Number of teachers fired from public schools rises
Teachers are being dismissed at nearly three times the rate of previous years, for being inefficient at their jobs and in particular, for sexual misconduct.
In 2017, 11 teachers were dismissed or asked to resign after proven allegations of sexual misconduct with students and two teachers were dismissed for sexual misconduct not including students, one teacher being convicted of rape.
A 24-hour open Bookshop offers diversified payments to its books
Logical Unsanity Books and Miscellaneous Phantasmagoria is little more than a tin shed in Bardon that offers booklover’s sanctuary with optional payment.
The place has no security and it is not entirely weather proof, the shelving is made of old styrofoam vegetable boxes.
According the bookshop owner Yarran Jenkins the place has an unusual concept but, it is recommended to burn out of laziness. He has had the shop for three years and the natural progression of his childhood efforts at retail.
Dr. Octagon: Moosebumps - An Exploration Into Modern Day Horripilation
- Hip hop’s Rasputin has been resurrected yet again after being killed off on Dr. Dooom 2, and those sixteen years in the proverbial afterlife have only made the intergalactic surgeon / gynaecologist angrier and more absurd than ever. In this new life, the iconoclast character has taken a turn to for the worst and we should all cower in fear.
Orquesta Akokán: Orquesta Akokán
- Out of the prolific musical output from Cuba comes a fresh twenty-first century collection of exclamatory but soulful mambo, reminiscent of the banda gigante (big bands) of the 1940s and '50s. Orquesta Akokan is their self- titled debut and the first Spanish language release for Daptone Records.
Review: Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives Exhibition
At last the long awaited Mummy exhibition has hit the Queensland Museum in Brisbane and it is fantastic! The British Museum has over 120 Mummies in their collection from Egypt, and six individual Mummies from Egypt between 3000 and 1800 years ago are now on display here in Brisbane, with more than 200 artefacts from the World famous Egyptian collection.
Review: French Film Festival, Alliance Française de Brisbane
It was with anticipation that I awaited the 29th Annual French Film Festival in Brisbane by Alliance Française, and it was bigger and better than ever! There were 50 French films featuring the usual iconic French stars such as Gerard Depardieu and Juliet Binoche, mixed with many lesser known, up and coming stars such as Omar Sy and François Cluzet.
11am Zedlines
This is Miriam and Jess with your 11am Zedlines.
Saudi Arabia’s Cinemas to Re-open After 35 Years
Saudi Arabia's first cinema in more than 35 years will open on 18 April, showing the action movie Black Panther.
Palestinian Dies after Further Clashes With Israel Continue
A Palestinian man has been killed during further protests against Israel on the Gaza border, bringing the death toll to 19 from a week of unrest.
Meth still Drug of Choice for Australians
A new report shows that Methamphetamine is the most used illicit drug Australia, with particularly heavy use in Adelaide and regional Western Australia.