Children mental health ongoing support increases during the pandemic

Kids Helpline says the level of ongoing contacts to the service during the pandemic increased by 24% nationally between March and August compared to the same period last year.

Yourtown Chief executive Officer Tracy Adams said the pandemic has highlighted the importance for children’s mental health to connect with others but concerns remain that the current numbers might only be the tip of the iceberg.

Australian Tourism Sector Receives Funding To Boost Local Tourists

The Coalition has announced that it will provide two hundred and fifty million dollars in funding to boost Australia’s regional tourism sector.

 

The funding aims to increase Australian tourism numbers in regional cities, and prepare for international tourists once borders reopen. 

 

Environmental Activist stops Adani’s Abbott Point coal activity

Kyle Magee has stopped work at Adani’s Abbott Point coal terminal this morning by locking himself to coal loading infrastructure to protest the impacts of the coal industry on the environment.

He stated his actions are in response to the inaction of the government to diminish the coal industry impacts on Australia, and denounced that instead of being in “severe damage control”, we are continuing business as usual.

The impact of the cancellation of Gold Coast Schoolies

Schoolies is a rite of passage of many young Australians, symbolising the transition from school to adulthood. Now the official Gold Coast events have been cancelled due to COVID-19 school leavers must find other ways to celebrate the end of their schooling.
4ZZZ reporter Grace Nakamura spoke with Year 12 student Brianna Hoffman about her plans. 
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Music Yared: Music Yared

- Their name is a tribute to Saint Yared, regarded as the pioneer of the traditional music of Ethiopia and Eritrea, creator of religious music and the Ethiopian musical notation system. Music Yared open with the epic but hypnotic twelve-minute-long second single and first cut of their self-titled EP, Ambassal. Musically based on the pentatonic scale, thought to be the world's oldest and the foundation for almost every other one.

Sylvan Esso: Free Love

<p><span><span>- In a piece for the Guardian this March, <strong>Brodie Lancaster</strong> spoke to <strong>Cut Copy</strong>'s<strong> Dan Whitford </strong>about the challenges of performing electronic music post-lockdown. She noted that "the energy required for dance music can’t be replicated in a two-dimensional experience" like the livestreams that have become popular with singer-songwriters, "[beaming] out of one living room into another."</span></span></p>