8AM ZEDLINES 01/11/2021
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QLD Records No New Cases After Weekend Vaccination Push, Concerns Over Complacency
The Queensland Deputy Premier has warned not to become complacent despite there being 5 days without a new COVID19 case.
Deputy Premier Mark Bailey voiced his concerns about a drop in covid check in app usage among Queenslanders and warns of the need to continue covid safe practices with interstate travellers crossing the borders looming in the near future.
QPS Show Up in Uniform Despite Requests Not To Do So
Queensland Police Service Officers showed up to Pride festivities in uniform despite Pride’s request for them not to do so.
A number of QPS workers and Corrective Service officers showed up to march in uniform, despite requests from Pride and the wider community not to have the presence of police within the space due to concerns about safety.
Vigil To Be Held Honoring Refugee and Release of Coronial Inquest Results
A Vigil is to be held for a refugee who died by suicide in an offshore detention on Nauru.
Protestors will hold a vigil at 9:30am outside the Brisbane Magistrates Court to mark the 6 year anniversary and release of the results of the coronial inquest into the death of Omid Masoumali, an Iraninan man who sought refuge and was incarcerated in offshore detention centre on Nauru.
LNP MP Tim Smith Resigns After Drunk Driving Incident
Liberal MP Tim Smith has resigned after a drunk driving car collision.
The Liberal MP for Kew has apologised for crashing his car while more than twice the legal blood-alcohol limit admitting to a quote “serious error of judgement”.
Fundamental Details Excluded from Government Climate Change Plans
Despite a net zero proposal from the government, Energy Minister Angus Taylor refuses to provide crucial details about newly revealed climate change plans.
New Zealand Unveils Plans to Halve Greenhouse Emissions by 2030
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has committed to critically reducing emissions by half before 2030.
In a new statement released on Sunday, Ms Ardern and Climate Change Minister James Shaw announced that New Zealand will halve its greenhouse gas emission by 2030, ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.
Curse Ov Dialect: Dark Days Bright Nights
<p>- <span>As one recent commentator acutely put it, Melbourne’s </span><strong>Curse Ov Dialect</strong><span> have been keeping Australian hip hop surreal since 1994. Their appearances are pretty sporadic these days - new album </span><em>Dark Days Bright Nights</em><span> being just their second album in the last 12 years.
Tori Amos: Ocean To Ocean
- The worldwide COVID19 pandemic has ripped the creative arts industry into shreds. No artist, whether it be stage, screen, recording studio or corner bar has been left untouched by the savageness of the impact lockdowns, isolation orders and the toll the virus has taken on everyone physically, emotionally and mentally.
Review: Heavenly Life presented by the Southern Cross Soloists
Concert Hall, QPAC
Sunday 24th Oct, 2021
Konstantin Shamray – Piano
Alexandra Flood – Soprano
Händel Da tempeste il legno infranto HWV 17
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mahler Symphony No. 4, Movement 4: Sehr behaglich
Rachmaninov Vocalise Op. 34 No.14
Bellini Ah, non credea mirarti... Ah! non giunge from La Sonnambula
Dr Gemma Regan