Federal Parliament To Shut Down to Public After Positive COVID Case
Federal Parliament is to shutting to the public after a Greens staffer has tested positive for COVID19.
Greens Leader Adam Bandt who was in direct contact with the staffer who tested positive says he is isolating while awaiting results.
Numerous Injured as Military Truck Plows Through Group Of Protestors
Several people are injured after a military truck ran into a crowd of protesters in Yangon, Myanmar.
Witnesses told local media that the soldiers opened fire into the crowd of fleeing protestors and beat others. The military says they had “dispersed” the crowd.
More than 1200 people have been killed in the protests since February's coup.
Cursed Earth: Cursed Earth
<p><span><span>- Some of us in the Generation known as X may well remember Ipswich’s <strong>Cursed Earth</strong> bringing their dingy punk rock to sticky-floored bars. Here’s the kicker - they are not only still playing, but they have also just released their new self-titled album through Nambour label Bad Habit Records. </span></span></p>
Milton Man Gogh: The Great Reset
<p><span><span>- Milton Man Gogh have their roots sown deep in Brisbane. A progressive jazz power-trio of local virtuosos whose conceptual satire serves as foil for cutthroat compositional chops. Following up 2019's <em>How to Be Big and Small (At the Same Time), </em>new EP <em>The Great Reset </em>gives a knowing nod to the years passed and the upending effect of a global pandemic on career artists.</span></span></p>
Bitumen: Cleareye Shining
<p><span><span>- Bitumen is the coalescence of four absolute music obsessives, based in Naarm/Melbourne by way of Nipaluna/Hobart, whose singular style of industrial post-punk (to put it loosely) first cut like a jagged knife though the landscape of the antipodean punk scene back in 2016. With an EP, split & one phenomenal LP behind them, <em>Cleareye Shining</em> is their highly anticipated savage sophomore album, out today via Heavy Machinery Records & Flash Forward.</span></span></p>
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Watermelon and Chilli Prices Set to Rise Due to Weather
Watermelon and chilli prices are set to rise after torrential rain destroyed up to 85% of summer crops across Queensland last fortnight.
The wet weather has saturated growers properties, making operating heavy machinery impossible, and ruining fruit due to overhydration.
ATAGI Recommends no Change to Aus Vaccine Booster Program
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation has recommended there be no widespread change to Australia's vaccine booster program in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The ATAGI reports there is no evidence to suggest that an earlier booster dose of the current COVID-19 vaccines will augment the protection against the Omicron variant.
Developers Face Legal Challenges from Traditional Owners
Developments in Hawks Nest are set to face legal challenges from traditional owners in the area.
Shai Richardson, the interim chief executive of the Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council says her community wants to regain ownership of two beachside plots that were sold in 2018 for $1.5 million.
Germany Imposes Restrictions on Unvaccinated People
Germany is imposing restrictions on the unvaccinated in a response to the latest COVID-19 outbreak.
The mandates require that unvaccinated people be barred from all non-essential venues including hospitality venues and cultural and recreational venues.
These restrictions come after the country recorded over 70,000 cases in 24 hours.