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.
Ms Ardern says “Climate change is a priority for the government because it's a threat to our economy, our environment and our everyday lives”.
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
Review: Breathtaking Tchaikovsky presented by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Concert Hall, QPAC
22nd Oct-23rd Oct 2021
Conductor Johannes Fritzsch
Soloist Konstantin Shamray, piano
LISZT Concerto No.1 in E at for Piano & Orchestra
- Allegro maestoso
- Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace
- Allegro marziale animato
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 (Pathétique)
11am Zedlines - 28/10/2021
Your 11am Zedlines with Toni Pankaluic
Image Credit: BBC News
QLD Current Covid Cases
Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases with one case in hotel quarantine.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk urges Queenslanders to get vaccinated fearing a cyclone of new cases will unleash once borders reopen.
Bates: State Government lost control for ambulances
New data has revealed Queenslanders are waiting longer on ambulance stretchers than those in southern states currently dealing with Covid outbreaks.
The opposition has revealed the data shows Queensland sitting at 41 per cent, compared to 33.6 per cent in Victoria and 21.3 per cent in NSW.
Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates says the data compiled from April, May and June this year proves the State Government has lost control.
Lonely Planet ranks Scenic Rim region
Queensland’s Scenic Rim region is beaming with sunshine as global travel authority Lonely Planet has ranked the area number eight in the region category.
Judges were impressed by its picturesque trail, national parks, wineries and ecolodges
Taking out the top spot in the region category was the Westfjords, Iceland.
Petrol in NSW soars as travel eases
Petrol prices in NSW have soared as travel restrictions ease, reaching as high as 181 cents per litre in cities such as Sydney.
Spokesperson for NRMA, Peter Khoury says as the world gradually exits the prolonged Covid lockdown and vaccination rates increase, there is more economic activity taking shape globally, driving up demand for oil.
Mr Khoury hopes before Christmas, there will be stability in the supply and demand as well as pricing dropping to respectable levels.