Police Operation Stopper – Drink Driving 17 Dec to 19th December 2016

Queensland Operation Stopper – Drink Driving 17 Dec to 19th December 2016.

Queensland Police have coordinated a state-wide ‘Operation Stopper’ specifically targeting and detecting drink and drug driving in Queensland.

Results are:

17/18th December 2016 Friday night to Saturday morning.

Day 1: Police conducted 17,766 random breath tests overall, … Read the rest

How did Kevin Rudd prevent Australia from going into recession in 2009?

How did Kevin Rudd prevent Australia from going into recession in 2009?.

Oct 24, 2016

Kevin Rudd helped to prevent Australia from going into recession during the Global Financial Crisis [GFC] in 2008/09 by increasing public spending, with the help of the surplus that the previous government had built up.… Read the rest

Newspoll: Gay marriage to be decided by politicians NOT a Plebiscite.

Gay marriage to be decided by politicians ??says Newspoll.

Headlines from the Australian 28 Sep 2016

More people now support a vote by politicians to decide on same-sex marriage rather than a plebiscite, Newspoll says.

A special Newspoll has revealed more Australians now support a vote by politicians in parliament

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Tax Breaks may replace Welfare Benefits

Some Welfare Benefits to be replaced with Tax Breaks.

Social Services Minister Christian Porter has flagged replacing family welfare payments with direct tax breaks.

Christian Porter said that under the current family tax benefit (FTB) scheme was “deeply inefficient.”

Porter said there were many cases every year where families were … Read the rest

Rio 2016 Olympic Village is a non smoking venue

Rio 2016 Olympic Village is a non smoking venue..

The Chef de Mission of Australia’s Olympic team Kitty Chiller has said that a lot of workers and contractors are smoking in the “non smoking” Village.

A suspected discarded cigarette in the “smoke-free” Rio Olympics village has sparked new tension between … Read the rest

Rio 2016: Fire alarms had been silenced

Australian team evacuates Olympic Village after fire.

The Chef de Mission of Australia’s Olympic team Kitty Chiller is meeting with Olympic Village and IOC officials after a small fire at the team’s accommodation revealed fire alarms had been silenced.

www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-30/australian-team-evacuates-olympic-village-after-fire/7674542

Forecast 56,000 jobs in Ipswich, Queensland

The Department of Infrastructure and Transport report into the future of south-east Queensland has forecast that more than 56,000 jobs will be created in Ipswich’s central suburbs by 2026..

2016

April 14, 2016 Full Report:www.couriermail.com.au/realestate/southeast-queensland-and-commuter-corridors-in-victoria-offer-best-prospects-for-property-price-growth-new-report-shows

Southeast Queensland and commuter corridors in Victoria offer best prospects for property price growth, … Read the rest