Dutton pushes to get encryption bill passed before the end of the year
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has requested a federal parliamentary committee to look into a proposed law that would enable police to access encrypted messages.
Dutton wants the law to pass before the end of the year and has written to the committee leader, Andrew Hastie to fasttrack the report.
The Minister says he is “gravely concerned that [Australian] agencies cannot rule out the possibility that others may also have been inspired by events in Melbourne to plan and execute attacks" hence his desire for access to encrypted messages.
A Boeing 737 has been used to fight bushfires for the first time
A boeing 737 has been used to fight bushfires for the first time, dropping several loads of retardant on two blazes in the Newcastle area.
While a 737 has been tested in other situations to demonstrate its effectiveness, this is the first time in the world a 737 has been used to fight fires.
NSW Rural Fire Service spokesman Chris Garlick said they were stoked with the effectiveness of the 737.
A woman has died after being hit by a truck on the Ipswich Motorway
A woman has died from serious head injuries after being hit by a truck on the Ipswich Motorway.
A Spokesperson for the Queensland Ambulance Service said the patient was assessed at the scene but was not transported to hospital.
Police are diverting traffic and significant delays are expected as a forensic crash unit investigates the accident.
Finding Nemo inspired idea may provide green energy solution for Noosa Heads
A new idea inspired by Finding Nemo may provide a green energy solution off the coast of Noosa Heads.
Tapping into the eastern Australian current… 100km directly off Laguna Bay... using 20 tidal turbines attached to 20 barges has proved a winner for GovHack entrants, Noosa Hydro.
A Noosa Hydro spokesperson said their idea took the free power of ocean current and the proven capability of the Scot-renewables Tidal Power barge that had successfully completed one year of power generation off the Scottish coast.
Resin Dogs: Notorious D.O.G
- If you took the names of everyone who appears on Resin Dogs’ new record, Notorious D.O.G, went flying back in time and made it so they were never born, it’s quite likely there would be no hip hop in Australia today. DJ Katch and Dave Atkins and their label Hydrofunk too have been of central importance to Australian hip hop. Are they still now?
Anderson .Paak: Oxnard
- Since stealing the show on Dr Dre's Compton album, Anderson .Paak has firmly planted himself into the hip-hop mainstream. His 2016 release Malibu showcased incredible talent and diversity, with .Paak incorporating influences from funk, soul, and hip-hop into each track. Leading up to Oxnard it was revealed that Dre himself would be executive-producing the entire thing. To say fans' expectations were high would be an understatement.
Buzz Kull: New Kind Of Cross
- Buzz Kull is in a time of flux, artistically shifting in a manner akin to internal, emotional forces crashing into each other. You can trace elements of it back to the origins of the man, Marc Dwyer, behind the sound. Not really rising out of a scene, not really finding a musical home in his hometown of Sydney, that feels somehow appropriate for a darkwave artist: underground, unacknowledged and unhappy. At the same time, 2017’s Chroma must’ve been a kind of revelation and unexpected, emotional reversal.
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Two Queensland men charged for $1million pet food and meat fraud
Two South-East Queensland men have been charged over a fraud scheme worth over $1million involving pet food and meat supply companies.
It has been alleged a 41-year-old man operated 3 companies that failed to deliver products and was also involved in dishonest dealings.
The man has been charged with 5 counts of fraud whilst another 64-year-old Wakerley man has been charged with one count of fraud for his alleged involvement in one of the offenses.
RSPCA will erects perspex hen in Brisbane city to raise awareness about cage hens conditions
The RSPCA is raising awareness for the poor conditions facing caged hens.
This Saturday from 11.30 -1:30 outside the Wintergarden, a 475 by 475 millimeter perspex cage will be erected to allow shoppers to experience the human equivalent living space that these chickens have.
The RSPCA says caged hens do not have enough space to stretch, flap their wings, or exercise.