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Doughnut Time reopens with new management
Across South East Queensland, Doughnut Time has reopened and is offering free doughnuts in selected stores.
The disgraced business, has opened up under new management after the doughnut chain collapsed earlier this year, owing $3 million in unpaid wages
The new owner, Peter Andros, has promised that any future expansions will be measured to avoid the business running in to the same financial trouble.
Queensland to remove unsafe Christmas toys
Queensland’s Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath says ‘ho, ho...NO’ to unsafe Christmas toys, with the The Office of Fair Trading releasing the results of its proactive Christmas toy safety campaign.
Of the 4,968 toy lines inspected statewide, only six had to be removed from the shelves for safety reasons.
The Attorney General says she is pleased with the level of compliance and understanding of product safety laws shown by the vast majority of stores.
NSW sex offenders will be fitted with monitors
Electronic tracking devices will be outfitted on all peodaphiles, rapists and other serious sex offenders on parole in NSW.
Corrective services minister, David Elliot, said any serious sex offenders will have their movements very closely monitored by NSW intelligence branches.
It is understood there is currently 64 monitored sex offenders in NSW but the number is set to increase to 493 under the charges.
Federal Resources Minister calls school climate change protesters will "only learn to join the dole".
The Federal Resources Minister, Matt Canavan, has said that school children who protest climate change inaction will only learn how to join the dole queue.
His comments are in combat of thousands of school children across the country who plan to walk in strike against the government’s lack of policies to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses and support renewable energy.
A 14 year old student said “we’re sick of those in power failing to stop the climate crisis”
School bully faces court
A school bully in the UK is set to face court after he “waterboarded” a 15-year-old Syrian refugee student in an attack caught on video.
The video was widely shared on social media which depicts the bully wrestling the refugee to the ground by the neck and then proceeded to pour a bottle of water over his head.
A spokesperson for the refugee has said the attack wasn’t the first for the student after he his arm was fractured by 4 students a month prior to the incident.
World leaders arrive at G20 summit
World leaders have begun arriving in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, ahead of a summit of the globe's largest economies.
The two-day G20 summit is supposed to focus on development, infrastructure and food security.
It is likely that Issues such as the trade war between the US and China and the conflict over Ukraine are threatening to overshadow the gathering.
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Coffee juggernaut Starbucks has announced it will block access to pornography on its free wi-fi service.
Starbucks blocks access to pornography on its free wifi
Coffee juggernaut Starbucks, has announced it will block access to pornography on its free wi-fi service in all US outlets from 2019.
The company has been under pressure from a Virginia-based non-profit organisation, Enough is Enough, to filter pornography in its stores.
While watching explicit content in store was always banned, the coffee giant will now actively block such content.
Gene-editing opposed in China
China’s Vice-Minister of Science and Technology has confirmed his ministry has ordered a halt to human gene-editing work.
The first gene-edited humans were revealed earlier this month when a researcher produced gene-edited twin girls.
The Vice Minister said he strongly opposed the research as it violates China’s relevant laws and regulations and breaks the ethical standard held by the academic community.