Reported by Sophie and Ellie
The Traveston Dam has delayed an upgrade to a dangerous stretch of the Bruce Highway.
The Cooroy to Curra section of the highway has caused 52 deaths since 2000, with two fatalities this week alone.
The upgrade has been on the agenda since 2004, but the section is being re-designed to cover the levels of the proposed dam and crucial work on the highway is being delayed.
Liberal Nation Party MP David Gibson will go to Canberra next week to ask for work to be done on the highway.
If you are concerned about the highway, please let your voice be heard and contact brucehwyc2c@mainroads.qld.gov.au
Beenleigh school students are using ID technology to sign in and out of class, as part of Beenleigh PCYC’s initiative to stop student truancy.
Students in the Beenleigh and Logan area are missing an average of 18 days due to sickness or truancy.
A paid officer will roam the streets to look for any kids skipping school.
Students found without a pass out of school during the day will be escorted back to school, and repeat offenders will have to undergo a mentoring program.
The police are hoping the program will also help stop petty crime.
Millions of tonnes of sediment dredged from the Brisbane River and Moreton Bay contains chemicals which are so toxic that they cannot be dumped back into sea.
The State Government’s tests show the sediment contains banned pesticides DDT and Chlordane, as well as harmful metals mercury and cadmium.
The sediment is used as landfill so the Port of Brisbane can expand port operations.
However, it is uncertain what the Port will do with the toxic sediment when the project is completed in 15 years.
A report from 2006 discussed the idea of dumping the waste into an abandoned coalmine in Ipswich.
The source of the contamination comes from heavy urban development in the Brisbane River catchment.
And some good news for gamers and drinkers everywhere; a video game-themed bar will open in the Judith Wright Centre in Fortitude Valley.
Guy Blomberg, owner of AustralianGamer, approached Arts Queensland with the idea of a video-game themed bar.
Click here to read more about the bar
The bar will be fitted with plasma televisions with several different video game consoles, mainly with multiplayer games like Mario Kart and Guitar Hero so patrons can have a drink with their friends while playing.
The bar’s proposed name is Mana Bar and will open in Brisbane later this year.
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