Wheelchair tennis event forced to move
An international wheelchair event in Darwin has been forced to move from a new $16m tennis complex because the show court has been built on a slope.
The Darwin International Tennis Centre is set to stage the Arafura Games later this month, but wheelchair competitors have been relegated to one of its 14 outside courts.
Perth Indigenous art market grows exponentially
It has been revealed by the ABC that Perth’s only Aboriginal art market has grown exponentially since 2013.
Last year buyers spent over $400,000 in seven hours at the arts festival.
Special project curator Erin Coates at the Fremantle Arts Centre, attributes the event's success to its informality and how buyers can rifle freely through the works of offer.
16,000 plants for Brisbane park upgrade
More than 16,000 new plants will soon be planted throughout Hercules Street Park as part of $10 million in upgrades set to transform Brisbane’s Northshore.
Minister for State Development and Planning Cameron Dick says significant planning went into the design of the park, which also includes an innovative irrigation system to keep the new plants thriving.
Mt. Coot-tha Zipline scrapped
Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has terminated the controversial Mt. Coot-tha Zipline project.
The zipline was projected to cost $1.14 million but became involved in a court appeal from community group Mt. Coot-tha Protection Alliance.
Schrinner said on Thursday the decision to scrap the project came from ‘listening to residents’, proving it was clear the community wanted to ‘protect Mt. Coot-tha’.
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Life Savers lollies return to Australia
Life Savers manufacturing returns to Australia at Darrell Lea's Ingleburn factoryLife Savers manufacturing returns to Australia at Darrell Lea's Ingleburn factory
Lifesavers lollies are again being made in Australia for the first time in 94 years after Darrell Lea begins production in South Sydney.
After Darrell Lea purchased the brand from Nestle last year, they relocated production from New Zealand to Ingleburn in South Sydney.
Assange arrested in England
Julian Assange has been arrested by British authorities after the Ecuadorian Embassy abruptly revoked its seven year asylum.
Assange’s relationship with the Ecuador Government collapsed after he was accused of leaking information about the Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno’s personal life.
Police arrested Assange after being invited into the embassy following Ecuadorian Government revoking his asylum.
South Korea must end abortion ban by 2020, says court
South Korea’s constitutional court has ruled the nation’s ban on abortion as unconstitutional, and has ordered the ban must be lifted by 2020.
Under the 1953 ban, women who have abortions can be fined and imprisoned, except in cases of rape, incest or risk to their health. Doctors who perform the procedure can also face jail.
The law was reviewed after a challenge from a female doctor who was prosecuted for performing almost 70 abortions. She said the ban endangered women and limited their rights.
VIC heavy flu season
Victoria could be in for another frightful flu season with reported cases in the state this year more than triple what they were at the same time last year.
Reported cases of the flu have already skyrocketed to 5372 so far this year, compared with 1744 reported last year, prompting the state government to warn Victorians about the disease.
The Victorian state government took a swipe at the federal coalition about health funding allocations for the state, slamming them for "putting nurses, doctors and patients last".
Palaszczuk meets with German companies
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has met with representatives from some of Germany’s top tier companies to pitch Queensland as an attractive investment in Berlin this week.
The Premier met with executives from Bombardier Transport; car-sharing joint venture ShareNow; Siemens Energy and grocery chain Kaufland.
The Premier says Germany and Queensland are entering a new era of innovation-led investor relations, which will be strengthened further by the new Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and Australia.