Senate committee has made recommendations against global forced labour.
The Senate foreign affairs committee has recommended fourteen measures to block any goods made by forced labour across the world.
Human Rights Watch Australia researcher Sophie McNiell said Australia is lagging behind the US, Canada and the UK in introducing the measures.
Review: Monty Python’s Spamalot
Monty Python’s Spamalot presented by the Brisbane Academy of Musical Theatre
Directed by Shaun McCallum
Hayward Street Studios, Stafford
9-26th June, 2021
Dr Gemma Regan
The spammed-up hilarious BAMT production of Spamalot has it all!
US Republicans have raised fears over UFOs.
Some members of the US congress have warned about the potential danger UFOs have on national security in a pentagon brief.
Republican congressman Tim Burchett said "Clearly, something’s going on that we can’t handle.”
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Queensland's 'traffic light' border pass system
Queensland’s updated border pass system will take effect at 1am tomorrow.
The new ‘traffic light’ system, which resembles Victoria’s, issues visitors with a green, amber, or red pass.
$10 million Mango Hill train station upgrade
Plans for the state’s $10 million parking upgrade at Mango Hill train station are being finalised.
The station, just north of Brisbane, overflows with over 200 parked cars daily.
The federal government has also pledged four million dollars to the project.
The planned upgrade includes 280 new carparks as well as lighting and CCTV.
New satellite hospital for Bribie Island
A satellite hospital will be built on Bribie Island as part of Labor’s 2020 election commitment to building seven hospitals like it across the state.
Health Minister Yvette D’ath said the Bribie Island hospital will take pressure off nearby emergency departments.
Gas and oil exploration off Victoria's south-east coast
The federal government has revisited plans to open gas and oil exploration off Victoria’s South-East coast, in a move they say will support Australia’s economic growth.
Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt said the licence is still under consideration despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying in March it would be terminated.
First womens' Tour de France
France will hold the first women's Tour de France in 2022.
The race, which will be called Tour de France Femmes, commences at the end of the men’s race in Paris.
The move is described by Dutch Olympic champion, Anna van der Breggen, as a breakthrough moment for professional women’s cycling.
US recognises end of slavery national holiday
The United States will recognise Juneteenth as a new national holiday, after the bill was passed into law today.
Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the US which occurred on the 19th June 1865, where news of freedom finally reached slaves in Texas two months after the Confederates surrendered during the Civil War.