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IPSWICH City Council received “several” submissions from prospective tenants keen to take over its upgraded CBD cinema complex but an operator won’t be locked in for at least another six months.
The council launched an expressions of interest campaign in January to find a business to manage the site formerly filled by Birch, Carroll and Coyle.
This closed on March 12.
It seemed at one state United Cinemas would take over the facility but rejected leasing the building late last year.
The massive financial impact of COVID-19 on the cinema industry was flagged as the reason for the decision, with businesses wanting to settle on a management agreement over a lease agreement in the current financial climate.
Premium Content Domestic and sexual violence services have called for the federal government to pour more funding into the sector amid concerns Queensland is at risk of losing key support at a time when demand from vulnerable women has almost tripled in some cases. Queensland specialist services have banded together to write to the government, urging it to inject another $150 million into the sector nationwide amid increased demand during the pandemic. Domestic Violence Action Centre in Ipswich and Toowoomba (DVAC) is bracing to lose more than 195 hours each week of frontline services when the funding ends - meaning that 10 staff will either have their hours cut or lose their role.
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Lawmakers Consider Adding Coercive Control In Domestic Violence Cases - Honolulu Civil Beat
Lawmakers Consider Adding ‘Coercive Control’ In Domestic Violence Cases
Supporters say the bill will make it easier to prosecute domestic abusers, but critics including law enforcement say its definition is far too broad. Reading time: 6 minutes.
Many people believe that domestic abuse is characterized by broken bones and physical injuries, but that is not always the case.
“It is often very subtle and is rooted in the power and control that one partner has over the other,” said Nanci Kreidman, executive director of Hawaii’s Domestic Violence Action Center.