Funding announced for aged care sector
In National news, the government has pledged a $563 million support scheme for the aged care sector.
The boost aims to ensure staff are not working at a multitude of facilities, and to provide suitable personal protective equipment for further protection against COVID-19.
The Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck announced the pledge following the pressure the government is receiving in its approach to the aged care sector throughout the pandemic.
Proposed bill to ban mobile phones in Australian Immigration not well received
A new bill in Parliament is being advocated to confiscate mobile phones from detainees in Australian immigration.
This act would grant permission for officials to remove items such as mobile phones and sim cards, and allow Australian Border Force agents the right to search detainees.
The bill has been met with campaigns of objection, where already over 30,000 people have signed a petition for this act to be dismissed.
Former Indian President dies from COVID-19
In international news, the former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee has died after testing positive to COVID-19.
The health authorities stated 84 year old Mukherjee contracted a lung infection which then put him into septic shock, and from there his medical condition worsened.
Current Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi tweeted his gratitude to Mukherjee, stating “he has left an indelible mark on the development trajectory of our nation.”
Mauritius oil spill sparks protests
In Mauritius, protests have sparked against the government’s lack of response to the oil spill that occurred last month, as dead dolphins have been recently discovered washed ashore.
Although the cause of these deaths is not yet confirmed, experts are concerned the chemicals that were leaked into the ocean are the reason.
Locals of Mauritius are peacefully demonstrating through Port Louis where they are pressing for an investigation into this oil spill.
Wafia - 'Good Things'
Your feel-good, self-love dance party playlist has arrived! The trailblazing, RIAA-Certified Gold singer-songwriter, Wafia, has released her most impactful body of work yet; Good Things.
HERE. Recently named one of VOGUE’s “New LGBTQ+ Musicians to Listen to Now,” the new project sees Wafia boldly detail the end of a bad relationship and the life-changing transformation that followed. “I shed a lot of heaviness in the last year, friendships and relationships that didn’t serve me any longer,” Wafia shares. “I grieved a lot and some days I still do but anything difficult comes with an opportunity for something better. This EP is about that.”
The EP features the rising star’s newest single, “Good Things.” The upbeat and glistening bop offers us the much-needed reminder that despite hard times, we all have got good things goin on! The track arrives today with a bubbly, 90s inspired video. The video, led by an all-female crew and directed by Ashley Tsai, features Wafia and some of her best girl friends. Check out the colorful and mood-boosting video on Wafia’s official YouTube channel HERE.
“This song to me is a celebration of all the good that comes your way when you make the space for it,” Wafia says about “Good Things.” “I think everyone at one point has had someone tell them they can’t do something and that makes for great fuel, it always feels good to prove someone wrong". - Wafia
Tom Lyngcoln: Raging Head
<p><span><span>- Tom Lyngcoln has been a part of twenty-plus records in his time but his second solo record, <em>Raging Head,</em> is still as full of fury and as cathartic as only Lyngcoln can be. Following up from his 2018 first release <em>Doming Home</em> which was eleven tracks of solo guitar and guttural roars, the new album could not sound more different, yet still unmistakably him. Raging by name and raging by nature only two tracks are longer than three minutes and the record is fundamentally a hardcore punk album.
Angel Olsen: Whole New Mess
<p><span><span>- Returning suddenly with a follow-up record to last year’s <em>All Mirrors</em>, Nashville based singer-songwriter Angel Olsen, isn’t simply rehashing the demos of that release. No, for <em>Whole New Mess</em>, a true spiritual successor, Angel Olsen proves that her biggest strength is her songwriting.</span></span></p>
12pm Zedlines - August 31
Your 12pm Zedlines with Jordan and Tom
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4ZZZ Top 20
1. Pool Shop - A Shadow
2. Sweater Curse - All The Same (Single)
3. Briggs - Always Was EP
4. Pink Matter - You'll Never Know (Single)
5. Gordon Koang - Unity (Album Of The Week)
6. Wafia - Good Things EP
7. Mo'Ju - Put It On Hold (Single)
8. Naretha Williams - Blak Mass
9. Jaguar Jonze - Toxic (Single)
10. FeelsClub - Skin (Single)
11. loulou - It Spills Out EP
12. Zelda - Before The World Burnt Down
13. Miiesha - Nyaaringu
14. Ancient Channels - Moments In Ruin
German politicians condemn far-right protests
German politicians have been quick to condemn anti-lockdown protestors holding far-right flags in Berlin on Saturday. The protests saw violence and hundreds of arrests, as police were able to stop protesters from entering the German parliament. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said the demonstration of symbols from the country’s “dark past” were “unacceptable” and have nothing to do with modern democracy.