Government Launches Website To Aid With Australian Life Expectancy

The federal government launched a website to improve Australians life expectancy. They set up this website that it will help millions of older Australians to live longer and better lives.

Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Ken Wyatt said the Life Checks website, which has gone live today, enables users to make "choices for longer life."

The $6.5 million websites will give 10 million Australians aged 45 and over free advice on taking positive steps towards better health and greater security.

Mass Blue Bottle Stings In Queensland

Queensland’s major beaches saw hoards of blue bottle jellyfish this weekend, resulting in more than 3000 people being stung on the gold and sunshine coasts.

The jellyfish onslaught was due to strong northeasterly winds which forced the bluebottles ashore.

The mass movement of the stingers led to the closure of multiple beaches. According to Surf Life Saving Queensland, 9,300 people have been treated for bluebottle stings so far in 2019.

Smuggling Tunnel Found On Mexican Border

Mexican Federal Police have located a smuggling tunnel that crosses the border into Arizona town of Nogales.

The tunnel, which nearly spans 10 metres, was located along the southern border, where President Donald Trump has proposed the building of a wall.

According to the Arizona Republic, this is the third tunnel this month that has been found crossing into this town.

Saudi Arabian Women Notified By Text Of Divorce

From the beginning of this month, women in Saudi Arabia will be informed via text if their husbands are divorcing them.

Prior to this technological update, men could divorce their wives without notifying them. This does little to change the marital law system, as knowledge of the divorce does not ensure the right to alimony or effect custody of children.

This comes after criticism of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s rulings have been deemed as a ‘red herring for archaic Saudi values and practices’.

Brisbane Dock Workers Vote To Strike

Brisbane’s dock workers vote to strike over a supposed 'attack' on pay and conditions.

The existing wage agreement pays waterfront workers an average of $150,000 in Sydney and $130,000 in Brisbane for working 30 to 33 hours a week, with the union alleging rebuffing demands to cut superannuation, leave, and a $10 an hour pay cut.

New Laws for Crocodile Farmers in Queensland

Crocodile farmers in Queensland can now legally hunt and gather crocodile eggs in the wild, and hatch them for luxury goods.

State government introduced changes to conservation laws without public notification which permits hunters to hatch wild eggs for their skin and meat.

State Government says egg hunters will have to apply for a licence, follow strict guidelines and monitor local croc numbers.

The licence has been beneficial to farmers like John Lever, who has been forced to travel to the Northern Territory to collect his eggs.

Hunger Strike Protests from Melbourne to Yongah Hill

Over 350 immigration detainees have staged a hunger strike at the two detention centres in Yongah Hill.

The protestors have issued a statement with their concerns, which includes long term detention injustice, visa cancellations, abuse by guards, arbitrary arrest and internal punishment regimes that operate within the detention centres.

Protestors have allegedly been detained in prison cells following their protest, with reports of one detainee who staged a roof protest being taken to the punishment cells and not being seen since.

Australian MP Vomits Over Millions of Rotting Fish

There’s a big stink over a million rotting fish in Australian river. Even causing an Australian MP to vomit while shooting a video campaigning on polluted waterways.

Up to a million rotting fish need to be removed from Australia’s Darling River as the carcasses could trigger another wave of deaths.

The fish need to be collected “within a matter of days” according to environmental scientist Stuart Khan. If they remain in the water, bacteria that feat on the carcasses will proliferate and rob the water of oxygen, compounding the problem.

Gay Purge in Chechnya

The Russian LGBT network has been monitoring alleged abuses in Chechnya, following the imprisonment of forty people and the alleged death of two people from torture.

Chechnya’s authoritative figure, Ramzan Kadyrov has consistently denied allegations of illegal detention and human rights abuses.