University of Queensland hosts "embarrasing" empty music festival
The University of Queensland has been slammed for hosting a music "festival" on a Monday night that attracted few attendees.
Monday night’s event “A Taste of BigSound” was meant to promote an upcoming Triple J festival in the Valley, but Semper Floreat editor Rowan Evans said that the event’s time, location and lack of any local student acts had combined to keep the crowds away.
“It also makes no sense to me why we need to give space up on our campus to advertise some Triple J festival that anyone interested in has already bought tickets to.
Summer arrives early in South-East Queensland.
South-East Queensland is facing a hot summer with above-average temperatures expected this week.
Brisbane’s average temperature at this time of year is usually around 25 degrees Celsius, but the mercury is set to hit 36 degrees this Friday west of the city in Ipswich.
BOM forecaster Michael Knepp says that the temperature change has been caused by a high-pressure system hovering over southern Queensland.
The Queensland Ambulance Service reminds people to take care when going outdoors and to stay sun-safe.
Australian fighting for IS terrorist group appears alive after two years presumed to be dead
Australian member of the Islamic State terrorist group, Hamza Elbaf, has reappeared alive in Syrian prison two years after his presummed death.
He and his three brothers were thought to have been killed when Western-backed forces conquered the Islamic State's "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria. However he managed to survived.
In March he became a prisoner of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
Mr Elbaf has denied he fought for the group because he "wasn't qualified".
He was sent to work as a cook instead.
Brisbane Paramedics are demanding a stronger digital health technology to improve diagnosis
Despite our rapid technology growth, the health industry is still lacking the technological upgrades that are needed on both ends of the industry.
Brisbane Paramedic, Rob, says information is key in their job, "the more we know, the more we can add it together for a proper diagnosis to help people,” he states.
Some companies are now working on apps to let people take full control of their health, and allow them to upload and store medical documents.
Saving chocolate with UQ science
The University of Queensland and chocolate company Mars Wrigley are working together to save the world’s chocolate supplies.
The multinational company has sponsored a UQ team with 100,000 dollars to help fight the cacao swollen shoot virus or CSSV.
Professor Botella said the virus had devastated many cocoa plantations in western Africa, affecting cocoa yields.
“Currently around 75 per cent of the world’s 4.6 million tonnes of cocoa beans are grown in western Africa, where this disease is becoming ever-more rampant,” he said.
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Our Smartphones could be listening to everything we say for advertisement porpuses
A new survey conducted by Unisys reveals that 41% of Australians have received online ads about a topic they had recently talked about.
More than 1 in 4 participants also said the virtual assistant on their smart device had asked them for more information, or to repeat themselves, even when they hadn't turned it on.
Ashwin Pal from Unisys says Australians are becoming increasingly concerned about their privacy and how their data is being used.
Councillor thrown out of Brisbane chamber for swearing
A Brisbane councillor has been thrown out of the Brisbane City Council chamber for swearing during a meeting yesterday.
Cr Nicole Johnson was censured by Council Chair Andrew Wines for using an expletive, after herself trying to make a point of order against Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner for inappropriate language.
Menopausal treatments could increase the risk of Breast cancer
Medical journal, The Lancet has published a paper showing that the risk of breast cancer rises after only one year taking menopausal hormone therapy.
The paper collects data from 58 international studies from 1992 to 2018. Althought they are observational, no other reason for this correlation has yet been found.
Farmer stops work on Adani's Carmichael mine
A man has locked himself to a drill rig this morning, disrupting work on Adani’s controversial Carmichael mine in the Galilee Basin.
63 year old teacher and farmer Will Douglas, from Moruya in NSW, locked himself to the drill rig on Adani’s rail corridor, saying that immediate action is needed in the face of climate emergency.
Mr Douglas says that, as a farmer, he fears the effects of climate change, and that the Australian government has been ignoring the messages of scientific experts “for too long”.