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Australians identified on hacked Chinese surveillance database
The identities of 161 Australian citizens have been found in a hacked Shanghai security database.
Activists hacked the security database to shed light on China's development of a mass surveillance system.
Australian authorities are investigating whether the citizens have been flagged for monitoring by Shanghai's Public Security Bureau.
The database includes watchlists, monitoring of ethnic minority Uyghurs, and the passport details of 5,000 foreigners.
Coronavirus welfare supplement ends today
The coronavirus welfare supplement ends today, reducing the payments of those on unemployment and underemployment welfare.
As the $150 per fortnight supplement ends, the government has implemented a $50 increase to the JobSeeker base rate.
The JobSeeker base rate increases to $620.80 per fortnight from today.
The increase moves Australia from the lowest unemployment payment in the OECD, to the second lowest, ahead of Greece.
Housing prices rise at the fastest rate in 32 years
Australian housing prices are rising at the fastest rate in 32 years.
CoreLogic Financial Services reports that Brisbane’s monthly home value index rose 2.4 per cent in the past month.
Researchers say housing values in regional areas have also increased by a significant 11.4 per cent over the past year, due to people moving outside major cities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brisbane to co-host women's soccer world cup
Brisbane is announced as one of the host cities for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The football tournament will be hosted across nine cities in Australia and New Zealand, and will be the first Women's World Cup to be expanded from 24 to 32 competing teams.
The details of matches taking place in Brisbane have not yet been announced.
Queensland ends 3-day lockdown at 12pm today
Queensland's snap 3-day lockdown will be lifted from 12pm today, Thursday April 1.
The decision follows just 1 new case of community transmission being recorded in Queensland overnight.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said high testing rates, low case numbers, and the fact that community transmission has been linked to existing cases has allowed authorities to lift lockdown before the Easter long weekend.
Mandatory mask wearing in indoor public spaces is required until April 15.
We Set Sail: Ritual And Ceremony
<p><span><span>- Patience is a virtue with We Set Sail. You’ll be rewarded for said patience in spades. Five years beyond <em>Feel Nothing </em>and the chasm inside me which sad-bastard-music occupies has mercifully been filled. Filled with a lush abundance of layered guitars, relatable lyrical content, and insightful movie samples. Interestingly, it's the last of those three that gives us a hint of what to expect from a narrative perspective; the brief snippets reinforce what the band are putting across.
Prequel: Love Or (I Heard You Like Heartbreak)
<p><span><span>- Melbourne DJ/producer Prequel recently released their debut album <em>Love Or (I Heard You Like Heartbreak)</em>. Since 2005 Prequel aka <strong>Jamie Lorusso-Zyskind</strong> has been present in Melbourne’s dance scene, going from strength to strength. So it comes as no surprise that <em>Love Or</em> reflects a degree of craftsmanship and vision while touching on different styles.</span></span></p>
9am Zedlines
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30 Ethiopian civilians killed in attack on village
At least 30 Ethiopian civilians have been killed in an armed attack on an Oromian village.
Local authorities yesterday identified the victims as ethnic Amharas and said the attack was by a splinter group from the Oromo Liberation Front.
The Oromo are Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group and the Amhara are its second-largest.