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Global energy giant Shell has announced it is slashing between 7000 and 9000 jobs worldwide, including a number of its about 1200-strong Queensland workforce.
Speculation 181 jobs will be cut from Shell QGC operations at Gladstone and around the state are inaccurate, according to a Shell spokeswoman.
The news comes as worldwide demand for LNG throughout remains solid, increasing from 358 million tonnes in 2019, to 360 million tonnes in 2020, according to Shell’s annual LNG outlook.
Prices of LNG globally hit a record low early in the year but ended the 12-month period at a six-year high as demand in parts of Asia recovered and winter buying increased against tightened supply.
Subjects including science, music and home economics will be conducted in the centre, which will also feature staff and storage areas.
Rosella Park School provides a specialised and challenging curriculum in a supportive environment for students with moderate to severe intellectual impairments, from years Prep to 12.
A specialist certified asbestos removal contractor is required to perform initial works.
All contractors are required to comply with, and adhere to department workplace procedures and design standards.
Tenders will be awarded by the department on April 16.
The project is anticipated to be completed by December 17, 2021, but must be completed and commissioned by the start of the 2022 school year.
“At the same time it gives us a high visibility presence on the roads.
“So while we will be targeting drug-driving, at the same time we will be doing drink-driving tests and anything else we happen to find when we pull cars over.”
Snr Sgt English said following the highest number of deaths on Queensland roads in the past decade last year, fatalities were almost double what they were at the same time in 2020.
“The road toll is double what we were this time last year,” he said.
There had been 43 fatalities on the state’s roads at February 25, compared to 20 last year.
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One of the most popular payment methods used by thousands of Central Queenslanders, Afterpay, is implementing changes this month that will impact all users.
Launched in 2014, then listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2016, the âbuy now, pay laterâ platform allows users to purchase and receive goods, then pay them off in fortnightly instalments.
The brainchild of Sydney man Nick Molnar and his then neighbour Anthony Eisen, the digital payment system was worth more than $1.5 billion just four years after its launch and has expanded to the US and the UK.
With more than 8 million customers worldwide, Afterpay propelled Mr Molar to the elite status of Australiaâs youngest self-made billionaire in 2020, aged just 30.
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Subscriber only Operating out of a small facility without power or toilets for more than three years hindered Baffle Creek Men s Shed s development and progress. So after two years of planning and grant applications, president Neil Connor said they were looking forward to establishing their official club , aimed at fostering friendships and helping the community. Currently, Mr Connor said the Men s Shed had about 30 members from Rules Beach, Baffle Creek, Rosedale, Mt Maria, Deepwater and Wartburg, who greatly benefited from the mateship and work done by the organisation. Some of our members are quite isolated and live by themselves out in the scrub and a lot of them are a bit sad as they ve lost their partners, he said.