TUESDAY 28/09/21 8am ZEDLINES
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Brisbane developing covid case
A public health alert has been issued for Eatons Hill, Albany Creek, Aspley, and Rocklea after a confirmed case of Covid has been detected.
A man in his 30s who has not travelled overseas or interstate tested positive yesterday.
Authorities are still unsure how he came in contact with the virus.
QLD daylight savings debate continues
Queensland’s migration boom could push for daylight savings.
Over 30,000 southerners have relocated to Queensland in the past year, sparking a fresh debate regarding daylight savings in the state.
Brisbane braces for start of storm season
Brisbane and the rest of the east coast are being warned about week-long thunder storms to come.
Forecasting experts at the Bureau of meteorology are saying heavy rain and wind could cause severe damage as the storm season approaches.
NT vaccination levels won't meet November targets
Remote Northern Territory vaccination levels are not set to meet November targets as its current rate.
Remote communities will not reach the 80% vaccination target of the adult population until late January if it proceeds at its current pace.
UN climate report highlights more extreme weather to come
Australian children are likely to be exposed to more extreme weather, according to new environmental research.
New research from the latest UN climate report has found children born in 2020 will experience up to four times as many heatwaves and far more bushfires and droughts than those born in 1960.
Driver shortage fuels panic buying in the UK
Petrol stations are running dry as UK truck drivers continue to strike.
The drivers are staging a stay-home strike over pay disputes, after many have been forced to take a de-facto pay cut, with pay increases lower than inflation.
Solo Career: The Sentimentalist
<p><span><span>- Solo Career is the solo project of <strong>Annabel Blackman </strong>who also plays in a Sydney band called <strong>Body Type </strong>and works as an architect. Solo Career’s debut EP <em>The Sentimentalist </em>is both a hazy affair and an emotionally clear-eyed collection of six songs, like snapshots of scenes from within intimate relationships, across the past couple of years.</span></span></p>
TIme For Dreams: Life Of The Inhabitant
<p><span><span>- The moody meetup of <strong>Amanda Roff </strong>and <strong>Tom Carlyon </strong>is back on for another full-length of strange and ethereal echoes of the ‘80s. Even as the dystopian visions become more warped and intense, <em>Life Of The Inhabitant</em>, in a disturbing way, is more solid, more real. It’s Time For Dreams and it’s that much harder to escape from them than before.</span></span></p>
MONDAY 27/09/2021 11AM ZEDLINES
With Madison and Sophia
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