Extinction Rebellion exposes “Climate villain”
Extinction Rebellion announced they will stage a disruptive but non violent action tonight at 6pm in the Swanston street and Bourke street intersection in Melbourne to denounce Rupert Murdoch’s role in using NewsCorp for decades to deny the ecological crisis.
Action needed by State Government to Secure Agricultural Training for Future Students
The announcement of the 2020 State Government budget has left little funding for the Longreach and Emerald Agricultural Colleges, causing a significant blow to the agricultural industry and the future training of agricultural workers.
$25 low-risk birthing suite to be delivered in 2021 for Cape York women
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, the Honourable Yvette D’Ath announced a $25 million low-risk birthing unit will be operational at the Weipa Integrated Health service by the end of 2021.
Various Artists: Kindred Spirits 3
<p><span><span>- It may just be because I know a lot of musos, is anyone’s else’s social media feed overflowing with posts berating Spotify? In the last couple of years the “too-cheap-to-steal” business-model has finally managed to turn a profit in the music industry and the corporate megalith that crazily optimistic investors kept pumping funds into is actually showing a return on investment.
Rico Nasty: Nightmare Vacation
<p><span><span><em>- Nightmare Vacation</em>, the debut album from Rico Nasty is often aggressive and absurd and for those reasons, it’s her best work yet. Though it’s her first record proper after a string of mixtapes, the American rapper continues to embrace her eccentric spirit, in an eclectic array of sounds that defy traditional genre conventions and ultimately make her debut one of the most exciting of the year.</span></span></p>
12PM ZEDLINES - 4 December
by 4ZZZ Reporters Lily-Rose Davies and Grace Nakamura
Image Credit: Sam Power/Unsplash
Chemicals found in green turtle blood
More than 4000 toxic chemical compounds, including heart and gout medication, pesticides and industrial adhesives and metals, have been found in the blood of Great Barrier Reef turtles.
Findings from a joint Griffith University and World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia study released today reveal the staggering level of chemicals being absorbed by coastal green turtles.
Australian Youth Climate Coalition Protests in Brisbane
Members of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition gathered today at Speakers Corner in Brisbane to call on the Queensland Government for justice-centred solutions to the climate and COVID crises.
Community Organiser Monique Jeffs says “The climate crisis is...affects everyone but not equally. It is often the most marginalised in our societies who are hit first and worst by climate impacts.”
Australian farm labour incentives failing
Attempts to incentivise Australians to take up farm labour over the summer in the wake of COVID unemployment are failing.
Australia’s horticulture industry is predicting a shortfall of 26 000 vegetable and fruit pickers for this summer season, as international border closures mean a lack of working holiday-makers.
Calls for more companies to hire autistic Australians
Advocates for people with autism are calling for Australian companies to embrace neurodiversity as a report reveals the alarming unemployment rate of people on the spectrum.
One in 70 Australians have autism, and yet the unemployment rate for those with autism is 30 percent - six times higher than the national average.