Freak weather in Rio kills ten with flooding and mudslides
In international news, floods in Rio de Janeiro have killed at least ten people as the city becomes more concerned for its capability of withstanding extreme weather events.
152 millimetres of rain fell in four hours on Tuesday which amounts to the average rainfall for April in the city.
The city’s fire department reported 10 deaths including 3 buried in a car by mudslides.
Choc giant switches to sustainable cocoa
Mondelez International, which manufactures Cadbury and Milka, is attempting to protect its business from global warming by making the switch to sustainable cocoa.
Mondelez is currently sourcing around 43% of the cocoa for its chocolate brands through its Cocoa Life program, which provides educational and financial support to cocoa farmers in order to improve crop yield.
This week, Mondelez pledged to raise this figure to 100% by 2025, saying without a good source of quality cocoa, they can’t have a healthy chocolate business.
8AM ZEDLINES
Good morning, this is Laura and Georgie with your 8am Zedlines
Dreamtime: Tidal Mind
- Two and a half years have rolled by since the last -fondly remembered- Dreamtime record and y’know? In that time I can barely think of an occasion when I’ve heard a mention of them. They should be pretty hard to miss, being nearly the loudest purveyors of mind-bending psych that Brisbane can boast and, look at that, they have record deals sewn up in Australia, Europe and the US. For once there might actually be truth in the cliche, ‘the best band you’ve never heard of.’
Helms Alee: Noctiluca
<p><span><span>- Much like the salty ocean they so clearly adore, Pacific Northwest band Helms Alee (a name which is a sailor’s turn-of-phrase meaning ‘come about’), well they can be a fickle mistress. They’ve settled on the label sludge metal for what they do, though they don’t sound like <strong>Eyehategod</strong>, <strong>Neurosis</strong> or recent touring partners <strong>Melvins</strong>.
11am Zedlines
Good morning! This is your 11am Zedlines with Victoria and Gabe.
QUT Accused of Sexism after Male Fun Run Winners Receive $300 Cheques
Organisers of a university fun run have been accused of sexism for their different treatment of male and female winners.
25-year-old Alex Blake was the fastest female runner. She has called out organisers of the Queensland University of Technology Classic fun run for awarding male winners a ribbon crossing and $300 cheques while the female winners only received a prize pack.
QUT Classic eventually agreed to restructure winnings after the race director initially told Blake to finish top 3 if she wanted greater reward.
Crew Left Stranded After Boat Capsized off Thursday Island
A capsized boat off Thursday Island has left its crew clinging to a channel marker overnight until they were rescued by helicopter on Monday.
The four men - aged 51, 38, 21 and 16 - set off from Seisia Wharf at 3 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, but authorities were called when they hadn’t arrived home later that evening.
Police believe the foursome had been stranded for 13 hours before their rescue.
Man Charged After Riding a Horse into anti-Adani Protester
A man has been charged after riding a horse into a protester participating in the Bob Brown Foundation’s anti-Adani convoy.
The Mackay Magistrates Court charged 41 year old Clinton McDonald with a number of charges including “dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm” when he struck a 61 year old woman was while she walking through a gate.
Mr McDonald was seen crying in the dock when he appeared before the court where he was granted bail with a warning.
Hundreds Evacuated from Melbourne Airport Qantas Terminal
Hundreds have been evacuated from the Qantas Terminal at Melbourne Airport after a smoke alarm was set off in the food court.
Passengers have been told to expect delays, with long queues already forming at the check-in desks.
This comes in the wake of yesterday’s SmartGate kiosk outages which left international travellers facing long delays.