Cooper Blackwood, Team Australia competitor for the Invictus Games 2023, at the Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation in Narrabeen. Source: Australian Government Department of Defence The team of 31 athletes that will represent Australia at 2023’s Invictus Games Düsseldorf, Germany, was announced this morning by Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans’ Affairs, Matt Keogh.…
Rates of long COVID symptoms may be similar to that of of influenza, according to new research by Queensland Health. Source: Ahmet Polat. Long COVID symptoms after vaccination similar to other viral illnesses, according to a release by Queensland Health this morning. In Queensland’s highly vaccinated population, long COVID symptoms appeared no more severe than…
Sex workers and suburbanites are protesting city plans to move prostitution from Amsterdam’s red light district to a suburban erotic centre. Image source: CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Sex workers and concerned suburbanites alike are taking a stand against a controversial plan to move legal prostitution from Amsterdam’s historic red light district to a suburban “erotic…
Outrage has spread online after a video was shared showing the Dalai Lama asking a young boy to “suck [his] tongue” at a public event. Image source: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Outrage has spread across social media after video footage was shared showing the Dalai Lama asking a young boy to…
Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula was blanketed by clouds of ash as the active Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight on Tuesday. Image source: NASA/JSC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula was blanketed by clouds of ash as the active Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight on Tuesday. The eruption reached its peak six hours…
Greater Bilby populations double according to national wildlife census. Source: Queensland Government, Wikimedia Commons The Greater Bilby population has doubled in protected areas throughout Australia, according to the results of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy census. This census was carried out over the past 12 months in protected areas across the nation, including Yookamurra Wildlife Sanctuary…
A local group at Airlie Beach are fighting a new high-rise hotel development. Source: Damien Dempsey, Wikimedia Commons Locals at the popular tourist destination of Airlie Beach are battling a high-rise hotel development which they say will majorly disrupt the area’s pristine beach side setting. The hotel, a 12-storey building, was initially approved by the…
A mass shooting has claimed the lives of five people in Louisville, Kentucky. Source: rawpixel A bank employee has shot and killed five people, and injured nine, at his workplace at a downtown bank in Louisville, Kentucky. The gunman, who was identified by police as 23-year-old Connor Sturgeon, live-streamed the attack online, which took place…
A young girl is in serious condition after a dog attack in Woodridge. Source: Kgbo, Wikimedia Commons Laquarna Chapman Palmer, aged six, was taken to hospital in a serious condition after being attacked by a dog in Woodridge, South of Brisbane, on Monday afternoon. Paramedics were called at around 4:30 pm after reports that two…
15,000 workers and members of the CFMEU have taken to the streets, seeking a pay rise of at least 7% to match the ever-rising cost of living. Image source: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0 The central business districts of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide were met with thousands of protesters from trade unions as…