Youth justice advocates criticise QLD government over youth crime
Youth justice advocates are slamming the Queensland government's crackdown on youth crime as a knee jerk reaction pushed by the police.
Former commissioner of the Northern Territory's Royal Commission into the Detention and Protection of Children, Mick Gooda, says this crackdown is “not based on evidence, and you can’t punish kids into doing the right thing.”
Fragments of SARS-CoV-2 is detected in the south east Gold Coast catchments
QLD Acting Chief Health Officer Dr Bennett says the fragments of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in the Gold Coast catchments of Pimpama, Coombabah and Merrimac, but it's possible these detections are not current.
Dr Bennett says it's critical we find any sources of coronavirus through the testing mechanisms as quickly as possible.
Call for Brisbane city council's consultation of Aboriginal cultural matters
Local Traditional owners are once again calling on the Brisbane city council to ensure that there is a consultation process in place when dealing with Aboriginal cultural matters.
Peter Dutton slashed funding for community safety programs
Peter Dutton slashed funding for community safety programs and gave money to a list of his own choosing an investigation by the 7:30 report uncovered.
The Home affairs department strongly recommended a list of grant approvals for community safety across the country and Minister Peter Dutton rewrote the list with his handpicked approvals.
Parking meters going permanently cashless.
From February 22 Brisbane city council will make more than 9 hundred parking metres permanently cashless.
Parking metres in Brisbane were made cashless during the lockdown in March last year but yesterday the council officially announced cash payments will not be returning.
$8 million in grants for Queensland not-for-profits
The Queensland Government is set to hand out 8 million dollars of grants to upgrade community infrastructure and accelerate the COVID-19 economic recovery.
The grants will prioritise projects supporting critical social and job-readiness services, in high need communities.
Developers allowed on council planning committee
Kangaroo Point residents are demanding answers on why Developer Pedro Pikos was allowed on a town planning committee that advised council on the redesign of the Kangaroo Point Peninsula Neighbourhood Plan in 2019.
The Plan allowed a fifty percent increase in building heights and the “Say No to one hundred and eight Lambert Street group claim that Mr Pikos has at least five development sites in Kangaroo Point.
Myanmar police shot a woman during the protest
Myanmar police shot a woman during the protests against military rule in Naypyitaw and she is in critical condition at hospital.
The protest has been occurring the last few days against the military's action on detention of the nation's iconic figure Aung San Suu Kyi.
Ani Difranco: Revolutionary Love
<p><span><span>- <span>Ani Difranco has been forging her own singular musical path for three decades now - evolving in musical style but remaining a fiercely independent voice of social and gender conscience. </span><em>Revolutionary Love</em><span> is her 23rd full length album, and continues on that path.</span></span></span></p>
Sleaford Mods: Spare Ribs
<p><span><span>- It’s gotten to the point in my relationship with Sleaford Mods<strong> </strong>that if for some strange and unbeknown reason they put out a dud, I feel as though my internal operating system will read this as an illegal operation, flash a series of alarms, find an incorrect line of code, and wipe the slate cleaner than a food prep bench on the day of an OH&S report. We know the duo operate around a bare few components. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, ey? Those components have been widdled down to a fine art.