Frozen pomegranate leads to woman's death from Hepatitis A
A 64-year-old South Australian woman has died from Hepatitis A after eating Creative Gourmet’s Frozen Pomegranates.
Since April, there has been a national recall on the frozen fruit product being sold at Coles supermarkets and Health Authorities are urging the public to dispose of the product.
There have been 24 cases of Hepatitis A linked to the pomegranate recall, however this has been the only death.
Parking permits to go digital in 2019
The Brisbane City Council passed an amendment on Tuesday which will see all paper parking permits go digital by mid-2019.
The new system will also introduce new short-term permits for residents and utility vehicles.
Council infrastructure chairman Amanda Cooper says the Council has also made a change to allow car-share permits to continue to operate in traffic areas on event days.
Saudi Arabia issues first driver's license for women in 50 years
Saudi Arabia has issued its first drivers license for women in more than five decades.
Following Saudi Prince, Mohammed bin Salman's trend towards reforming the state’s conservative policies.
Women can officially apply from June 24 and women with driver’s licenses from other jurisdictions have begun trading-in for a Saudi driver's license.
Funerals held in Guatemala for volcano victims
Funerals are being held in Guatemala for volcano victims as hopes for finding survivors begin to fade.
The volcano eruption on Sunday claimed 69 lives and left 300 more injured according to the national coordinator for disaster reduction.
Nic Wirtz, a freelance journalist covering the incident says “firefighters have expressed it's going to be miraculous if they find anyone alive."
$100m in funding for Adani Coal Mine project remains a possibility
The Palaszczuk Government has not ruled out providing $100 million in funding for the Adani Coal Mine project.
This morning, a state spokesperson revealed the government will confer with local councils about their infrastructure needs.
The money would ensure road access to the Carmichael mine, despite ruling out any taxpayer funding during the last state election.
Concerns for new pathway on Queen's Wharf
The Brisbane City Council has grave concerns for the proposed pathway on the new Queen's Wharf.
The proposed design will stretch over 890 metres and will have a separate path run for 570 metres, while 250 metres will be a shared cycling and pedestrian pathway.
The remaining 70 metres will be a mixed-used plaza similar to King George Square.
A council officer said the council had contacted the state government several times raising concerns about the design and suggested the path should be separated.
Review: Wheel of Fortune
In medieval iconography the instability of human life was described as the Wheel of Fortune. Metro Arts presents a disturbing and dark experimental play revolving around sex, scandals and lies. Written by four local writers; Troy Armstrong; Richard Jordan; Jacki Mison and Krystal Sweedman, the play is loosely modeled on the controversial La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler from 1897.
Queensland Ceramics Celebrated
Two of our community’s most skilled studio potters - Pru Morrison
and Sharon Muir - will be celebrated in Artisan’s two upcoming
exhibitions, Yesterday’s Favourite and Scenes for Hearts and Flowers ,
opening 16 June.
Yesterday’s Favourite honours the two decades of making that have
made Pru Morrison’s ceramic work instantly recognisable. With
strong technical ability and her trademark wit, Pru comments on
Australian politics, history and familiar national identities.
Pru’s shrewd observations are balanced with humour, and an innate
11am Zedlines - Tuesday, June 5
Your 11am Zedlines with Vivienne and Kate. Photo source: Pixnio
A Texas resident will swim across the Pacific Ocean to raise awareness about plastic pollution and its detrimental effects on the marine life.
Ben Lecomte will swim from Japan to San Francisco through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, followed by scientists collecting samples of ocean plastic and radioactive material.
The garbage patch is considered to be the size of Queensland, consisting of over 78,000 tonnes of plastic and is considered to be growing ‘exponentially.’