NSW freedom a lot closer than initially thought
New South Wales residents are set to enjoy new freedoms earlier than planned after the premier announced the road map would be fast tracked.
The next wave of freedoms was set to be introduced on December 1st but have been pushed forward to November 8th for fully vaccinated locals.
Unvaccinated people will now have to wait until the state achieves the 95% double dose target, which is set to happen mid-December.
The decision was made after a crisis cabinet meeting took place on Monday to discuss the roadmap.
International Qantas passengers have hit the sky for the first time in nearly 600 days
A flight from Los Angeles touched down in Sydney with no border or quarantine restrictions for passengers who were fully vaccinated.
Aside from hundreds of federal government flights during the pandemic, these are the first regular Qantas international flights since the Australian and NSW governments relaxed restrictions on overseas travel.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said, “This day has been a long time coming for our people and our customers. It’s wonderful to see Australians able to reunite with loved ones after such a long time apart.”
Elon Musk to solve world hunger?
Tesla founder Elon Musk has announced he will give six billion dollars to end world hunger, under one condition.
The announcement comes after president of the UN World Food Program David Beasley said a six billion dollar donation could help solve world hunger.
Mr Musk took to Twitter to say he would foot the bill if the World Food Program could explain how the money would be used.
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A Jigsaw Project established to help disabled people gain employment has launched in Townsville
A small number of businesses including Townsville City council, Queensland Country Bank and Legal Sense NQ came together recently to kickstart the project.
The Jigsaw project aims to find opportunities within the community connecting an individual to employment based on their interests and skill sets.
Joanne Lynham is a mother of a child with autism and wanted to use her daughter’s employment rejections as fuel to turn it into a business.
The group says, “Everyone benefits from building an inclusive community.”
An Australian first has seen a central Queensland bus company ditch diesel for hydrogen
The regional transport service in Emerald has opted to switch its fleet of diesel-powered buses to hydrogen fuel cell electric ones.
Each year, the fleet of Emerald buses consume over one million litres of fuel and produce 3,100 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
The family-owned company has sit a net zero emissions target by 2040, 10 years ahead of the federal government’s current deadline.
A Townsville mother has launched The Cheeky Brain book series in an attempt to help children overcome mental health issues
Lauren Cavati runs private mental health clinic Deep Speak and has just released her first two books in the series.
Mrs Cavati says she wrote the book implementing cognitive behavioural therapy which is based on people’s thoughts predicting how they feel and subsequently how they act.
She created the series after she “wanted a resource story book to show kids how to use their brain to help their mental health but couldn’t find anything.”
The rift between Australia and France has taken a further turn
Secret text messages about the scrapped ninety billion dollar submarine contract have been leaked.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron claiming the leaked message shows the French knew the submarine contract was at risk.
Speaking in Glasgow last night Mr Morrison again defended Australia’s decision to abandon the contract with France and claimed Mr Macron had ‘sledged’ Australia.
Nup to the Cup protests in full swing
Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will see Nup to the Cup protests today against the horse racing industry.
The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) alongside a number of animal justice foundations have organised protests at track gates around the country.
The CPR Campaign Director Elio Celotto says quote, “The Nup to the Cup movement is growing stronger each year because the racing industry has proven time and time again that they only care about maximising profit, not horses".
Sir Paul McCartney teams up with the Wombles for World Vegan Day
Yesterday, on World Vegan Day, Sir Paul McCartney joined forces with popular UK characters, The Wombles, to encourage people to eat less meat for the sake of the environment.
The #onestepgreener campaign will be live throughout the climate change conference supporting the UK Government's Together for Our Planet drive.
This campaign has joined forces with the Meat Free Monday campaign, started by Sir Paul McCartney in 2009.