Secret Political Conversations Revealed
Senior One Nation figures have been secretly recorded asking for millions of dollars in political donations from the NRA and Koch Industries by Al Jazeera Journalists.
Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff James Ashby and One Nation’s Queensland leader Steve Dickson were involved in several meetings with pro-gun lobbyists last September during a trip to Washington.
The meetings were covertly recorded by a journalist posing as a gun lobbyist and included conversations about seeking political funding and how to spin gun massacres against gun control advocates.
New Machine Saves Man’s Life in Sydney
A new CPR machine trialed in Sydney has saved a man’s life after he went into cardiac arrest on Monday afternoon.
Mark Sackley collapsed during a work meeting inside the Department of Defence in the Sydney CBD, and paramedics on the scene were quick to try out a new device known as the Lucas machine.
Doctor David Roy, a cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, said without the machine, Mark would likely not have survived.
British Airways Takes An Unexpected Detour
Passengers on a British Airways Flight had a small change of plans on Monday when their flight from London to Dusseldorf landed in Scotland by mistake.
British Airways say that a paperwork mishap was the core of the blunder, as the wrong route was submitted to air traffic controllers.
However, the plane and passengers were all in safe hands as the pilot, crew and air traffic controllers all believed that Scotland was the plane’s intended destination.
China Releases Censored Version of Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody premiered in China on Friday to a limited audience with four minutes of the film cut out by the state censorship department.
Scenes about Freddie Mercury’s sexuality and drug use were chopped to meet Chinese legal requirements that include a ban on depicting homosexual relationships in the media.
Chinese broadcaster Mango TV have copped heavy criticism over the last year after censoring pro-LGBTQI aspects from Rami Malek’s Academy Award acceptance speech and from the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.
Review: The Sapphires presented by Christine Harris and HIT Productions
The Sapphires is an Australian classic, winning two Helpmann Awards for Best Play and Best New Australian Work in 2005, epitomising feel good stories from country Australia. It was also released as a blockbuster film of the same name in 2012, directed by Wayne Blair, and written by Keith Thompson with Tony Briggs. Winning Best Soundtrack for the Aria Awards and the Awgie Award for Most Outstanding Script 2012.
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Review: The Sapphires at QUT Gardens Theatre
Presented by HIT Productions and QUT Gardens Theatre is the classic Australian story written for the stage - The Sapphires. This story may be known to audiences through the film of the same name, but it did all start on the stage and you should very well find out why. The Sapphires is a unique tale that looks at four talented Yorta Yorta women finding their way to stardom by singing soul for the troops in Vietnam.
Measles Outbreak Continues in Brisbane
Health authorities have issued a warning to those in the south-east after discovering the first recent measles case to be contracted in the state, rather than overseas.
A man contagious with the disease was in the Brisbane CBD, Fortitude Valley and Spring Hill region between March 13th and 21st.
The Metro North Public Health Unit is warning anyone in the area between those dates to be on the lookout for symptoms, which include sore and red eyes, a runny nose and fever, followed by a red, splotchy rash.
Brisbane Buses Stripped of AirAsia Ads
Brisbane City Council buses have been stripped of advertisements accused of making light of sexual exploitation in Thailand.
The AirAsia advertising campaign ran a slogan saying "Get off in Thailand" to advertise direct flights from Brisbane to Bangkok.
It is alleged that 250,000 western men visit Thailand every year for the sole purpose of sexually exploiting women and children.
Push for Tasmanian Lockout Laws After Assaults
Tasmanian police are calling for the instigation of lockout laws to prevent violence in Hobart’s late-night venues.
The push comes after two men were violently assaulted in the early hours of Sunday morning, and treated for a fractured eye socket and cut tongue.
The assault comes less than three weeks after University of Tasmania lecturer Stewart Williams was assaulted and killed in another waterfront venue.