NZ PM Demands Australia To Stop Deporting New Zealanders
Peter Dutton dismisses Jacinda Arderns demands for Australia to stop deporting New Zealanders
New Zealand Prime Minister described the policy as corrosive and argues that there have been a number of cases where there is also almost no connection of an individual to New Zealand who had been deported.
Since 2014, 1,500 Kiwi criminals were deported since the rules were tightened.
Queensland's New Nursing Home Staffing Standards
The Queensland government will set minimum staffing standards at state-owned nursing homes but admit it can’t force private facilities to do the same.
New laws will force Queensland’s 16 state-owned facilities to provide a minimum of 3.65 nursing hours per patient, per day and to publicly report staff ratios.
Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk says if private aged care facilities choose not to share their staffing levels, the government will reveal their identity of facilities unwilling to do the right thing by elderly Queenslanders
RSPCA Set To Receive $200,000 In State Funding
The state government is increasing funding to the RSPCA, receiving an additional $200,000 in funding to support their 1300 ANIMAL hotline.
Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch visited the RSPCA Brisbane Animal Care Campus, saying the RSPCA plays an important role in the care and rehabilitation of sick and injured wildlife across the state.
New Order: ∑(No,12k,Lg,17Mif) New Order + Liam Gillick: So it Goes…
- Capturing a moment in time has been the reason the “live album” exists, the possibility of containing lightning in a bottle to be sampled over and over again. Gets a bit more complex when you are attempting to bring thirty-plus years of an extensive and intriguing back-catalogue to life and then do it under a different set-up to the standard gig format. That takes some skill and a certain chutzpah. If anyone can do it, you have to imagine New Order are one of the few musical outfits who would both attempt it and stand a chance of pulling it off.
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Swim Team: Home Time
<p><span><span>- Isn’t it time to grow up? Put away childish things and … go and pay off some debt. Those aren’t very rock’n’roll sentiments. It could be more of a dour, post-punk thing, a Joy Division slit-your-wrists kinda vibe. That’s certainly one way to go, but Swim Team bring something else altogether -a swirl of sweetness, a DIY jangle, a messy unpreparedness, a sly grin and only a dash of despair- to the looming reality of growing up. </span></span></p>
Boeing Faces $4.9 Billion Dollar Hit Over 737 Max Aircraft Grounding
Boeing is taking a $4.9 billion hit to cover the costs of the grounding of its 737 Max aircraft after two deadly crashes.
The charge is set to wipe out profits when the world's biggest planemaker posts quarterly results next week.
In a statement, Boeing says its "best estimate at this time" is that the 737 Max will return to service in the last three months of this year.
Polish Conservative Newspaper Set To Distribute "LGBT-Free Zone” Stickers
Gazeta Poska, a Polish conservative newspaper will distribute “LGBT-free zone” stickers with their next issue, the stickers will show a black cross over the pride flag.
A preview of the sticker was posted on the newspaper’s Twitter feed and it will be included on the next week edition, the weekly publication openly supports the conservative governing party PiS.
US ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, expressed her concern about the stickers promoting hatred and intolerance.
Chinese-Australian Writer Detained on Beijing Waiting for Charges
Yang Hengjun, the Chinese-Australian writer who has been detained in a Beijing jail for six months, has been moved from surveillance to criminal detention.
Hengjun is expected to be charged for endangering the state security by the Beijing National Security Agency.
He could either be charged, released or his detention extended.
Former High Court Chief Justice, Murray Gleeson Backs Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Former High Court Chief Justice, Murray Gleeson, says a new voice to parliament for Indigenous Australians would be a positive step.
Mr Gleeson said A body that has the capacity to speak to the parliament on behalf of Indigenous people should be of advantage to parliament and, through it, the nation.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison does not support a constitutionally-enshrined indigenous advisory body but favors some form of recognition of Abroiginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the constitution.