Potential minimum wage freeze will cut the lowest paid
A retail body has suggested the Fair Work Commission freeze the minimum wage, which will leave Australia’s lowest paid workers with a cut to their pay.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions’ want a 7.2% pay rise, or giving the lowest paid at least $50 a week.
The Labor party is backing an increase saying the pay rise should take into account flat-lining wages and the rising cost of living pressures.
Unpaid Doughnut Time employees need the Government's help
The thousands of unpaid Doughnut Time employees will have to go to the Government for help.
Michael Caspaney, from Menzies Advisory has been analysing the stores, but worries the eight doughnut time companies sent into liquidation last week, won't produce dividends.
Mr Caspaney says that even if the employees aren't able to be paid, the government is able to pay them up to three months of unpaid wages
Crash with a stolen car backs up the Bruce Highway
Traffic on the Bruce Highway is backed from Burpengary to Caboolture after a multi-vehicle crash, resulting in the closure of the southbound lanes.
A police media spokesperson has told the Courier Mail that a man fled the scene after crashing a stolen vehicle.
The road surface was damaged in the crash and emergency work is being carried out before the road can be reopened.
Global warming being blamed for coral bleaching
Global warming is being blamed for coral bleaching along the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory.
Water temperatures have risen more than 4 degrees and Ms Adele Pedder from the Australian Marine Conservation Society says further reef devastation is expected due to climate change.
Entire ecosystems are dependant on the reef and are threatened by coral bleaching.
FRIDAY NEON THE EISTEDDFOD INTERVIEW METRO ARTS MARCH 2018
The Eisteddfod opens at The Metro Arts Wednesday night 14th March 2018 and FRIDAY NEON had a chat with director, Heidi Manache. Here, we talk on how grief can manifest creatively.
Click on the link for ticket details
https://www.metroarts.com.au/events/the-eisteddfod/
Tamil family forcibly removed from their home in Biloela.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Camp Cope - How To Socialise & Make Friends
2. G Elenil - Good Time (Single)
3. Nice Biscuit - Captain (Single)
4. Asha Jefferies - Chaos (Single)
5. Hey Baby! - Kids (Single)
6. Bad Bangers - Hooray For Everything (Single)
7. The Breeders - All Nerve
8. Emily Wurramara - Ngarrukwujenama (Single)
9. The Double Happiness - City EP
10. VOIID - Silly Girl (Single)
11. Jack River - Ballroom (Single)
12. Jaala - Horn (Single)
13. Mallrat - UFO (Feat. Allday) (Single)
11am Zedlines
Your 11am Zedlines with Shaina and Daneka.
Photo: Marius Monton
Barcelona marches again for independence
Last Sunday, around 45000 people marched with the ‘Republic Now’ protest in Barcelona in support of independence.
Despite formidable legal obstacles, the marchers took part in the rally to demand formation of a new Catalan government.
Rally organiser, Augusti Alcoberro, said people took to the streets as citizens to demand that the republic they voted for in October continues forward.
Nigeria to negotiate release of 110 abducted girls
Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has revealed plans to negotiate the release of 110 girls abducted from a school last month rather than use military action to free them by force.
The girls were allegedly abducted by jihadist group Boko Haram, with the group accused of kidnapping the girls on February 9th.
The kidnapping is one of the largest since Boko Haram abducted more than 270 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in 2014; approximately 100 are yet to be released.