Protestors shine lights on Opera House to disrupt Everest horse race promotion
More than 1 000 people gathered outside the Opera House last night to protest the Everest horse race draw numbers being projected onto the sails of the building.
Camouflage cameras across Brisbane catch illegal dumpers
Almost one-hundred covert cameras across Brisbane are working to catch residents illegally dumping, which can impose fines up to two-thousand-six-hundred dollars.
Morningside boasts southern hemisphere’s largest charity kitchen
A former serum laboratory in Morningside in South Brisbane, has been transformed into the largest charity kitchen in the southern hemisphere.
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Carseldine billboard causes fear speech
An anti-vaxxer billboard displayed on a Brisbane road has been condemned by Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles.
Miles is investigating whether the Carseldine billboard can be removed, saying that is not free speech but fear speech.
An Ads Standards spokeswoman has revealed the body has received multiple calls objecting to the sign, but has no jurisdiction over such subject matter.
Third shark attack incident in the Whitsundays
A 55-year-old Queensland man was bitten by a reef shark yesterday aboard his vessel at Swains Reef, north-east of Yeppoon, and was taken to hospital this morning after spending a night at sea.
The man mistakenly hauled the shark aboard at approximately 5pm on his fishing expedition, when he sustained the large bite to his upper left arm.
The incident follows two more shark attacks in the Whitsundays last month.
Distracted drivers on Australian roads
Results from a landmark research project concerning driver awareness has shown 45 per cent of Australian drivers are distracted behind the wheel.
Filming hundreds of drivers inside their vehicles over nearly two million kilometres, results indicated every 96 seconds a driver was distracted by something other than the road.
Researchers in the study were shocked by these figures, stating that driver distraction such as this causes about 16 per cent of motor vehicle crashes.
Australian wool-growers last to practice mulesing
Australia is the last major wool-exporter to have wool-growers mules their flocks, after the practice was banned in New Zealand last week on animal cruelty grounds.
Almost 95% of wool-growers continue to remove skin around the tails and breeches of merino lambs to prevent maggot infestation and blowfly strike, which they say is more humane after the introduction of anaesthetic.
Brazil elections continue in second round
Brazil’s election between presidential candidates [ jai- ear] [ bol-sar-nar-ro] Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando [ Haddad continue in a second round after Bolsonaro failed to reach 50 per cent of votes needed to win the election.
Bolsonaro questions the legitimacy of the results, having won 46 per cent of votes, and attributes inaccuracies to Brazil’s electronic voting machines.
The second round of elections is scheduled for October 28th.
SpaceX launches satellite rocket into space
SpaceX has launched a Los Angeles observation satellite rocket into space, lighting up areas as far away as Phoenix and Sacramento.
Stargazers were shocked to see the night sky light up, leading some to even think it was an alien aircraft.
This is the first time SpaceX has landed a first stage booster back at its Vandenberg Air Force Base.