Dozens of people were injured in Hong Kong’s protest last week
The authorities said on Monday that dozens of people were injured in Hong Kong during a chaotic weekend of anti-government protests, leaving a man in a critical state. China called for a tougher stance to end the months of unrest.
Police said 12 policemen were injured during the weekend clash and more than 300 14-54-year-olds were arrested between Friday and Sunday.
Redlands mayor calls for better funding
The Mayor of the Redland City Council is calling for government funding to be allocated more equitably to the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.
Councillor Karen Williams says the Redlands area is classed as metropolitan, meaning the islands are ineligible for Works for Queensland funding, despite geographical isolation and unemployment.
Cr Williams said “The fact that our community is not eligible… fails to recognise the unique challenges faced by parts of our city, in particular our island communities”.
Giant water battery helping university’s carbon neutrality goal
The University of the Sunshine Coast has installed an experimental water battery that has cut their energy costs by $100 million.
Standing three stories high, the battery will aid the university in reaching their goal of being carbon neutral by 2025, with the battery already reducing reliance on the energy grid by 40 percent.
The giant battery harnesses 6,000 solar panels to cool water used in the university’s air conditioning systems.
Review: Queensland Symphony Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky and Beethoven
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra performance of Tchaikovsky and Beethoven that featured violin soloist Nemanja Radulović was quite the night. On November 1st, 2019 at 7:30pm the Concert Hall became utterly quiet as Craig Whitehead announced the news that there was a change of events in relation to the night’s program. It appeared that unfortunately Alondra de la Parra was unable to conduct the following performance and was making her way to a nearby hospital.
Review: Antigone presented by Queensland Theatre
Written by Sophocles, adapted by Merlynn Tong and directed by Travis Dowling
A successful adaptation of an Ancient Greek tragedy, exploring the intricacies between ideology and morals through family relationships in a politically inflamed society
Sudan Archives: Athena
<span>- <strong>Brittney Parks</strong>, better known by her stage name Sudan Archives, has been a regular musical presence since 2017, so it may come as a surprise that <em>Athena</em> is actually her debut album; and although her alias may suggest she’s some kind of ethnomusicologist a la <strong>Alan Lomax</strong>, Sudan Archives is in fact a singer and violinist who makes a classically-informed style of modern R&B.
Obscura Hail: Zero
- Classic songwriting: it can be a sledge, a way of saying ‘there’s nothing new or interesting happening here’, faint praise to cover up the boredom. When you run into really classic songwriting, however, it’s something else altogether. It’s a kind of alchemy, a conjuring of the power of chord progressions, harmony and dynamics that can turn a simple pop tune into a thing of power and beauty and in some cases something a little more again.
Refused: War Music
- “They say the classics never go out of style, but they do. Somehow baby, I never thought we would too.” So went the opening line from The Shape Of Punk To Come, the iconic album released in 1998 by Swedish hardcore band Refused.
Shortly after releasing that album, Refused split up. Their final offering to the world though was a breakup communique that only added to their legend.
9AM Zedlines
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3 Year Old to Attend Primary School in New Trial
The Queensland Government is going to trial sending 3 year old’s to primary school in 2020.
The pilot program is going to be called KindyLinQ and will be trialled across 40 schools.
Specially designed sessions that will go for approximately 6 hours a week will help the very young children develop essential skills in language and communication, with Education Minister Grace Grace saying the aim is to have children better prepared for their early primary school years.