Brisbane residents flock to rural towns
Brisbane city lockdowns due to the pandemic has seen an increase in residents moving to rural towns.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 11,207 people were recorded in capital cities in the September 2020 quarter.
This was the largest quarterly fall on record, double the September 2019 figure of 5,631 people.
One of Brisbane's first festivals since Covid-19
One of Brisbane’s first large-scale outdoor music festivals since the pandemic peak was held just outside Brisbane over the weekend.
The ‘To The Point’ Festival on Saturday saw the likes of Amy Shark, The Cat Empire, and The Beautiful Girls play onstage after what has been a very trying period for artists and musicians.
On their Instagram on Saturday, The Cat Empire wrote that it had been their longest absence from the stage in their entire career.
Canberra welcomes newest Piccinini addition
The famous Skywhale hot air balloon has finally got a companion as the pair fly over Canberra.
Artist Patricia Piccinini has unveiled the seven-storey tall sculpture, titled Skywhalepapa, as part of her piece for the National Gallery of Australia.
Piccinini says the 10-breasted Skywhale and the Skywhalepapa, which is composed of some 3.6km of fabric, conveys the concepts of nurturing, caring, nature and evolution.
Al Jazeera journalist freed from Egyptian jail
Mahmoud Hussein, a journalist for Qatar’s Al Jazeera, has been freed after four years in an Egyptian jail.
According to Al Jazeera, Hussein was being held without formal charges nor trial. Detainees can be held in pre-trial for up to two years, in line with Egyptian laws, however authorities regularly prolong the periods.
Bail conditions are still being finalised at a police station in southern Cairo, but Hussein was released on Thursday.
Himalayan glacier devastates Uttarakhand district
At least 200 people have gone missing after a Himalayan glacier crashed into a river, in northern India.
The glacier caused a torrent that tore through two power plants and swept away roads and bridges.
According to director of the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, Bisht, the glacier could have blocked the river, causing the build-up that had devastating force when it broke through
Ffredi Blino: The Dishwasher Tapes
- Like all international crises, the pandemic has been tempered with the small pleasures that ensue while people are forced into isolation. One of those pleasures is this COVID-era set of tunes from former Brisbane musician Owen Jolly who has called Wales home for the past twenty or so years.
Logic1000: You've Got The Whole Night To Go
- You know how with sports it's totally normal to feel ownership of achievements of people you've never met? Well if you're looking for a reason to feel proud of Oz electronic music right now check Logic1000.
Search Continues for Man lost at sea at Broadbeach
A Woman has drowned overnight, and a search is still underway for a man believed to still be missing in the ocean, with aerial crews resuming their search this morning.
The couple were last seen at Broadbeach entering the surf at nine twenty pm yesterday.
Anyone with information regarding the couple are urged to contact authorities.
A hazardous surf warning is in place for the south-east coast, which is likely to last through the weekend.
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says he plans to mobilise enough international pressure on Myanmar’s military to ensure the Myanmar coup fails.
UN Response to Myanmar Coup
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says he plans to mobilise enough international pressure on Myanmar’s military to ensure the Myanmar coup fails.
His comment comes after China blocked a United Nations Security Council joint statement condemning Monday’s coup in Myanmar during a meeting on Tuesday.
The Myanmar army detained the country’s leader and others on Monday in response to alleged election fraud, however, António Guterres believes the election took place fairly.