Australians with additional needs are being missed by vaccine rollout
Chief Executive Officer of Inclusion Australia Catherine McAlpine has called upon the Australian Government to urgently review the rollout of vaccines for Australians with additional needs.
The Senate estimated less than 2 percent of Australians living with a disability and living in a group home have been fully vaccinated, leaving those without the vaccination in facilities and homes, at risk.
SPACE NEWS UPDATE: NASA sending probes to Venus to check for life
In SPACE NEWS, NASA announced they will be launching two probes to Venus, totalling six-hundred-and-forty-five million dollars, in 2028 and 2030.
These probes, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS will explore Venus’s atmosphere and analyse the planet’s geological composition.
Laughing Clowns: Golden Days: When Giants Walked the Earth / Ed Kuepper: Singles '86-'96 / The Aints!: Live At Marrickville Bowlo
<p><span><span>- 2021 marks forty-five years since Australian music legend Ed Kuepper recorded his first music with a then unknown band called <strong>The Saints</strong>, and to mark the occasion Kuepper is releasing not one, not two, but three albums of past material covering three very different periods.</span></span></p>
Lucy Francesca Dron: Leftovers
<p><span><span>- I was lucky enough to be at 4ZZZ during Lucy Francesca Dron’s solo live set for <em>No Apologies</em> last week. I was on my way out the door when Lucy’s voice and guitar convinced me to stick around just a little bit longer. The free-flowing way she integrates both instruments reminded me immediately of <strong>Nai Palm </strong>of <strong>Hiatus Kaiyote</strong> fame, and I don’t make that comparison lightly. </span></span></p>
2-year-old Australian child faces deportation
An Australian-born two-year-old child faces deportation, after the Department of Child Safety told the child’s foster mother she can’t apply to care for him.
The child’s biological mother was on a student visa at the time and despite being born in Australia, the child has no right to Australian residency.
Head down to Lifeline's Bookfest in Brisbane
Brisbane’s Lifeline Bookfest hopes to raise 1.5 million dollars this year, after being cancelled twice in 2020 due to Covid-19.
Lifeline offers 24-hour crisis support via the phone number 13 11 14 and they say there’s been a 40% increase in calls over the past year.
New hope for melanoma research
An Australian clinical trial made a breakthrough in Cancer research, with a drug trial for melanoma patients proving successful.
Findings show the drug stopped the progression of tumours in approximately half of the trial patients and is the first in the world to have such high success rates.
Mandatory QR code laws in Victoria
Victoria is introducing new laws which will make it mandatory to sign in with QR codes when visiting venues.
Businesses now face fines for up to one thousand and six hundred dollars for not complying with enforcing QR sign ins.
China bans Tiananmen Square vigil in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Citizens are seeking alternative ways to pay tribute to the Tiananmen Square anniversary, after the Chinese government has banned this years’ vigil.
China cited Covid-19 as the reason for the ban, despite Hong Kong reporting zero cases of locally-transmitted Covid-19 for over a month.
Crime and Corruption Commission boss's job has been threatened
The chairman of the Crime and Corruption Commission that sacked the Logan City Council two years ago is now battling to keep his job.
Chairman Alan MacSporran has been faced with a targeted probe into his commission, which saw the former Logan City Council mayor, Luke Smith and seven fellow councillors charged with fraud.