Plans to be unveiled for development of parkland
A draft of detailed restoration plans for Brisbane City’s Oxley Creek will be released today by Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, following council’s plan to convert the flood-prone creek into Brisbane’s largest parkland.
Councillor Quirk says the Oxley Creek transformation project is the first step in revitalising the creek corridor into a 1000-hectare world-class green, lifestyle and leisure destination.
Grouper: Grid Of Points
- Grouper is the solo recording project of Liz Harris from which over ten albums have drifted across a range of genres, though always remaining within the realms of both dream pop and more particularly ambient music. Though she has always had an intensely intimate sound, in 2014 she put our her most unembellished project to date, Ruins. It was simply her, a piano, and field recordings.
Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer
- Psychedelic soul queen Janelle Monáe was temporarily distracted by the lights, cameras and action of Hollywood. While she’s a natural performer in movies such as Moonlight and Hidden Figures, I was surely not the only one concerned about losing one of soul music’s most exciting talents to the Golden Globes red carpet.
Uranus confirmed as eggy
Scientist have confirmed Uranus smells eggy.
A new study has revealed the gas planet’s clouds consist of hydrogen sulphide which produces the unpleasant aroma.
Lead author of the study Professor Patrick Irwin says after this discovery, there are now many other opportunities to solve the mysteries about Uranus.
Israel no longer forcibly removing illegal African migrants
Israel has scrapped a plan to forcibly deport illegal African migrants
The Government says forced removal of the migrants is no longer on the agenda.
The fate of Israel’s roughly 30,000 illegal African migrants has become a contentious issue with Israel’s immigration authorities are still looking to deport them.
Women lead ANZAC Day march
An Anzac Day March in Darwin was led by women for the first time.
The Women's Veteran Network NT guide around 150 returned service people through the Darwin cenotaph.
The March was led by Army Corporal Sonya Newman who last year had her leg amputated after a number of compounded, service-related injuries.
Dedicated cenotaph guard retires at 96 after 78 year career
Wally Scott Smith will retired today after a seventy-eight year career protecting the Martin Place cenotaph.
In 1937 Smith was accepted into Tank Corps but an emergency surgery stopped his army career so he began cleaning the Martin Place cenotaph and was eventually promoted to chief attendant.
Smith was so dedicated he escaped hospital twice to fulfill his duties. He received a special mention at the Martin Place service today and was presented a gift from the Anzac day Trust. Smith says he has enjoyed every minute and offered his all to those affected by war.
Queensland over represented in national forest clearing
Queensland is reportedly responsible for up to sixty-five percent of the total loss of native forests in Australia.
This comes after an area about seven times the size of Brisbane has been cleared from twenty-fifteen to twenty-sixteen.
Climate Council spokesman Professor Will Steffen says Queensland is responsible for 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution in 2015.
NAPLAN results hope to improve with funding
The Palaszczuk Government has reinstated the Ready Reading Program, scrapped six years ago, in a bid to improve NAPLAN results.
Premier Palaszczuk said $1.5 million will be spent over three years to train 3,000 volunteers to hear children read in schools, which the opposition see as an insult to current volounters.
Opposition education spokesman Jarrod Bleijie has labeled the program for Queensland schools ‘a waste of money’.
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