A man is fighting for his life after falling from an escalator at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre
A man in his 50s is fighting for his life after a medical episode caused him to fall from an escalator at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre overnight.
An ambulance was called to the centre around 5pm and took the man to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a critical condition.
The fall caused significant head injuries which forced the centre to block off the area from shoppers until the man was taken away.
Various Artists: From The Bottom Of The Earth To The Top Of The Wazir
- For their mammoth one-hundredth release, Altered States Tapes have dropped a celebratory compilation From The Bottom Of The Earth To The Top Of The Wazir. Dedicated to the more experimentally inclined electronic music from Australia and abroad, head-honcho Cooper Bowman (who also features on the compilation) describes it as a culimnation of the work of some of the label's defining artists. The result is an intriguing, mixed-bag of the weird and wonderful.
Candy: Under The Weather
- After a warm reception at Bigsound this year, it appears people have finally developed a taste for Candy. His bittersweet brand of ‘80’s guitar licks and lilting synths has, for years, been a surprisingly well kept secret. Calumn Newton has, up till now, used his side-project as more of an outlet for his private heartaches than a shot at nu-romantic stardom.
MNMM: Minimum
- Melbourne’s MNMM brings together three collaborators who’ve done time in a number of reasonably well established post-rock acts in that town. Guitarist Gerard Mason hails from Goodbye Enemy Airship, drummer Brian O’Dwyer is one half of Warpigs and vocalist Gelareh Pour sings for ZÖJ. In a couple of ways it’s Pour’s contribution which is the most distinctive here. Coming from Iran she sings vocals in Farsi and that's also her with the sound of the alto Kamancheh.
Border Rangers: Captured
- Border Rangers have only been around for a minute, but they’re a band with a presence that seems old, bitter and strange. There’s an eerie, backhills twang to Orin Strung’s violin that send a chill up the spine and haunts the back of your mind. The low rumble of Muzza Monroe’s baritone guitar goes together hand-in-glove with his rough-as-guts bass voice: a grinding combination that grabs your attention like the snarling of a razorback.
Thirteen new cases of Ebola confirmed in Congo
Thirteen new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in north-eastern Congo, as attacks by armed groups disrupt international efforts to control the deadly disease.
The number of new cases has increased in the past month and World Health Organisation experts said the outbreak is likely to worse significantly unless greater steps are taken to curb the spread of disease.
Treatment, vaccination programmes, and the safe burials of victims have been hampered by a surge in violence and enduring local mistrust of health orders.
Syrian prisoners on hunger strike to protest death sentence
Dozens of inmates have been on an indefinite hunger strike in Hama jail in Syria protesting a Syrian court’s handling of a death sentence for some political prisoners.
In the latest updates, 11 people have been told they will be executed for taking part in protests, which were peaceful demonstrations in 2011.
Human rights groups say capital punishment is unjustified and appeal for the political prisoners' release.
Shooting Foundation of Australia seeking to unravel Australia’s gun restrictions
The Shooting Foundation of Australia (SIFA) is seeking to unravel Australia’s strict gun regulations, and is using the Victorian election to lobby for more relaxed laws in hope that any newly elected independents in the state will be pro-gun.
SIFA is a key part of Australia’s gun lobby, and uses the same tactics as its American equivalent, the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Swine flu spike reported across the Top End
Up to 80 confirmed cases of the swine flu virus have been reported across the Northern Territory since the start of November, in what authorities have named an ‘odd’ flu season.
With over 40 cases in the last week, doctors are urging residents to vaccinate against the virus, as some patients have become seriously ill, leading to hospitalisation.
Authorities have confirmed that the virus has drifted over the years, and is now a different strain to that declared a global pandemic in 2009.
First 'Share the Dignity' feminine hygiene vending machine installed at Brisbane school
An alternative all-girls school in Sunnybank is the first school in Brisbane to provide Share the Dignity PinkBox, providing free pads and tampons for students.
Carinity Education Southside is taking steps to ensure their student body, many of whom are at or below the poverty line, are not facing disadvantage by being forced to take days off school when their period comes.