Around 3000 Queensland school students gathered in Brisbane’s Anzac Square today. Each year, young people pay their own tribute, ahead of Wednesday’s official services.
Rachel Riley reports.
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Broadcasting heavyweights from across the world descended on Brisbane to discuss the role of media in times of natural disaster. Anna Fleetwood reports. Indonesian police have arrested crew members of an asylum seeker boat which sank off the coast of west Java on Tuesday. Of the 60 people on board, eight died, and another four remain missing. Amy Partington reports. Day 17 of the Occupy Brisbane protest and numbers are starting to dwindle. After two evictions, 11 arrests and up to $30,000 in damage Brisbane City Council is finally cracking down. Claudia Kirkman reports. Read on » Brisbane City Council issues fines to Occupy protestors The Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says the Occupy Brisbane protesters are no longer welcome in the Central Business District and should move on. This morning Police forcibly removed the protesters from Queen’s Park but the group has now moved to another inner city location. Jess Sier reports. Indonesian authorities are considering calling off the search early for missing asylum seekers just two days after the boat sank off the coast of Java. Eight have been found dead with more are still missing. Claudia Kirkman reports. Eight people have drowned and 15 are still missing after an asylum seeker boat carrying around 70 people sank off the coast of Indonesia. The Federal Government is now urging the coalition to reconsider its Malaysia people-swap solution. Candice Anderson reports. Occupy Brisbane protestors have been moved on from Post Office Square in Brisbane today. Police arrived in the Square at 4.30am this morning to begin negotiations with the group. Kayla Millhouse reports. French horse Dunaden has won the 2011 Melbourne Cup in the tightest ever finish in the 151 year history of the big race. The horse’s Qatari owner will pocket more than three and a half million dollars for the win. Suraya Daly reports. The 14-year-old Australian boy arrested for allegedly buying a small amount of marijuana in Bali, has appeared in court for the first time. The teenager was masked as he was ushered into the Denpasar District Court this morning. Michele Harris reports. |
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