Poke! More Daniel's remains?; Mining tax breaks; cloth nappies to return (5th September 2011)

BREAKING: More remains found at Daniel Morcombe's site [Courier Mail]

I think throughout my entries, I have almost 70% of news that is about this case. But please bear with me, as I followed this story very closely. But today, just hours ago, the SES volunteer search team at Beerwah has discovered yet another human remains. Again, further forensic investigation is needed for this new pile of bones to confirm if the bones are from Daniel. In the meantime, the shoes found 2 weeks ago were still undergoing testing.

Highest paid miners need tax break? [Courier Mail]

Mining industry is regarded as the highest paid industry among others, but the workers there are asking for more, apparently. They earn an average of more than $100,000 and many coal companies already supplying houses or subsidising accommodation for workers, with bonuses of $10,000 for deposits to encourage people to live locally. However, there are still a lot of job vacancies left as workers refuse to live near the mining sites permanently. So an idea is sparked that maybe people are also worrying about the tax that fly-in workers have to pay every year. They believe tax-incentive to lure workers to live permanently is better than hiring local workers adnd fly-in, fly-out workers. The Government has also demanded companies to build houses in regional Queensland to ensure there is a regular inflow of residence are going in, or the town might be soon die out. But here also lies a few issue: marriage breakdowns, social problems. I am still not in favour for the government pushing the mining boom thing full on.

New trend as parents now prefer cloth nappies [Brisbane Times]

Look at all the trendy nappies!

What did I use when I was still a tiny bugger? I don't remember. But apparently my mum said I used pretty much cloth nappies all the time, that makes me wonder why do I like those little clips so much. But using cloth nappies are such a hassle. Not only you have to wash the disgusting soiled nappies with fecal discharges, you have to either line-dry it or dump it into the dryer. But since the invention of disposable nappies, things get much easier and convenient for babies and mums, they can save up time and whenever your lovely pumpkin threw a dump in it, you just throw it away! Well, that's kind of bad for the environment, isn't it? So, recently mums are starting to reuse the old-fashioned way of treating potty problems. I think what they now do is much better as imagine how many times a baby poop, and you have to change it so many times and all the disposable nappies will end up in landfills nd multiply it by millions of babies in the world. That's a lot of nappies wasted. So, keep on the trend, I'd say! Long live the cloth nappies!

D.