Ice usage increases risk of children being place in out-of-home care
An ABC analysis has shown a correlation between the increase in ice usage and the number of children being removed from homes.
Ice usage sharply increased between 2010 and 2013 while the number of children in out-of-home care also dramatically increased by 33.5% according to the Australian Institute of Health.
The analysis also found that Indigenous children are up to 10 times more likely to be admitted to out-of-home care.
Last male northern white rhino has been euthanized
Sudan, the last male northern white rhino has unfortunately been euthanized at his home in Kenya.
Following our story last week on his hopeful recovery, Sudan took a turn for the worst and due to age-related complications his condition drastically deteriorated.
Scientists are now developing in-vitro fertilisation for the two surviving female northern white rhinos, attempting to save the species.
The Killers "taking control" of UK charts
‘Mr Brightside’, The Killers’ iconic anthem has officially spent 200 weeks in the UK top 100.
Fifteen years after the song’s release it’s still “doing just fine” being streamed 45 million times last year.
No one’s falling asleep or calling a cab on this classic, as each week in 2018 it’s been streamed an averaging 878 000 and fans are waiting with eager eyes as destiny calls ‘Mr Brightside’ to make it four years straight in the charts with only eight more weeks to go.
Commonwealth Games offers free wifi in return for Facebook details
The Gold Coast City Council will be offering free wifi to those attending the Commonwealth games, however people’s Facebook data will be mined in the process.
The data will be used for tourism marketing by the council, and they’re spending $5 million on improving their internet speed in preparation.
To access the faster wifi, users have to log in through their Facebook, although there is another option to use slower internet access by just using their email.
Pet dingoes discovered in Brisbane
An investigation has proven Brisbane pet owners have falsely classified their pet dingoes as dogs on council documents.
The apparent dingoes were registered in Ashgrove, Bardon, Bald Hills, Chelmer, Murarrie and Tingalpa.
Under the Biosecurity Act 2014, dingoes cannot be legally kept as pets.
Brisbane motorists struggle through traffic
Brisbane motorists are struggling to hit 30 kilometres an hour on the road during during peak times.
On the weekdays during 7am to 9am, motorists travel on average at 28 kilometres an hour, that’s one kilometre less than last year.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says the decrease in travel speeds on the Inner City Bypass coincided with reduced maximum speeds due to roadworks.
HIV prevention drug becomes federally funded
The cost of a HIV prevention drug, PrEP, is going to be slashed and added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
The preventative medicine has been hailed a “game changer” with a 99 percent effectiveness if taken daily.
Health minister Greg Hunt says the $180 million federal subsidy puts Australia in reach of being one of the first countries in the world to end the transmission of HIV.
The Decemberists: I'll Be Your Girl
- Indie folk rockers The Decemberists are back with their eighth full-length album, I’ll Be Your Girl. The venerable collective has enjoyed a stellar career that has spanned seventeen years, producing several critically acclaimed albums. Stalwarts of cohesive, concept-type albums such as their 2009 rock-opera, The Hazards of Love and their 2011, commercially successful folk album, The King is Dead, The Decemberists have created another homogenous album.
11am Zedlines
11am Zedlines with Neesha and Jacob.
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New Outbreak of Coral Bleaching in NT
A new outbreak of coral bleaching was recorded in Western Arnhem land in the Northern Territory.
The outbreak was reported at Garig Gurak Barlu National Park located in the traditional country of several clans of the Iwaidja-speaking Aboriginal people.
Lecturer in the school of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland, Selina Ward, said severe coral bleaching was also recorded in the area in 2015.