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>
Cartoon - Changing Conditions
Out of the frying pan and into the October Budget
12PM ZEDLINES - 25 SEPTEMBER
By 4ZZZ reporters Grace Nakamura and Lily-Rose Davies.
9AM Zedlines - September 25
By 4ZZZ reporters Grace Nakamura and Lily-Rose Davies.
China's TV drama about the pandemic slammed for sexism
China’s new TV drama ‘Heroes in Harm’s Way’ based on real events about frontline workers during the pandemic has been criticised for its depiction of women.
The TV drama was marketed as highlighting the roles of female frontline workers, however the majority of female characters are shown as junior and subservient to men.
Despite the extensive publicity and fanfare surrounding the show, the pilot episode was only rated two point four out of ten by film critics.
UK records highest daily coronavirus cases
The United Kingdom has recorded the highest number of daily coronavirus cases since mass testing began.
Six thousand six hundred and thirty four cases were confirmed in one day, bringing the overall number of cases to over 400 000.
Confirmed cases in the UK have been steadily rising since July, however surveillance data suggests that only half of cases are being identified.
Strategy launched to fight rheumatic heart disease
Australia now has an evidence-based approach to achieve the national goal of eliminating rheumatic heart disease (RHD) within a decade.
More than five thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are living with the deadly yet preventable rheumatic heart disease (RHD) - for which there is no cure.
The Endgame Strategy which was launched yesterday could prevent 8,000 new RHD cases and 650 deaths by 2031.
Qantas workers to receive JobKeeper backpay
Qantas workers will receive thousands of dollars in backpay after the court agreed that Qantas had not correctly applied for the JobKeeper wage subsidy.
Airline unions took Qantas to court for deliberately manipulating JobKeeper to minimise the amount paid to workers.
During the pandemic many aviation workers lost their jobs and the Morrison government refused calls to create an aviation industry support plan.