Motorcycle club shift focus in support of Vladimir Putin
For the past six years, a motorcycle club known as the Night Wolves, have been establishing a presence in Australia in support of Vladimir Putin.
Founded in 2015, the club says it now has 40 to 50 members around New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria.
Overdose deaths pass COVID deaths in British Columbia
Drug overdose deaths outpaced deaths from COVID-19 in Canada’s British Columbia in 2020 with a 74 percent increase from 2019.
Province's Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe suggested urgent changes on decades of criminalization, the increasingly toxic illicit drug market, and insufficient evidence-based treatment with recovery services.
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74 day fund raising walk for charity
A Melbourne man has completed a 74-day walk from Melbourne to Brisbane to raise funds for the Indigenous Marathon Foundation.
27 year-old Domenic Moore travelled the equivalent of 56 marathons, walking until midnight on most nights.
He arrived in South Bank on 11 February and has raised over $3,000 for the Indigenous Marathon Foundation.
More electric vehicle chargers introduced in Queensland
The Queensland government has added 13 new electric vehicle charging stations, to what they are now referring to as Australia’s longest electric vehicle superhighway.
Today there are 31 vehicle chargers west to Toowoomba and 22,000 chargers from Coolangatta to Port Douglas.
Queensland set to lose as host for World Surf League
The Gold Coast is set to lose a major surfing event over quarantine bills.
The World Surf League is understood to be shipping the Corona open surfing event to New South Wales after the Queensland government refused to foot the bill for COVID quarantine for the champion surfers and their entourages.
$36,000 spent in travel for Home Affairs Minister
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has spent more than $36,000 of taxpayer money in travel to make an announcement about a Department grant.
Mr Dutton chartered the Royal Australian Air Force jet from Canberra to Tasmania to make a grants announcement for CCTV systems for two councils during the 2018 Braddon byelection campaign.
Increases in gun purchases throughout Brazil
Gun purchases in Brazil have increased by 91 percent on the previous year, with over 180,000 new guns registered, in what is the highest number on record.
The gun culture in Brazil is on the rise alongside legal gun ownership, however some say mechanisms to track their use and owners are lacking.
Gas Tanker explosion in Afghanistan
More than 17 people have been injured at a customs post in Afghanistan after a gas tanker exploded.
The tanker exploded in Islam-Qala and set off an enormous fire that spread to more than 100 other tankers, Afghan officials reported. However, the cause of the explosion has not been determined.
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