Is Joe Biden running for President in 2020?
Former US Vice-President Joe Biden may have accidentally let slip he may be planning to run for President in 2020.
Mr Biden was speaking at a Democratic Party dinner over the weekend when he said he had “the most progressive record of anybody running.”
The crowd reportedly erupted into chants of “run Joe, run!” but Mr Biden insists it was merely a slip of the tongue and he meant to say he had “the most progressive record of anybody who WOULD run.”
Australians calling for dental care to be Medicare-funded after increased spending in oral health
Australians are calling for dental care to be Medicare-funded after an increase in spending on oral health services.
As a result of only a third of Australians being eligible for dental publics services, Greens leader Richard Di Natale [DEE NAT AR LEE] announced a $5.8 billion election policy to provide dental care to all Australians.
Queenland students march in climate change stike
Students walked out of classrooms and onto the streets to protest a lack of government action on Climate Change on Friday.
An estimated 7 thousand to 10 thousand people marched on Queensland’s parliament house - almost ten times more than last year’s strike.
Queensland political leaders said students should have organised the march outside of school hours, but students argued that the protest and potential threat of climate change is more important than one day of schooling.
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.
11am Zedlines
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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."