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India’s Pollution Season
According to recent rankings in a report released by the United Nations Environment Program on Tuesday, India’s cities are some of the most polluted in the world, holding nine of the top ten spots.
The report outlined 25 measures that could easily reduce air pollution and one tactic included stopping the burning of agricultural waste like the countless farm fires sweeping across northern India right now.
Airbnb guests secretly filmed in shower
Former policeman Tony Greathead was sent to prison on Tuesday after filming women using the shower in his airbnb and uploading the videos to a porn site.
Tony Abbott tours outback South Australia despite criticism
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has started a three day tour of remote Indigenous communities in outback South Australia.
Asylum-seeker families sent to South Australia
Asylum-seeker families on Nauru are being flown to Adelaide as the federal government bows to public pressure to remove children from immigration detention.
Queensland union memberships on the rise
Queensland union membership is on the rise, with thousands of workers signing up last year according to the Annual Report of the President of the Industrial Court of Queensland.
Woorabinda gatekeeping funding for better futures
Woorabinda in central Queensland is taking control of government funding to improve its’ community’s future.
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Brisbane councillor under investigation
Brisbane’s only Greens councillor Jonathan Sri’s conduct is under investigation after a local real estate agent complained he was being ‘harassed and stalked’ by the councillor.
The future of Brisbane transport
According to the new Transport Plan for Brisbane, car-free days, bikeways for electronic bikes and delivery of freight by drones could be operating in Brisbane within two years.