Business in the Commonwealth could help eradicate modern slavery
Australia's foreign minister Julie Bishop has said businesses across the Commonwealth could be the key to eradicating modern slavery across the world.
Speaking at the launch of a Walk Free Foundation on Modern Slavery, Bishop iterated that the commonwealth nations make up a quarter of the UN, with 2.4 billion citizens and that we ‘make a difference when we speak’.
This comes after new figures suggest that 40.3 million people are in modern slavery today.
Northern Territory laws don't allow domestic violence victims to break their lease
Laws in the Northern Territory currently don’t allow domestic violence victims to break their rental lease in order to escape domestic or family violence.
Currently, tenants can be ‘blacklisted’ for breaking their lease in order to escape their perpetrator, therefore leaving the victims trapped and in horrific circumstances.
However, a parliamentary committee is set to compile a report by May 1st to bring the Northern Territory up to speed with the rest of Australia.
New research suggests Turnbull's energy guarantee won't be enough
New research shows the Turnbull government’s national energy guarantee will not be enough to meet emission reduction targets.
The Energy Security Board’s economic modelling notes an additional 9271 megawatts of solar and wind power is needed in the national electricity market for any current projects to be efficient.
GetUp’s energy campaign director, Miriam Lyons says “Malcolm Turnbull isn’t just trying to slam the brakes on renewables, he’s putting the car in reverse.”
Pensioner wins in court over new water park
A pensioner who pioneered a $400 million plus water park on the Sunshine Coast has won a court battle with investors after being left with nothing
The 73 year old Arthur Downing spent five years finding the site on Steve Irwin Way before agreeing to his project in exchange for $1.25 million.
But he was never paid. However, a recent appeal has ruled in favour of Mr Downing and the company is now in the final stages of negotiating the bulk of the earthworks contracts.
Brisbane hotel boom leaves more rooms unoccupied
Brisbane’s hotel boom has opened over 4000 hotel rooms since 2014 and more than 3000 are expect to open by 2022.
This increase has left a large amount of rooms unoccupied as the Queensland Tourism Industry Council Chief Executive, Daniel Gschwind saying it’s difficult to smoothly match supply and demand.
Brisbane Lord Mayor, Graham Quirk, says the additional supply of accommodation will attract more events than ever before.
Primitive Calculators: On Drugs
- Melbourne’s Primitive Calculators are not your a-typical fun loving, good time trash band. This is particularly good news because typical bands are often a red hot garbage fire, filled to the brim with the essence tomorrow’s regrets, today. After a career spanning a full forty years, 2018 sees the insanely exciting release of the Primitive Calculators' third studio album to date, On Drugs.
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TesseracT: Sonder
- Progressive metal fans may be many and varied, but the genre remains patently uncool from the perspective of practically any other genre nut. Too digital and technical for the hipsters, too slick and melodic for underground metal heads and punks, it’s music for either outsiders or people who just don’t wish to have their musical tastes pigeonholed. Of the modern practitioners of this sound, few are treated with such reverence as English five-piece Tesseract.
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Amazonian coral reef set to be destroyed by drilling
A unique coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon River has been discovered by a Greenpeace ship, but is set to be the new oil drilling location of French company, Total.
The unexplored undersea environment has experts saying the area could contain vital research opportunities to potentially treat cancer and infectious diseases.
This would be majorly disrupted if Total’s drilling licence is approved as operations could begin this year.