Malaysian Government vents their concerns about Australia's immigration policies
According to the Malaysian Government, Australia's immigration policies have contributed to a rise of Malaysians rorting in the local visa system.
Deputy Foreign Minister, Marzuki Yahya, said that Malaysians are encouraged to manipulate Australia’s visa system because they only receive ‘light punishment’ and are even given free flights home when they overstay their visa.
Mr Yahya said Malaysians are visiting Australia on tourist visas and then getting protection visas as an excuse to stay longer in Australia before being flown home for free.
Australian climber Ruth McCance body has been found
Australian woman, Ruth McCance, has been formally identified as one of the 8 victims who has died while climbing India’s second tallest mountain, the Nanda Devi.
The 8 climbers, four from Britain, two from the United States and one each from India and Australia went missing on the 31st of May, after they failed to return to base.
Vijay Kumar Jogdande, an Indian district official explained, seven dead bodies were brought from base camp to the Pithoragarh district.
Why is an Adelaide hospital is using hotel rooms instead of hospital beds?
One of Adelaide’s public hospitals,Modbury Hospital, is using hotel rooms instead of hospital beds for some of its patients to reduce overcrowding and to provide better care for Amputees.
Clinical Manager, Felicity Jenkinson said there was an urgent need for creative ways to offer solutions to patients and hotel room was one option.
Under the new arrangements, patients are housed in a nearby hotel’s wheelchair-accessible room with more cooking facilities than a regular hotel room.
Union representatives agree to a deal for Queensland teachers
Union representatives have agreed on a three-year pay and allowance deal for Queensland teachers.
On Wednesday morning, the Queensland Teachers' Union endorsed the state government's wages offer for 46,000 teachers.
The deal offers a 2.5 per cent wage increase and includes a one off $1250 sign-on bonus, and a $1000 incentive for teachers beginning their career in regional Queensland.
More than 3000 bus services have been forced to skip stops in the past 12 months
More than 3000 bus services, across three of Brisbane's busiest bus routes, have been at capacity and forced to skip stops in the past 12 months.
Figures released by Brisbane City Council show route 66, between the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and UQ via Woolloongabba, has been reported being too full to pick up additional passengers.
The data was only released following Transport Minister Mark Bailey's announcement this week of $1 million extension of bus routes that service University of Queensland St Lucia campus.
Review: Trade at Brisbane Powerhouse
“A creative mind in panic is a beautiful thing to see” - a tag line for the early days of Theatresports, the acting version of a sporting head-to-head contest based on the teachings of Keith Johnstone - shows the performer in a vulnerable state, and if played well, will drag the audience into that space where they feel that vulnerableness keenly as well.
Review: MELT Comedy Gala at Brisbane Powerhouse
The staple of Comedy Festivals worldwide finally made its way to this year’s MELT Festival of Queer Arts and Culture at the Brisbane Powerhouse Theatre - the Comedy Gala. Like a cross between the fresh, and possibly healthy Swedish smörgsabord and the steaming olfactory assault of a Chinese buffet, a Gala can be a bit hit and miss. For MELT’s first attempt at one, it was definitely a hit, combining some very well-known names and a couple of names you should know, and will after the night’s performance.
Shoeb Ahmad: "quiver versions"
- Shoeb Ahmad has put her hand to all sorts of sounds in all sorts of groups, like Agency, Spartak and Tangents. Given that weird, wonderful, loud and wild back catalogue, her full-length, solo debut, quiver was a bit of a surprise in its quiet, tentative, even bleak outlook. Detailing Shoeb’s journey to coming out as a trans woman and negotiating thorny issues not just of gender but of religion and race as well, was never going to be easy, in life or in music.
Cereal Killer: The Beginning & End Of Cereal Killer
- It’s difficult to imagine a band called Cereal Killer taking themselves very seriously. The self-described Geelong stadium rock band is comprised of strays from Wet Blanket, Ausmuteants and ORB has been kicking around since they spat out a scrappy EP of demos in 2016. You’re probably not expecting me to tell you that, in 2019, they’ve decided to call it quits.
Kirin J. Callinan: Return To Center
- It’s been a rocky eighteen months for the enfant-terrible of Australian, avant-garde pop-rock. If a duet with Jimmy Barnes was ‘divisive’, flashing his tackle at the ARIAs was even less well received: Callinan walked away with a year’s good behaviour bond, only narrowly avoiding a conviction.