, chanting and singing during annual mid-autumn festival.
Golden Toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace
A golden toilet that worths $1.8 million AUD was stolen from the birthplace of Winston Churchill on Saturday.
Being part of the art exhibition at Blenheim Palace, the loo is opened for visitors to use.
Blenheim Palace chief executive Dominic Hare is urging people to contact the police if they have any information about the theft.
A 66-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the incident.