Electric car charging docks to replace on-street parking
An increasing number of charging docks for electric cars could soon reduce the number of parking spaces across Brisbane.
Brisbane City Council has sent a submission to a Queensland parliamentary inquiry into transport technology, warning the impacts that decreased on-street parking availability could be significant.
The recent surge in interest for electric car charging infrastructure comes amidst the Transport and Public Works Committee investigation into the readiness of the Queensland transport network for electric vehicles and driverless cars.
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Children more likely to wake to voice alarm over smoke alarm
Researchers at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in the US have found children are more likely to wake from their mother’s voice alarm rather than the sound of a smoke alarm.
Director of the research hospital’s disorders centre, Dr Mark Splaingard, says children are remarkably resistant to awakening by sound when asleep as they sleep more deeply than adults.
Researchers analysed the time it took for 176 children between the ages of 5 to 12 to escape their rooms when being awoken by their mother’s voice in contrast to standard smoke alarms.
Suspected explosive sent to Robert De Niro, the tenth in two days
A suspected explosive device has been sent to a New York restaurant owned by Robert De Niro, making it the tenth sent to critics of President Trump in the last two days.
Others targeted in the explosive scandals include Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and former CIA director John Brennan.
Yesterday, explosive devices sent to the Obamas and Clintons were found in routine mail screenings, and another sent to CNN’s New York office resulting in an immediate evacuation.
None of the devices have exploded.
$5bn fund to the future drought fund
A $5 billion fund for Australian farmers has been announced to be at the forefront of the Government’s actions over the next ten years.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Future Drought Fund will provide vital support to help farmers prepare for drought-stricken periods.
The fund will initially receive $3.9 billion before increasing to $5 billion in 2028.
Katter dumps Fraser Anning
Katter’s Australia Party has expelled their only Senator, Queensland’s Fraser Anning, following a series of warnings given by the party executive on his activism for a discriminatory immigration policy.
Senator Anning stirred controversy in August during his maiden speech, in which he advocated for the return of the White Australia Policy, and used the phrase ‘final solution’ to describe a plebiscite on Muslim immigration.
‘Walk For Daniel’: Remembering Daniel Morcombe
Queenslanders are being encouraged to wear red today for 2018s ‘Day for Daniel’, a National Day of Action to raise awareness for child safety and protection.
This morning a 4km walk is taking place from Woombye’s Suncoast Christian College to a nearby park, following the short distance young Daniel Morcombe walked 14 years ago when he was abducted.
Reach wins QUT student election
The incumbent QUT student guild has lost the 2018 election after a 7 year stint in office.
The EPIC political group was found to have acted unfairly and undemocratically in the weeks preceding the election by an independent tribunal.
Newly elected Guild party Reach promised weekly breakfasts for students, as well as voting reforms to ensure fairer outcomes in future elections.
Paul Kelly: Nature
- Deep into his fourth decade as a recording artist, Paul Kelly’s stature in Australian music only grows as time goes on. Last year’s release Life Is Fine was his twenty-third solo album but first number one. New release Nature has repeated the feat, debuting this week at the top of the charts.
Dopplereffekt: Athanatos
- Dopplereffekt are set to drop a new EP titled Athanatos, their fourth release for Berlin label Leisure System. Whereas their previous album Cellular Automata reflected a world dominated by mobile phones, Athanatos (meaning immortal in Greek) explores the genetic conditions and chromosomal influences defining mortality.