Pushes for amendments as VAD bill set to be legalised
There are pushes to amend Queensland’s voluntary assisted dying bill to allow health practitioners who conscientiously object to euthanasia the option to refuse referring patients to these service.
Queensland is set this week to become the fifth state in Australia to legalise voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill patients, amidst opposition from opponents including Catholic Health Australia.
Meanwhile, a survey of Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union members in February found almost 87 per cent supported voluntary assisted dying.
Moderna vaccine approved for children aged 12 to 15
Parents can start making bookings for children aged 12 to 15 to get vaccinated against covid-19.
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation recommends the mRNA-type Moderna vaccine for those aged twelve years and older.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the federal government has secured an additional one million Moderna doses.
Parliament Initiative seeks speeches from young Australians
The voices of young Australians from across the country are set to be amplified from the floor of federal parliament next month as an initiative aimed at developing a diverse new generation of leaders.
The Raise Our Voice in Parliament campaign is asking Australians twenty-one years or under to write a short speech about their visions for the future, which will be read aloud in Canberra by their local MP.
Afghan Universities to be segregated by gender
The Taliban say Afghan Universities will be segregated by gender, and a new dress code will be introduced.
High Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani indicated women would be allowed to study, but not alongside men.
Under Taliban rule, between 1996 and 2001, women and girls were banned from schools and universities.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. WAAX - Most Hated Girl (Single)
2. Amyl And The Sniffers - Comfort To Me
3. Bad Bangs - Character Building (Album Of The Week)
4. King Stingray - Milkumana (Single)
5. Some Jerks - Summertime Funtime
6. Ngaiire - 3
7. Cuckoo Coco - Grown Up (Feat. Penelope) (Single)
8. Clowns - Sarah (Single)
9. Sycco - Sycco's First EP
10. Mod Con - Learner In An Alpha (Single)
11. Tropical Fuck Storm - Deep States
12. BORN AGAIN HYPOCRITE - Scamdemic
Devotions: Pusher
<p><span><span>- It seems fitting when I listen to <strong>The Rational Academy</strong>, <strong>Glitter Veils</strong> and, now, Devotions, that I hear <strong>Luke Zahnleiter</strong>’s guitar, rising like a mournful cry in the night, an echoing coyote howl that’s haunted each of his projects over the last twenty years or so.
The Bug: Fire
- Even in 2008 when he had his commercial breakthrough; Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, talked about his art as “music for the end times” and a “soundtrack for the coming apocalypse”.
Tropical Fuck Storm: Deep States
<p><span><span>- Few bands are as iconoclastic as Tropical Fuck Storm. Resisting classification, they have carved themselves a niche with their socio-politically charged lyrics, dissonant guitars, chilling harmonies and ominous soundscapes. Stylistic choices aside, underpinning their caustic psych-rock is a penchant for pop-hooks and literary lyrics. Their third album in four years, <em>Deep States</em> is a fitting addition to their burgeoning catalogue.
FRIDAY 10/09/2021 11AM ZEDLINES
Your 11am Zedlines with Alayna and Chloe.
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QLD's push for kinship care
Agencies, carers and representatives from the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs participated in a forum yesterday to discuss the Queensland Government’s latest push for kinship care.
The forum discussed ways to best move to kinship care which allows for friends and extended family members to care for the child.
The director of youth and family support group PeakCare, Lindsay Wegener, said it is important children remain safely within their family or kinship structure when possible, especially for Indigenous children.