Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin: $mokebreak
<p><span><span>- Colour me surprised that it only took five months for Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin<strong> </strong>to follow up their collab record <em>FlySiifu’s -</em> one of the best projects of last year and one that was sadly overlooked, too. Their new EP <em>$mokebreak </em>acts as a deluxe addition to that record but rather than compile a few leftovers, Siifu & Anakin have elected to create a smaller project that flows by itself.
10am Zedlines, 29 March 2021
Your 10am Zedlines with Kat Housego and Justin Yip.
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Greater Brisbane faces 3-day lockdown, mandatory mask-wearing
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has declared greater Brisbane a hotspot from 5pm tonight, recommending that other States and Territories do the same, as Brisbane gets set to enter another 3-day lockdown starting this afternoon.
Australia joins in international condemnation of Myanmar military
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Australia has joined in international condemnation against the Myanmar military, as countries such as the United States, South Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom criticise the Junta.
ASICS to continue sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, despite human rights abuses
Amidst continued reports of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China, Australian Olympic uniform supplier, ASCIS is also being caught.
9am Zedlines, 29 March 2021
Your 9am Zedlines with Kat Housego and Justin Yip.
Image Credit: James D. Morgan/Getty Images
Brisbane to enter snap 3-day COVID-19 lockdown
Queensland will enter a snap three-day lockdown starting from 5pm tonight, after four cases of community transmission were recorded in Queensland in the last 24 hours. Masks will also be mandatory once again.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement this morning, saying the snap lockdown is aimed at stopping the spread of the cluster.
Calls for an independent audit of the Public Trustee
People on disability support and aged care pensions with assets will continue to be charged up to 40 per cent of their low incomes for administration services by the Public Trustee of Queensland.
A report published by Queensland’s Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman documented high fees for asset-rich pensioners, fees for no service and charging multiple sets of fees on managing the same funds, like superannuation.
Free playgroups extended for Queensland families
On Sunday, the Palaszczuk Government announced plans to extend its free Playgroup campaign for Queensland families with children under one.
Education Minister Grace Grace announced the Play Stars initiative would continue for another three years costing up to $2.4 million, which will provide additional support for up to 10,000 Playgroup families.
Quarter of permanent skilled migrants working beneath their skill level
A new report published on the weekend shows that nearly a quarter of permanent skilled migrants in Australia are working in a job beneath their skill level.
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia ("CEDA"), who published the report using data from the Department of Home Affairs, says that the skill mismatch cost at least $1.25 billion in foregone wages between 2013 and 2018.