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Event Cinemas Indooroopilly holds benefit for Thai prisoners
Event Cinemas at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre screened a Christian-based film in a benefit on Saturday night.
All funds raised from the event went to the churches that help with the rehabilitation of inmates in northeast Thailand prisons.
The organisers, Hope Behind Bars, is a volunteer group that looks for various ways to help raise funds for the work their team does and give hope to the prisoners.
SLQ program providing refugees and migrants with technical skills
A State Library of Queensland-run workshop is taking a novel approach to eliminate waste by teaching refugee and migrant students to build their own computers.
The program repurposes old government computers that would otherwise be destined for landfill to teach the students about hardware, software and operating systems.
SLQ program officer Michelle Brown said at the end of the course, each participant took home the computer they had rebuilt, providing technological access to help with their studies.
Anti-Adani protestor injured by horseman
A man has been charged after he allegedly rode a horse into an anti-Adani protester in Central Queensland yesterday.
Anti-Adani protestors were watching live music when the man entered the showgrounds on horseback and knocked a 61-year-old woman to the ground.
The woman was flown to Mackay Base Hospital and is in a stable condition.
Report finds minimum wage workers locked out of rental market
A new Anglicare report has found 98 percent of rental housing is unaffordable, locking people working full-time on the minimum wage out of the rental market.
The Rental Affordability Snapshot report found only 2.2 percent of all rental listings across Australia are affordable for a single person earning the minimum wage, in a 0.7 per cent drop from 2018 and 2017, and a 3.1 per cent drop since 2016.
Hong Kong streets swarm with anti-extradition law protests
Thousands of Hong Kong residents have swarmed the streets to protest extradition laws with China.
Government officials have sought to implement laws to close loopholes caused by discrepancies in the legal systems of Hong Kong and mainland China, but anti-extradition activists say such actions would erode the city’s protected freedoms.
Extradition laws could be passed by the government later in the year, with Hong Kong’s pro-democratic camp no longer holding enough seats to block the move.
Blind UK pup has his own guide-dog
A British blind Staffordshire bull terrier cross has formed a special bond with his own personal guide-dog who navigates him around and helps him find his water bowl.
Amos was born blind at a rescue centre and relies on Toby a nine-year-old border terrier to protect him from other dogs and guide him through life.
Blind animals are frequently abandoned and left to fend for themselves; you can adopt and save a pet pal from your local RSPCA or animal rescue shelter, and remember - adopt, don’t shop!
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ABF IT outages causes major delays at Brisbane International Airport
An Australian Border Force IT system outage has caused major delays at Brisbane International Airport, and all international terminals across the country.
Passport control machines were down, causing lengthy delays to passengers set to depart or land in the country from 6am this morning.
Greenslopes PA leader of international cardiovascular study
Brisbane’s Greenslopes Private Hospital is leading the way in an international ‘triple therapy’ heart study.
The hospital was the largest trial site in Australia for a global study focusing on the use of anticoagulants and antiplatelet therapies in high-risk cardiac patients.
Associate Professor David Colquhoun said the study’s findings will be discussed at a forthcoming research meeting of the Cardiology Craft Group and will lead to improved clinic practice.