Petition for expulsion of Anning from Parliament gains strength after more than 1 million sign
Over one million people have signed an online change.org petition calling for Senator Fraser Anning to be removed from Parliament.
The petition alleges Senator Anning was elected to Parliament on “dishonest grounds” and says Parliament is “no place for… Neo-Nazis… bigots… [or] hate-speech.”
Senator Anning’s recent comments regarding the Christchurch terror attack sparked widespread criticism and condemnation.
Under Australian law, neither house of the Commonwealth Parliament has the power to expel one of its members.
North Queensland teenager becomes youngest person to cycle around the world solo
A British cyclist has completed his world-record attempt ride after his bike was stolen in North Queensland.
At 18 years of age, Charlie Condell has become the youngest person to cycle solo around the world after riding 30,000 kilometres in 249 days across 20 countries.
His record-breaking ride was briefly delayed when his bike, affectionately known as Colin, his passport, camping gear and cycling wear were stolen from a Townsville backpackers’ hostel in October 2018.
18th March 2019
Local Artists:
Rat Revenge: I Hate Myself But I Love Rat Revenge (Independent)
I HATE MYSELF... BUT I LOVE RAT REVENGE by RAT REVENGE
Gamirez: Guarantee (Single) (Independent)
Chelsea Wilson: Chasing Gold
- “Lush”. A word that reviewers love to toss around, especially in the company of “arrangements” or “production values”, and like all reviewers’ words it gets overused. A few weeks ago Chaka Khan brought out her best work in years with an album harking back to her glory days of soul, disco, funk and smoky RnB, and Australian chanteuse Chelsea Wilson, has created (not literally, but nonetheless, very effectively) an antipodean accompaniment to one of the most enjoyable albums of 2019 so far.
Pikelet: Goodbye
- After twelve years of tuneful but avant-garde ructions as Pikelet, Evelyn Ida Morris is finally retiring that peculiarly Aussie moniker. I don’t know about you, but for me it produces a jumble of mixed emotions and conflicting thoughts. I think that’s appropriate, because this farewell gesture isn’t at all like what most people mean when they say Goodbye.
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Facebook loses two top executives
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced the departure of the firm's chief product officer Chris Cox and head of WhatsApp Chris Daniels.
No reason has explicitly been given for their departure, however changes have come shortly after Mr Zuckerberg outlined his plan to transform Facebook into a "privacy-focused platform."
US Senate terminates border wall proposal, Trump to veto.
President Trump is vowing to veto a proposal that was terminated by the US Senate on Thursday, giving him clearance to build a wall at the Mexico border under claims of ‘emergency declaration.’
The vote to terminate the proposal was 59 - 41 votes, with 12 republican senators voting with the democratic side.
The vote marks the second Senate rebuke of the president in two days.
Drug use spike in regional Queensland
A report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed alarming statistics of drug and alcohol use in regional Australia.
The report found a 41% increase in drug-induced deaths in remote and regional areas in the decade following 2007, compared to a 16% spike in major cities.
‘Very remote’ areas of Western Australia were found in the report to top the list of places where people aged 14 years or older were drinking alcohol at risky levels and who had most recently used illicit drugs.
State of emergency: healthcare a sore point in NSW election
The demand for emergency services and healthcare in NSW is continuing to grow, but governments can’t keep up.
The latest Bureau of Health Information found that visits to emergency departments were at a new record, up 3.4% to 749,504 for the October to December 2018 Quarter, compared to the same time last year.
The Australian Medical Association’s NSW president Dr Kean-Seng Lim, a GP has sounded the alarm for the need of more adequate resources.