Moreton Island owners resolve service fee disputes
Property owners at Moreton Island’s Tangalooma Island Resort are relieved, after resolving a long-term dispute with the resort’s fee hikes.
House and apartment owners at the resort have seen their annual service fees rise up to 300 per cent in the last ten years.
The Queensland Government brokered mediation to halt the annual increases and fix future increases at a standard rate.
3D Printed Guns Found on Sunshine Coast
Police have charged a Sunshine Coast man after 3D-printed handguns were found during a police raid, among other illegal items including fake drivers licenses and credit cards.
Detective Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards said the guns had the potential to cause serious harm, as the guns can go through security scanners and aren’t made of metal.
Edwards said that the case was an example of criminals using technology to their advantage.
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French President under fire after staff member beats protestor
French President, Emmanuel Macron, has been severely criticised after his office only briefly suspended a security chief for beating a May Day protester and posing as a police officer.
The staff member, Alexandre Benalla, had only been given permission to witness the demonstrations as an observer, but a video released of the May Day rally showed he went beyond this.
Having only been given a 15 day suspension as punishment for unacceptable behaviour, Macron’s critics say the incident reinforces ideas of an out-of-touch president.
Former Queensland under treasurer concerned
Sir Leo Hielscher who served as Queensland’s under treasurer to 15 treasurers said Queensland’s $83.09 billion debt was a “worry” and that there was no current plan to pay it off.
Sir Leo likened Queensland’s spendings to the household budget: “If you do not have the cash, you should not spend it” he said.
When queried about the state of asset sales, Sir Leo said schools, hospitals and police stations which are necessary for the social good should not be sold.
Missing Commonwealth Games athlete speaks out
One of the missing, yet unnamed elite athletes from the Commonwealth Games has spoken to SBS News about his decision to stay in Australia.
SBS News revealed the athlete was days away from competing on the Gold Coast when he heard his home had been raided.
When he heard the police were waiting for him in his home country, he was faced with the difficult choice: die at home or seek asylum in Australia.
Extremist New Zealand pastor deported
Ipswich based pastor Logan Robertson who allegedly disrupted Islamic worship at two Brisbane mosques has been deported back to New Zealand.
Queensland police charged Robertson with public nuisance after he entered the Kuraby and Darra Mosque’s with three other men. He was later detained by the Australian Border Force, with his visa cancelled and taken into immigrant detention.
University sexual assault guidelines released
Universities Australia has unveiled new guidelines which are part of a 10-point of plan to better respond to sexual assault complaints with compassion and support.
The plans were drafted after a survey found that one in four students were sexually harassed on campus at least once.
Chief executive of Universities Australia Catriona Jackson said the guidelines had student safety and wellbeing at the centre of universities’ responses.
Yasmine Hosseini: flâner
- This one caught me a bit off guard. Yasmine Hosseini is out of Perth and she’s seventeen-years-old. Generally when I get emails from seventeen-year-olds saying they have been “exploring the realm of folk music” it’s a very short journey from there to the recycle bin. I am cynical from long experience, but I feel guilty enough to try and explain: really, the music will be awful or instead I’ll suddenly be a producer for The Voice, gobbing lines like “You won’t believe what this seventeen-year-old did to make these judges cry”, or probably both.
Liars: 1/1
- 1/1 marks a change of pace for Liars. Not only are these recordings the group’s first foray into the world of soundtracks, they also represent the last collaboration between members Angus Andrew and Aaron Hemphill, after the latter’s departure last year. The band have been steadily outgrowing their experimental rock origins for over a decade now, recently expanding into punk-like electronic explorations with their LPs.