Detained asylum seeker using a bucket to catch rainwater for medical treatment
Detained asylum seeker in Brisbane's Immigration Transit Accommodation is using a bucket to catch rainwater for washing.
Amin Afravi was medevaced to Australia from Manus Island for treatment of mental health issues, arthritis and psoriasis.
Pressure mounts in Brisbane to reduce Developer involvement into Neighbourhood plans
Community groups across Brisbane met with the Brisbane City Council yesterday to question the direct involvement of developers in neighbourhood plans.
Kangaroo Point community group “No to Lambert Street” say developers in their area stood to gain millions of dollars from increasing the local height limits.
Parliament supports Greens inquiry into family reunion visas
Parliament supports the Greens inquiry into the family reunion visa system including partner visas.
Deputy Greens leader Senator, Nick McKim says it's important to examine issues within the current system and he criticises the system is broken.
Dingos help sustain ecosystems
Satellite imagery taken over three decades has revealed damage to ecosystems when dingoes are removed from their natural habitat.
Studies find Coronavirus vaccines Highly effective
The two coronavirus vaccines being rolled out in the UK are proving to be highly effective in the real world.
In findings released yesterday from Scotland, those who received the AstraZeneca jab had reduced their risk of hospitalisation by 94 per cent, and those who received the Pfizer vaccine by 85 per cent.
Viagra Boys: Welfare Jazz
<p><span><span>- There is something undeniably alluring about Viagra Boys<strong>’ </strong>car crash charisma. From a musical standpoint it is well assembled, intelligent punk. From another, it is an aural incarnation of scumbag magnetism. Laden with strung out daydreams, substance dependent yearnings, a constant narrative thread of outsiderism stitches the songs and record together. Along the way it extends the hand for you to join in their way of life and against your better judgement, it is so awfully appealing. </span></span></p>
Bailter Space: Wammo (Reissue)
<p><span><span>- Depending on your particular taste, Bailter Space’s <em>Wammo</em> could either be viewed as their masterpiece or a retreat into ‘90's indie rock conventionalism. Formed in Christchurch in 1987, the New Zealand band appealed to noiseniks and fuzz pop aficionados equally; and it is the latter group of listeners who Bailter Space were apparently courting on this, their fifth album released in 1995.</span></span></p>
Tuesday Zedlines 11am 23/02/2021
Tuesday Zedlines with Tom and Abbey
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Dozens of airlines grounded after engine failure
Boeing is ordering dozens of its 777 airliners to be grounded after an engine failure left a rotor in flames over Denver this weekend. Debris from the Honolulu-bound plane was left scattered across Denver as the flight was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing. The grounding order comes on the back of record losses for Boeing
Protestors accuse Algerian President of failing to meet promises
Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Algiers last night to accuse Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune of failing to meet democratic promises he made when elected in 2019. The protests come on the second anniversary of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s deposition and accuse President Tebboune of being no different to his predecessor. Algeria’s protests are the latest in a wave of prot