Hundreds of boats join search for missing Brisbane man
There are reports that over 217 boats joined a search for missing Brisbane man Trent Riley in Moreton Bay over the weekend.
The 26-year-old went missing while finishing alone in the Bay on Wednesday of last week.
Qld Check In app compulsory from 1 May
Data from the Queensland Government shows more than 22,390 businesses have started using the Queensland Check In app since it went live in February.
From 1 May, it will be compulsory for all hospitality businesses to be using the app to register patrons in their venue.
Australia-New Zealand travel bubble opens
The Australian-New Zealand travel bubble opens today, with the first unrestricted international flight since early 2020 leaving Sydney airport at 6:15am this morning.
More than 30 flights will depart from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne today, with flights from Adelaide beginning in early May.
Amnesty International criticises QLD youth justice laws
Amnesty International Australia has criticised the Committee charged with investigating proposed youth justice amendments in Queensland over the weekend, saying there is evidence the laws will do nothing to address youth crime.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Sycco - My Ways (Single)
2. Izy - Irene (Album Of The Week)
3. Cloud Tangle - Swells
4. Full Power Happy Hour - Full Power Happy Hour
5. Olivia's World - Debuntante (Single)
6. King Stingray - Get Me Out (Single)
7. Asha Jefferies - Crybaby (Single)
8. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
9. Greatest Hits - Palm Springs (Single)
10. Selve - Pink Hotel (Single)
11. Mess Esque - Big Old Blue
12. Tkay Maidza - Syrup (Single)
13. Full Flower Moon Band - Death Or Hell EP
Indigenous Resistance: Eritrea Dub Journey
<p><span><span>- Indigenous Resistance is a mysterious and geographically dispersed group of musicians dedicated to making politically conscious records featuring voices, sounds and ideas from what George Manuel calls the “fourth world” – global indigenous cultures.</span></span></p>
Kcin: Decade Zero
<p><span><span>- As we approach the disease-free dawn at the end of the global pandemic, how does it make you feel to know that we’re all still doomed? Did a year locked in your room make you forget about the drifting clouds of ash, the drying rivers, the cyclonic destruction, the global extinction and all the other harbingers of environmental catastrophe? Kcin has neither forgotten nor come unprepared.
16 April 11am Zedlines
Your 11am Zedlines with Vi and Jay.
Image source: Flickr/Alex Proimos
France reforms age of consent laws
Content warning: this Zedline contains mentions of rape and sexual assault.
France has strengthened its age of consent laws to categorise sex with individuals under 15 as rape.
Elon Musk's space internet lifts off in Australia
Elon Musk’s company Starlink has begun the trial of its satellite internet service in Northern Victoria and southern New South Wales. It is hoped that the new service would help break down the digital divide between rural areas and cities in Australia.
Users have described the internet speeds as "blazingly fast".