Angry reaction to WA exploring industry in Pilbara
Advocates for The Burrup peninsula in Northern Western Australia have been angered over revelations that the WA Premier has been considering new industrial developments in the area.
The Burrup peninsula also called Murujuga has the highest density of rock carvings in the world with over 500,000 petroglyphs.
This comes alongside a push from the Murujuga Aboriginal Council for World Heritage listing of the area.
Queensland’s Ocean Spider Top 10 Most Remarkable
A Queensland spider has made it into a scientific register’s top 10 most remarkable species discovered in 2017.
The spider lives along the Great Barrier Reef, building air chambers from silk at high tide and hunting amongst barnacles during low tide.
Researchers named the marine spider Desis bobmarleyi after Bob Marley’s hit song ‘High Tide or Low Tide’, which played during their field research in Port Douglas, and because the small creature has a resilient spirit and long hair.
Stimulator Jones: Exotic Worlds & Masterful Treasures
- This is the debut release of Stimulator Jones, the one man producing unit who has recently entered into the fold at one of my favourite record labels, Stones Throw. As a virgin voyage, it aptly coincides with the aesthetic of its new found fleet. On the back of grooving, hypnotic drum loops, Exotic Worlds and Masterful Treasures drags you into a smoky abode, filled with effortless cool, and dripping with lustful thoughts.
8am Zedlines
Your 8am Zedlines with Daneka and Holly.
Photo: Flickr/ILO in Asia and the Pacific
Several Australian brands still not signing garment workers agreement
Several well known Australian clothing brands have still not committed to protecting garment workers, according to Oxfam.
The announcement comes on the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, where a building that housed production lines for several major clothing brands collapsed, killing 1,135 people.
Businesses that have still not signed the accord to protect garment workers include Just Jeans, Peter Alexander, Valley Girl, Temt, Best and Less, Myer and Country Road.
World's first total penis transplant performed
The world’s first total penis and scrotum transplant has been performed in the U.S at Johns Hopkins University.
A team of nine plastic surgeons and two urologic surgeons performed the 14-hour operation.
The patient is a US military serviceman who was wounded in Afghanistan by an improvised explosive device several years ago.
Armenian President resigns following protests
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan has resigned after over a week of thousands of people, including soldiers, protesting in the capital, Yerevan.
The eleven days of protests began after Sargsyan’s second term as President came to an end and he announced he would take on the role of Prime Minister.
This came soon after the constitution had been amended to give the Prime Minister more power and make President a purely ceremonial role.
Scientists find microplastics in important Australian marine ecosystem
CSIRO scientists have discovered plastics in the sediment of the Great Australian Bight, an isolated and biodiverse seabed area.
The scientists found the microplastics in samples taken from 2 kilometres below the surface, leading conservationists and scientists to call for reduced plastic use.
Dr Denise Hardesty, a research scientist at CSIRO, said this shows how ubiquitous plastics and human-made waste are in our environment.
Information sessions to be held this week for new Ipswich landfill
Four community information sessions are on this week to update concerned Ipswich residents on a new landfill site and changes to a recycling plant.
From Thursday to Saturday, drop-in sessions will be held on the site of the pending landfill, capable of taking a million metric tonnes of waste per year.
Another meeting hosted by the group ‘Ipswich Residents Against Toxic Environments’ will run at Riverview community centre on Saturday.
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On-site info session
$10 million increase to power QLD schools
The cost of powering Queensland schools has risen by $10 million over the last 2 years.
Queensland LNP leader, Deb Frecklington, said parents would prefer the extra $10 million was spent on children and helping teachers.
The government is now rolling out a $97 million program to include energy audits in Queensland schools and encourage teachers to turn the lights off more regularly.