Telstra opens first Indigenous call centre
Telstra has established its first Indigenous call centre in Darwin.
The Telstra First Nations Connect contact centre is manned by eight First Nations staff members who can speak 14 languages and will help remote customers.
Cairns Hospital declares 'code yellow' emergency after influx of COVID-19 patients
A Cairns hospital has declared a code yellow after an influx in COVID-19 patients.
The declaration came after six fly-in-fly-out mine workers returning from Papua New Guinea tested positive for the virus.
Wivenhoe Dam hits its lowest level in a decade
South-east Queensland's largest dam has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade.
Wivenhoe Dam, west of Brisbane, is the region’s largest drinking water storage and is at a low 36 per cent capacity.
Queensland to review how women are treated in the criminal justice system
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a review of the experiences of women across the criminal justice system.
Former President of the Queensland Court of Appeal, Justice Margaret McMurdo will lead the investigation as part of her new, independent Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce.
UQ Chancellor warns China could take more action against universities
The University of Queensland Chancellor warns China could take more action against universities.
Mr Varghese says reports stating Chinese authorities are advising recruitment agents not to promote Australia as a study option are likely true.
SLOMO: L-DOPA
<p><span><span>- SLOMO never stop moving: <strong>Jem King</strong>’s axe-work really owns the idea of a chugging guitar riff and -without some real effort on the part of the band- it’s like the songs get uncontrollably louder, more rambunctious and out of hand. However, there's a dual quality to the Melbourne rockers. There’s a mesmerising effect that only grows with the noise. It cuts you, the listener, loose from the rhythm and everything else for that matter.
White Suns: The Lower Way
<p><span><span>- Hailing from the bustling New York art scene, <strong>White Suns</strong> call themselves an “antirock band”. This stylistic choice, to reject the conventions of rock music has restricted them to a cult underground following, but has borne a back-catalogue of substantial music that finds itself somewhere between harsh noise and experimental rock and warrants more attention. Unsurprisingly, this approach has kept the uncompromising noise trio exceedingly unpredictable, since their formation around the beginning of the last decade.
Curiocity festival launch on Friday
The Curiocity festival, a celebration of science, art and technology, will launch this Friday in Brisbane.
The 17-day festival will include World Science Festival Brisbane events and interactive installations in various locations across the city.
QEII and Toowoomba Hospital will become AstraZeneca vaccination hubs
Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, announced the QEII Hospital and Toowoomba Hospital will become the newest AstraZeneca vaccination hubs from today.
These two new vaccine hubs will join the Pfizer vaccine hubs in Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
Hydrogen Industry Development fund in QLD takes second round
The Queensland government has funded $15 million to four renewable hydrogen projects under the Hydrogen Industry Development program opening today again for another round.