Private Insurance overhaul accused of inflating costs
People with chronic pain and pregnant women could see their private health cover costs increase under reforms announced by the Federal Government.
Health Minister Greg Hunt announced a new tiered system of minimum hospital treatments covered by private health insurance policies, the tiers would include four bands of coverage including gold, silver, bronze and basic.
Trump to meet Putin in Helsinki Summit
US President Donald Trump is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki later today, in a summit with little of the agenda known to the public.
Although, President Trump has confirmed he will aim to improve the relationship between Moscow and Washington, along with asking Mr Putin to extradite 12 Russians who have been indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into foreign election interference.
President Trump said he goes into the meeting with low expectations.
May warns there may be no Brexit
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has warned Brexit may not happen at all due to continued attempts to undermine her plan to leave the EU.
Ms May also revealed in a BBC interview US President Donald Trump had advised her to sue the EU.
The warning comes after both the Brexit secretary and foreign minister resigned from their positions, calling Ms May’s leadership into question.
Review: Le Festival
This year’s 2018 festival was more popular than ever with record crowds all clamouring to have a tête-à-tête with a French speaker and to imbibe the unique je ne sais quoi of French culture. What started in 2010 by the Brisbane Francophile community, the Brisbane French Festival has transformed to “Le Festival” now becoming the biggest French Festival in Australia!
Primo!: Amici
- Amici is the debut album from Melbourne trio Primo! The trio is comprised of guitarists Xanthe Waite of Terry and Violetta DelConte of The Shifters, and drummer Suzanne Walker. Taking their album’s title from the Italian word for friends, Amici amiably reflects Primo!’s unique communal conception of daily life with an assortment of anecdotes, wisdoms and symptoms, all told to the tune of harmonising vocals, buzzing guitars, shuffling drums and occasional keys and samples.
Empat Lima: Cling Clang Clutter
- Every band has influences, some are just more obscure than others; Empat Lima I’m looking at you. The Melbourne trio have a DIY post-punk sound that you can trace back to the all-over-the-place, but life-affirmingly warm and tuneful stylings of The Raincoats. Another big chunk of what they do comes from South East Asia’s fascination with ‘60’s girl groups, so a bit like that nostalgic garage pop that made Cambodian Space Project a lot of fun, a few years back. However, in the three years since their last EP, Satu BOOM!
Wimps: Garbage People
- Wimps have occupied one of my favourite spaces in punk: one where any pretension or holier-than-thou mentality is left on a coat rack outside and on the inside hilarious and oddball songs replace a constant onslaught of politics. I’m not saying that sort of thing isn't warranted, lord knows, but songs that find the funny side of the most mundane or kooky stuff a band wants to conjure up can be the most refreshing anditote to all of life's seriousness.
11AM Zedlines
11am Zedlines with Isla and Emma.
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Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $792m in Talc Asbestos Cancer Case
Johnson & Johnson will pay at least $742 million in damages to 22 women who claimed asbestos in the company's talc products caused them to develop ovarian cancer.
Blast in Cairo After Fuel Tanks Catch Fire
Egyptian firefighters battled flames that erupted after an explosion at a chemicals factory outside Cairo's main airport on Thursday. A dozen people have been reported injured in the blast.