Shorten has no interest in changing asylum seeker policy
Labour will continue to turn back the boats if Bill Shorten has his way, as he has “no interest” in changing the current asylum seeker policy.
Although discussion will be open at the party’s conference in the middle of the year, Mr Shorten says the current policy has been effective and as such will support the Turnbull’s deterrence regime.
But, New Labour federal MP, Ged Kearney is promising she will argue for more humane conditions for refugees, saying “I think getting people off Manus and Nauru needs to be a priority.”
10 year old boy decapitated on waterpark ride
A 10 year old boy has been decapitated at a Texas waterpark and part owner, Jeff Henry has been arrested on murder charges.
Mr Henry and designer John Schooley were charged with reckless second degree murder following an indictment saying that the ride creators' calculations were off and that they knew it,
This follows as an investigation found a further 13 injuries occurred during the 182 days the ride was operational, including 2 concussions and a 15 year old girl who became temporarily blind during the ride.
Man released after 24 years for a crime he didn't commit given old job back
A chicago man who spent twenty-three years in jail for crimes he did not commit has been released.
Nevest Coleman was exonerated after DNA evidence cleared him of a rape and murder which happened in 1994.
His old employer, Major League Baseball team, the Chicago White Sox has since given Mr Coleman his groundskeeping job back at their stadium.
Wild dog puppies threaten Australian livestock
Wild dogs puppies have increased survival rates and are threatening Australian farmers livestock
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries senior zoologist Lee Allen says that leaders of the dog packs conventionally controlled population growth, however there has been a recent change with more puppies surviving their adolescence.
National wild dog facilitator Greg Mifsud said the change in behaviour may be because of better conditions for the dogs, with more livestock available for them to take down.
There's a slipper in my snake?
A snake has swallowed a man’s shoe after mistaking it for food.
A Brisbane man was searching for his missing slipper when he found a python in his house a few days later.
Surgery was then performed at Greencross Jindalee Veterinary Clinic to have the slipper removed.
More measles cases on Brisbane trains
Rail commuters be warned, there have been three confirmed cases of the measles on train lines this month.
The latest case involved a man who didn’t know he was infected, traveling on the 8:31am train from Enoggera to Roma Street on Tuesday.
Metro North Hospital and Health Service is urging anyone who was in those areas at the same time to be aware of possible measles symptoms.
Caroline No: Swimmers
- I want to say that Caroline No sound ageless, but that’s kind of lazy. What I really mean is that they sound like all sorts of different ages at once, almost a life flashing, albeit slowly, languidly, before your eyes. Perhaps the most faintly complimentary I can be is to say that indie-rock royalty Caroline Kennedy sounds more fresh and youthful than I’d ever have expected.
The Voidz: Virtue
- The Strokes were undoubtedly one of the most fashionable and photogenic bands of the noughties, tastefully accompanying their perfect cheekbones with one of the great rock debut albums Is This It? way back in 2001. Not everything they’ve done since matches this masterful record, but by the same token their career has proven them to be far from one-trick ponies.
11am Zedlines
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New survey reveals Venus has highly active planetary crust
Venus has a highly active planetary crust according to new surveys on the planet’s surface.
Venus was previously thought to only have a solid lid crust that did not move and this was thought to be one of the reasons Venus does not sustain life.
Researchers said, however, that Venus does not have tectonic plates in the way earth does; if Earth’s continents are like drifting iceberg, then Venus’s crust would be a sea of small pack ice.