Cut Copy: Freeze, Melt
- It has been many years since Melbourne’s Cut Copy were the Bright New Things of the Australian live music community. After the rapturous response to their 2008 album In Ghost Colours, their popularity has continued overseas while gradually waning in their home country.
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Mali president resigns following military coup.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced his immediate resignation whilst in the custody of soldiers, one day after the military launched a coup.
When addressing the nation, Mr. Keita also confirmed that both the government and the national assembly would be dissolved.
The coup has been strongly condemned abroad, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Keita and his colleagues.
Thousands evacuate as fires engulf California.
Thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes in Northern California as wildfires ravage the state.
Over three hundred fires have ignited in a seventy-two-hour period reportedly caused by eleven thousand lighting strikes during an unprecedented heatwave.
Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as California tries to keep communities safe in these extreme conditions.
National Farmer's Federation calls for a faster reduction of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.
The National Farmer’s Federation have called for Australia to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
President Fiona Simson says her members, comprised of industry and state agriculture groups, overwhelmingly support the proposal.
The organisation’s target is more ambitious than Prime Minister Scott Morrison's, who has previously committed to achieving zero net emissions sometime in the second half of the century.
NSW Premier John Barilaro calls for NSW-Victoria border permit system to be scrapped.
New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro has called for the end of the permit system on the New South Wales – Victorian Border.
Mr. Barilaro has called the system “cumbersome” and “problematic” and wants a full review claiming that the crisis is easing in Victoria and case numbers are low in New South Wales.
The call comes on the back of Victoria’s lowest daily case update in weeks with two-hundred and sixteen new cases recorded yesterday.
Brisbane's Jam Pantry Café closes doors temporarily after customer returns positve Covid-19 test.
Brisbane’s Jam Pantry Café in Greenslopes has shut for deep cleaning after a woman who dined there on Sunday tested positive for Coronavirus.
Owner Victor Chan says Queensland health has given him approval to remain open, but he instead decided to close in order to sanitize the premises and have all staff tested.
Contact tracing is underway after the woman returned a positive test for Coronavirus upon arrival in Japan.
Ipswich woman tests positive to Coronavirus.
An Ipswich woman working at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre in Wacol has tested positive to covid-19 this morning.
The detention centre has been placed on lock down while a hundred and twenty-seven youths and five hundred staff undergo testing.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has reiterated the importance of staying home if sick, saying the woman had been working whilst experiencing symptoms.
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President of the World Bank calls for stronger economic relief in struggling countries.
President of the World Bank David Malpass has called for stronger global debt relief as economies worldwide continue to struggle in the wake of COVID-19.
Mr Malpass has identified that the imminent threat of poverty for economically fragile countries is his number one concern, and says that more needs to be done.