Photography exhibition aims to tackle male suicide rates
A new exhibition, led by Sunshine Coast photographer Megan Gill, aims at cutting male suicide rates by highlighting these men are not alone.
The ‘Portraits of Mankind’ exhibition puts faces to men’s mental health issues, showing that the problems are real and closeby.
Ms Gill has captured the images of a number of males between twenty and sixty years old who have overcome their mental health battles.
The exhibition hopes to inspire struggling men to seek help.
If you or anyone you know needs help, call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Sky News Australia banned over COVID-19 misinformation
Youtube has barred Sky News Australia for one week over COVID-19 misinformation concerns.
The ban comes after a review of online shared posts, with some questioning the reality of the pandemic and the efficacy of vaccines, have spread virus and vaccination misinformation.
A Youtube statement says, “we have clear and established COVID-19 medical misinformation policies ... to prevent the spread of COVID-19 misinformation that could cause real-world harm."
Reports reveal immigrants and refugees are at higher risk of homelessness
Many reports including The Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria in 2020, show Immigrants and refugees reportedly represent a high majority among the homeless population.
The Centre for Multicultural Youth estimated that young people from refugee backgrounds are six to ten times more likely to be at risk of homelessness than Australian-born young people.
Elizabeth Drozd, chief of Australian Multicultural Community Services (AMCS) remarks there is a hidden problem which is yet to be identified.
NZ PM Jacinta Ardern apologises for Dawn Raids
News Zealand's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, issues an apology to Pacific communities for the discriminatory 1970s dawn raids.
Ms Ardern says, "today, I stand on behalf of the New Zealand Government to offer a formal and unreserved apology to Pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 1970s that led to the dawn raids."
In efforts to pave a new path, Ms Ardern announced nearly 3 million Australian Dollars in scholarships to Pacific students in New Zealand and the region.
Review: The Naked Musicians at The Brisbane Comedy Festival
The Naked Musicians at The Brisbane Comedy Festival
The Tivoli
29th July, 6-8th Aug 2021
Dr Gemma Regan
The raunchy magic show which reveals the true meaning of “keeping it under your hat!"
Jalang: Santau
<p><span><span>- It is a curiosity of Australian geography that culturally we live as if our continent is situated somewhere in the Atlantic between the UK and the US; rather than where it actually is amongst South East Asia and Pacific Islands.</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>Music is no different. Overseas musical styles, news and touring acts come almost exclusively from the UK and US, while the average Aussie music fan would know virtually nothing about our neighbours to the north.</span></span></p>
COBRAH: COBRAH
<p><span><span><em>- COBRAH</em>, the self-titled EP from the self-described Swedish ‘BDSM pop’ singer, is unlike the conveyor belt pop that Swedish songwriters are known for, instead opting to indulge in mechanical sounds, rather than in the machine itself. Like the collection of bimbo marxist tracks that it is, COBRAH’s new EP is a tightly-wound downward spiral, plunging with immediacy into chaos.</span></span></p>
30/07/2021 11AM ZEDLINES
Your 11am Zedlines with Ivy, Chloe and Alayna.
Image credit: TripAdvisor
Dental waitlists hit hard in Brisbane and Ipswich
According to Queensland Health’s latest statistics, 45% of Queensland patients on dental waitlists reside in Brisbane and Ipswich.
Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates claimed Labor is losing control of the state’s dental waitlist saying every Queenslander deserves to see a dentist without waiting years for an appointment.
Brisbane's COVID latest
Queensland has recorded its 13th "incursion" of COVID-19 in the community in the past six weeks when a man tested positive after leaving hotel quarantine.
He was potentially infectious in the community from July 22 and was staying in the City Backpackers hostel on Roma Street in Brisbane.
Guests at that hostel as well as another city backpacker lodge next door are both in lockdown awaiting test results.
Contract tracers are compiling a list of where the man has been.
Chermside has just been added to the list of exposure sites.