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News by Hayden Johnson Premium Content   A 'SAFETY emergency' has been declared over Queensland's 220,000 motorcycle riders following an unprecedented number of fatalities on the state's roads. A staggering 25 motorcycle riders have been killed since January 1 - 12 higher than the five-year average. Queensland Police Service Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus said it had been a "horrific" year on the state's roads, with motorcycles over-represented in the death toll. Three years' worth of motorcycle registrations, about 6500, were recorded in the last e...

Michael Jr Explores Comedy and Purpose in ‘Selfie Dad’ Michael Jr (seen in War Room) stars in Selfie Dad, a Christian comedy done well. Selfie Dad ties family entertainment with a deeper faith-based message in a unique and original way By Shaliysh RobinsonWednesday 7 Apr 2021 Michael Jr (seen in War Room) stars in Selfie Dad, a Christian comedy done well. Selfie Dad ties family entertainment with a deeper faith-based message in a unique and original way. The movie focuses on Ben Marcus (acted by Michael Jr), a husband and father who finds himself caught in the throes of a mid-life crisis....

Date Time Easter road safety in focus as Queensland lives lost reach 74 Today, Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus urged Queenslanders to be safe on the roads ahead of Easter and the school holiday period. With lives lost on track to reach its highest in a decade, the Queensland Police Service (QPS), launched the Easter road safety campaign from today until April 18, with the aim of reducing serious and fatal crashes. Assistant Commissioner Marcus said with 74 lives already being lost on Queensland roads this year, the QPS was urging the public to take responsibility for their actions during th...

From these finalists for the PEN America Literary Awards, winners will be announced on April 8 and receive a total of more than US$380,000. Dining tents in New York City’s Bryant Park, February 4. Image – iStockphoto: Massimo Giachetti From 1,850 Submissions, 55 Finalists A total of 55 titles in 11 categories have been named today (February 10) as finalists in the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards. They now are in contention for an aggregate purse of more than US$380,000. PEN America, of course, is the US affiliate chapter of PEN International. An important and notably serious program amon...

This morning, PEN America released the 2021 Literary Awards Finalists. More than forty-five imprints and presses are featured on the list, with half of the titles coming from university and indie presses. Twenty books are from writers making their literary debuts, and half the titles among the open-genre awards are poetry collections. Chosen by a cohort of judges representing a wide range of disciplines, backgrounds, identities, and aesthetic lineages, these fifty-five Finalist books represent a humbling selection of the year’s finest examples of literary excellence. The stories on the Fin...