8am Zedlines
8am Zedlines with Laura and Simon.
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Barbs traded in Zimbabwe election results
Violence erupted in Harare after an official announcement that the ruling ZANU-PF party has won most of the seats in Parliament, an outcome that opposition supporters believe to be have been manipulated.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's decision to delay the results of the presidential race for three days after the vote, seems certain to inflame the opposition if President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won.
Trump Dumps Refugee Recommitment
In the U.S, the White House is considering another sharp reduction in refugee admissions.
Under one proposal currently being reviewed, no more than 25,000 refugees could be resettled in the U.S. next year, a cut of more than 40 percent.
It would be the lowest number of refugees admitted to the country since the creation of the refugee program in 1980.
Negging the NEG
Labor governments in Victoria, Queensland and the ACT are demanding a future federal government has more scope to make deeper future cuts to greenhouse gas emissions.
With the NEG hanging in the balance, the united stance is aimed at maximising pressure on Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg to go much further than his latest proposal for a review of the target in 2024.
First nations first lake map
An Aboriginal map detailing significant cultural information has been released for the Lake Eyre Basin, which spans 1.2 million square kilometres across inland Australia.
The map, which took 12 years to make, features songlines, historical trade routes and other cultural information about the basin, which covers 71 language groups.
Northern Territory member of the Lake Eyre Basin Community Advisory Committee, Brenda Shields, described the map as a 'living' treasure.
Un-koalafied to plan
Koala populations are under pressure, with a drop in population figures of around eighty per cent from Moreton region to the Gold Coast.
Between 2008 and 2014, koalas were shifted 40 kilometres to enable the Gold Coast Coomera Town Centre development to proceed.
Almost half of the 260 koalas shifted to make way for the Coomera shopping centre are dead.
Half of the koalas that remained in bushland around Coomera Town Centre are now also dead.
Heritage protection might be applied in future
More than 50 pre-1911 Brisbane homes and several well-known landmarks have been given permanent development protection.
Brisbane City Council put forward an amendment to the Brisbane City Plan on Tuesday, following recommendations from Brisbane’s Future Blueprint.
These properties will join 400 buildings already protected and recognised for their significance.
Review: War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast
For those unfamiliar with the original broadcast, it was a dramatic radio play, adapted by Joe Landry, based on H.G. Wells’ novel War of the Worlds, directed and narrated by a young Orson Welles. It was presented on live radio in the US in October 1938 during Halloween, as a series of fictitious, yet convincing news bulletins about an alien invasion taking place on home soil. The public misunderstood the broadcasts to be fact, resulting in panic and significant backlash.
Christopher Port on the New Releases Show
An extended interview with Aussie house music producer Christopher Port on the eve of the release of his new EP Everything In Quotes "Light".
Helicopter crash escapes a deadly outcome
A helicopter in Beijing has escaped a potentially deadly accident after hovering uncontrollably and crashing on Tuesday.
Footage of the helicopter shows the pilot steering the aircraft away from civilian areas before making a forced landing due to an unknown malfunction.
Fortunately there were no fatalities and all injured passengers were taken to hospital for treatment.