UQ students to vote on major issues

Students at the University of Queensland will stage a general meeting on two major issues on Wednesday.

 

The students will vote on the proposed demolition of the Schonell Theatre and a proposed UQ deal with the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation.

 

The UQ student union councillor Priya De (DI) said the university cannot ignore a mass assembly of students on the two biggest issues to impact the campus in decades.

Increased funding for Big Pineapple

The development plans for the Sunshine Coast’s Big Pineapple have been boosted with an extra $2.5 million from the State Government.

 

The funding aims to rejuvenate the site and establish it as the tourist attraction it once was.

 

The master plan includes a treetops ropes course, water park and numerous cafes.

Apple hacked by Adelaide boy

A 17 year old Adelaide schoolboy faced the Adelaide youth court yesterday and has plead guilty to multiple hacking charges.

 

He hacked into Apple’s security system when he 13 years old and again for second time in 2017 at 15 years old.

 

He had no awareness of the gravity of the situation and thought it would lead to nothing more than a job opportunity from the tech giant.

Albanese new Labor leader

Anthony Albanese is to become Labor’s new leader after an uncontested leadership ballot.

 

At least four other Labour candidates considered a tilt for the position, but none officially nominated themselves by the deadline.

 

Albanese has said he wants to reach out to those who did not support Labor last Saturday and has vowed to be a “straight talker” in order to win back Labor votes.

Indonesian anti-feminism campaign

The campaign, “Indonesia Without Feminists”, recently went viral for its opposition to feminism and ridicule of the LGBTQI community.

 

It is a supposed opposition to western feminism deemed incompatible with their Islamic values and believe Indonesian women should mobilise to protect their children from ‘un-godly communism”, homosexuality and other ‘moral threats’.

 

The campaign is a part of a growing tech-savvy ultra-conservative movement using memes and hashtags like #UninstallFeminism to spread their messages.

Major changes to EU Parliament

The European Union’s elections have seen a decreasing amount of centre parties being voted into parliament.

 

Britain's right-wing ‘Brexit party’ has had a landslide victory for British seats despite only being created six weeks ago.

 

There has also been a large increase in votes for Germany’s Greens Party which has doubled to 21% coming second in Germany.

 

Traditional Indigenous land owners in the Brisbane Federal Court to oppose Adani

The Federal Court in Brisbane is hearing an appeal over a land use agreement today from a group of traditional land owners opposed to the Adani coal mine.
Members of the Wangan and Jagalingou community are appealing the Federal court’s decision last year to reject their objections to an Indigenous Land Use Agreement. Under this agreement native title over the area would be terminated to allow Adani to build its Carmichael coal mine.