Largest colony of king penguins has declined by nearly 90%
The world’s largest colony of king penguins has declined by nearly 90 per cent within three decades, alarmed researchers said Monday.
The colony located on France’s remote Ile aux Cochon has barely 200,000 penguins left, satellite images and photos revealed.
Researchers believe the El Nino events amplified by global warming have a key role in the penguins population decline.
Canberra's sex workers given greater rights and safety protections
Canberra’s sex workers will have greater rights and safety protections under new laws passed in the Legislative Assembly today.
Minister for Justice, Shane Rattenbury said the reforms would reflect the industry expectations by removing derogatory references to sex workers and ensure they are better protected in the community.
The new bill will also include renaming the Prostitution Act 1992 as the Sex Work Act 1992.
Federation Square's heritage protection
Melbourne’s Federation Square is set to accept its nomination for heritage protection, which may disrupt planned developments.
The move is being labelled as unprecedented and will affect construction of projects such as Melbourne’s proposed Apple flagship store since Heritage Victoria is required to assess all future developments at protected sites.
However National Trust Victoria Chief Simon Ambrose has concerns that there has been “no attempt to consult Victorians”.
Dresses for Drought
Formal dresses and suits will be donated to teenagers in need after two Mackay sisters started the Dresses for Drought initiative.
After learning schools in drought-affected Mackay were calling off their formals, Anita Guyett and Tashoni Hardy started a Facebook page asking for dress donations and have received thousands of responses.
The dress collection point in Brisbane is at Racecourse Road, Hamilton.
27% homelessness increase on the Gold Coast
The 2016 Census has revealed a 27 percent increase in homelessness on the Gold Coast since 2011.
Homeless Connect organiser, Liz Fritz, says despite there being 1800 homeless people on the Gold Coast, it is often hard to identify them.
Ms. Fritz says, “We see people hanging about in their board shorts and t-shirts… it’s a real problem that we often don’t see what’s really happening.”
11am Zedlines
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NASHO: S/T
- NASHO's debut LP kicks off with a snare roll, at once menacing and militant, before exploding into well-measured chaos. NASHO came together in 2017 as relative strangers to one another. The four members ' previous experience makes, collectively, an extremely impressive musical resume, coming from groups as varied as Royal Headache, BB & the Blips and DISPOSSESSED.
Gaika: Basic Volume
- English emcee GAIKA is a hard lad to easily place into any particular musical box. Landing somewhere between future r’n’b and dystopian dancehall, GAIKA might create genre-bending music that sounds as if was carved from the flesh of a time just beyond our immediate collective conscious, but the corrupted and visceral world he crafts is very much centred in his own current reality.
10am Zedlines
This is Risa and Ha-Teya with your 10AM Zedlines.
A report revealing Queensland state school staff made 574 reports of suspected sexual abuse in 2015 has been released 16 months after being handed to the Queensland Government.
The report revealed across the state, schools are one of the places where youth sexual violence is most likely to occur.
A man and his therapy dog forcibly dragged off a Perth train
A man and his therapy dog have been forcibly dragged off a Perth train by transit officers.
The officers have been criticised for forcing the elderly man and his small dog off the train, despite the man showing proof of his medical condition.
The officers stated a therapy animal “is not grounds for having a dog on a train”.
The public transport authority reported the officers acted appropriately.