Tarragindi Community Garden fight for a better tomorrow
Tarragindi Community Garden, the latest community garden to join Brisbane’s fight for a better tomorrow. Can one person bring an entire community together? How can a community garden offer healing in a global pandemic?
Isabella Cheng talks to Founder, Renae McBrien, on how she created a healing garden and a sense of community during these isolated times.
Drones to plant seeds across Australia's damaged bushland
Drones are being trialled to distribute seeds across Australia in an attempt to reproduce the wildlife that was lost after the nation’s bushfires.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia announced approximately 40,000 seeds will be planted a day, which will assist in rebuilding wildlife environments.
“The goal is to repopulate native species, restore degraded landscapes, to ensure sustainable agriculture, and to build a more resilient Australia to deal with climate change and fire related disasters.”
Brisbane City Council may ban LED billboards in suburbs
Brisbane City Council is discussing banning large and brightly lit billboards in inner-city suburbs.
The proposal follows from protests that took place in Paddington in June, where residents objected to an LED billboard that was displayed in a suburb shop without community discussion.
The council are set to meet today to discuss implementing a local law that would prohibit “high-impact” signs larger than four square metres.
North QLD areas without weather radars for La Nina
Two weather radars in North Queensland areas Richmond and Flinders shires will not be working for the upcoming wet weather of La Nina.
The Federal Government pledged a $28 million plan to install the radars as response to last year’s floods. However, the devices are being created overseas to which Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has advised is a lengthy process.
The shires are currently being serviced by radars in other towns which are over 400 kilometres away.
Western Australia crew ships infected with coronavirus
Western Australia are continuing to battle the COVID infected crew ships docking at Fremantle Port.
Premier Mark McGowan has stated the constant arrival of crew infected ships is one of Western Australia’s “weakest links”.
The Al Messilah livestock carrier that docked at Fremantle Port have stated 25 crew members have tested positive, with worries the other 27 remaining crew may also be infected.
Namibia protest success
Four days of protests in Namibia has been successful in establishing special courts to handle physical and sexual violence against women.
The announcement came from the government in response to a petition that the parliament received last week amidst the four-day protest.
The prime minster made a statement that they “share in the repugnance of the Namibian public at the situation of SGBV and are in full agreement with the public that this situation cannot be allowed to continue”.
Russia accused of cyber-hacking
Russia has been accused of attempting to hack the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games set to take place next year.
The allegations come from the United Kingdom and United States who claim the Russian military intelligence have organised a series of cyber-attacks.
Six Russian military officers have been charged by the US Justice Department for using computer hacking to try and disrupt the French election, Winter Olympics, as well as US businesses.
Sweater Curse: Push//Pull
<p><span><span>- I think of Sweater Curse as a band with their eye on the prize. For all their unassuming lyrics about relationship angst and the mundanities of this modern life, for all their roaring, throwback, slacker guitar-rock, they’re not really consumed by the little picutre and they're not rocking because they don’t know any better. There’s something astute about this crew: they <em>want to be better</em>.
Devonté Hynes: We Are Who We Are
<p><span><span>- In his original score for the <strong>HBO</strong> series <em>We Are Who We Are</em>, Devonte ‘Dev’ Hynes, the man behind the <strong>Blood Orange</strong> persona, offers some of his most emotive classical arrangements yet. In the same way that his work as Blood Orange explored tranquil R&B riven with a subversive vein of discontent - his new, original score challenges contemporary classical with the inclusion of synthesisers and drones.