Massive overhaul of local government sees councillors and mayors suspended
Five Queensland councillors and mayors will be automatically suspended as early as next week.
8am Zedlines
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Astronomers Detect Distant Oxygen Sources
Astronomers have made the most distant ever detection of oxygen in a galaxy of stars that existed around 500 million years after the Big Bang.
Tens of thousands of Chinese Muslim imprisoned
Since last Spring, tens of thousands of Chinese-Muslim citizens have been imprisoned in mass internment camps in Xinjiang.
Australian Citizenship Test Error
A British woman discovered a mistake in the Australian Citizenship test when she undertook it this week.
Refugee Health At Grave Risk
Amnesty International has released a new report detailing fears dwindling health care services provided to detainees on Manus Island are putting lives at risk.
Council Land Sale Sparks Community Outrage
The Council is reportedly selling 450 acres of Commonwealth crown land to affordable housing developers in Brisbane’s bayside suburb of Birkdale, after countless homeless people have been squatting in the area.
Turnbull Abused In Brisbane
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was abused at the Carindale Hotel on Thursday night after being served before other patrons.
Prophet: Wanna Be Your Man
- Thawing from the cult fame carbonite and emerging with a meditated sophomore release, Wanna Be Your Man is the LA funk aficionado Prophet's measured new album. It's one steeped in the artist’s long experience and balanced by futuristic invigoration of old ideals. Backed by MNDSGN, the mainstay producer and a tailor of forward thinking beats, it reaches across the generational divide separating the two respective parties, and forms a party, in both senses of the world, in the middle between them.
Kid Fiction: Kid Fiction
- Good things are worth waiting for. Sydney producer-performer Louis Isaac AKA Kid Fiction has made us wait a decade for his debut, solo effort and that’s a long time but it may be just about worth the time invested.