Pipeline developments announced for Darling Downs region
Major gas pipeline developments have been announced for the Darling Downs region as energy company Jemena finalise an agreement with Senex Energy.
The new Atlas gas field, in the Surat basin, will be connected with the Darling Downs pipeline and the Wallumbilla gas hub, making it the largest gas network in the country.
The developments are set to bring around 200 jobs to the region, with construction finalisation expected at the end of 2019.
Brisbane City Council expects to generate millions of dollars from fines
The Brisbane City Council expects to make millions of dollars by fining residents during the 2018-19 financial year.
Council lifestyle and community services chairman Matthew Burke reveals about $7.3 million of the proposed revenue of $22 million for 2018/19 will be made up by numerous fines.
The opposition spokeswoman Kara Cook says that the Brisbane City Council is just taxing the ratepayers of Brisbane again.
Review: The Longest Minute
The Longest Minute is a Queensland Theatre performance centered on rugby league performing at Queenland Performing Arts Centre. When a slight miscommunication about which play I was attending occurred, I realised that life is full of pleasant surprises and I am glad I got to experience The Longest Minute first hand.
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1. Emily Wurramara - Milyakburra
2. Mallrat - In The Sky EP
3. Sweater Curse - I Can't See You Anymore (Single)
4. Tia Gostelow - Strangers (Ft. LANKS) (Single)
5. Hatchie - Sugar & Spice EP
6. Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel
7. Gabriella Cohen - Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love
8. Austen - Too High To Cry (Single)
9. VOIID - Not For You (Single)
10. Eyes Ninety - Glaucoma Chameleon
11. The Presets - Hi Viz
12. Harley Young & The Haymakers - Counting Song (Single)
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Bushwalking Brisbane group celebrates 70 years
The Brisbane Bushwalkers Club is celebrating 70 years of being more than a walking group as they look at their history of rescues, overseas adventures and lasting friendships.
The group have been exploring Brisbane since 1948 and in 1955 the group were the first to the tragic scene of the Lincoln Bomber crash at Mt Superbus, a mercy flight that lost everyone on board.
This year the more than 800 members will hold a dinner in July that will showcase their history.
Trevor Evans confident of retaining seat of Brisbane after Andrew Bartlett’s early resignation
Brisbane MP Trevor Evans said he believed voters in his electorate will not risk a greens MP claiming the seat at the next federal election, as Andrew Bartlett resigned from the senate to focus on his run for Brisbane.
Former senator Larissa Waters will return to the senate to take Bartlett’s place, said she hoped to make a return as she feels there is still work to finish regarding the environment and cleaner politics.
Australian doctors calling for dying refugee to be brought from Nauru
More than 800 Australian doctors have signed a petition calling on immigration Minister Peter Dutton to bring a dying refugee from Nauru for care.
The 63-year-old Hazara man has advanced lung cancer and is in need of palliative care.
It’s reported that the Australian Border Force told the man he had to stay in Nauru despite pleas from doctors that the care was inadequate.
Report calls for Australian firms to catch up on climate change
A new thinktank report has found that Australian organisations were not doing enough to model the risks of climate change and how it will affect their profitability.
The Centre for Policy Development says that while organisations have committed to considering the issue in their strategy, too few were using scenario analysis techniques to model impacts and responses.