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Queensland eateries have been hit with almost $35,000 in fines in the past month for failing to comply with new COVID-19 contact information record-keeping requirements.

Many venues are simply keeping a piece of paper and pen on a table..when a digital option is available...

Adrian Kinderis has launched a startup called GuestCheck Australia and he tells Mark his platform allows diners to submit their details which validates their telephone numbers, ensuring the data is accurate.

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With the situation in Victoria, Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate tells Mark it's time to have a virtual schoolies celebration via Zoom.

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Earlier this month, a series of draft targets called Closing the Gap,  negotiated by Indigenous advocates included a proposal for parity in rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in jails by 2093.

 

Indigenous politician Jacinta Price tells Mark there’s a direct correlation between domestic violence and incarceration in Aboriginal communities and you can’t address one without the other

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Criminal lawyer Craig Van der Hoven tells Mark there are petitions in the community from Queenslanders who want jail time for the women.

The fact the women are now co-operating with police will look favourably on them in court in September

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Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates called for much tougher penalties for border runners and people who give false information to police.

She told Mark what happened today with the two teenagers from Logan is criminal and should be investigated thoroughly.....

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77 year old Graham Brasch spent 4 months in hospital and nearly died 5 times. He doesn't remember any of it.

Graham's daughter Eleane tells Mark of the horror of Covid and not knowing whether her dad was dead or alive. Eleana implores people to maintain social distancing and protect vulnerable members of the community

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As cases of COVID19 skyrocket in VICTORIA, and NSW fights off growing clusters, Queensland is ready to capitalise on it’s low coronavirus case windfall.  

 

QUEENSLAND STATE DEVELOPMENT MINISTER KATE JONES wants to bring more businesses north and is on a mission to poach big companies to create more jobs for Queenslanders. 

 

AMANDA ROHAN is the GENERAL MANAGER of the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY QUEENSLAND and she tells Mark we should be focussing on struggling businesses in QLD first before trying to poach business from other states.

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The State has reported its WORST YEAR EVER for marine accidents, and it seems Queenslanders aren’t wearing lifejackets. 

The figures show that last year EIGHTEEN people died in marine accidents.  Of the FOURTEEN who drowned or went missing - only one was wearing a life jacket. 

 

Peter Hackett is an advocate for life jackets having worked in marine rescue and he tells Mark, of the 113 people who have drowned during marine incidents in Queensland over the last 20 years - only FIVE were wearing life jackets. 

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