Monday 30/08/21 10am Zedlines
Your 10am Zedlines with Imogen and Shreya.
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New app makes supporting inclusive QLD businesses easier
A new Queensland app is making it easier for people to support businesses that are inclusive of minority groups.
SEqueer is an app that allows users to filter their search engine to find businesses that are owned by veterans, hire differently-abled staff, or are members of the LGBTQI+ community.
Regional women faced with closure of regional abortion clinics
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Regional women seeking an abortion will find it even tougher to access clinics, with the closure a number of regional clinics.
SEQ coffee vans offering support for ex-service people
A number of coffee vans across South-East Queensland are helping veterans and first-responders manage post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Terry McNally, an ex-Navy personnel, founded 3 Elements Coffee to help ex-service people adjust back into everyday life by providing them their own coffee vans, equipment and beans to set up their own business.
Indigenous vaccination rates lagging
Confidential leaked reports of New South Wales government data shows a huge gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Covid vaccination rates in every region of the state.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the federal Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt have attributed this low rate to vaccine hesitancy.
NSW prisons in lockdown as number of Covid-19 infectious inmates grows
Several major prisons in New South Wales are in lockdown after 12 inmates became infected at Parklea Correctional Centre.
A Corrective Services NSW spokesperson said 23 prisons across NSW were taking extra precautions after inmates were recently transferred to those prisons from Parklea Correctional Centre.
Shanghai University questioned over survey
A Survey by Shanghai University has raised questions after asking colleges to research the political stance and ‘state of mind’ of members of LGBTQI+ communities.
Students and activists have expressed concern that the information-gathering exercise could signal further targeting of students.
Monday 30/08/21 9am Zedlines
Your 9am Zedlines with Shreya and Imogen.
Image credit: Pixabay / Shafin Protic.
Mass vaccination hub to open in Boondall
A new mass vaccination hub at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Boondall will open on the 8th of September.
By the end of September it is expected to offer 3000 vaccinations per day, and will offer walk-in days.
This comes as Queensland continues to lag in vaccination rates across the country.
Protest on Saturday in West End against development proposal
A peaceful march was held at Bunyapa Park on Saturday to protest a development proposal that would affect a West End community garden and demolish the adjoining housing.
Councillor for the Gabba Ward Jonathan Sri attended the rally in support of the group and said the development would contribute to more people becoming homeless.