Queensland Premier Clears the way for NRL Season to Resume

The Queensland premier has cleared the path for the NRL season to resume, as the COVID-19 curve flattens in Queensland with no new cases Friday and five more recoveries. 

The Premier said the NRL season could resume on May 28th, dependent on Chief Health Officer advice the league's plan is workable, and the NRL's assurance that players won't break restrictions. "It must not put at risk our excellent work containing the spread of COVID-19," the Premier said.
 

Queensland Government Eases COVID-19 Restrictions

With the government restrictions eased as of May 2nd public gatherings for recreational purposes are allowed.
 
These include having a picnic in a park or public space that remains open, driving a motor vehicle, including for a learner driver to accumulate driving hours, riding a motorcycle, Boating, jet skiing, or other forms of personalised transport; and shopping for non-essential items at a place permitted to remain open with the use of social distancing.

4ZZZ Top 20

1. Jaguar Jonze - Diamonds And Liquid Gold EP

2. Brainbeau - INFINITE WAYS (Album Of The Week)

3. Cable Ties - Far Enough

4. Dicklord - It's Soooo Boring

5. Violent Soho - Everything Is A-OK

6. loulou - Gotta Get Better (Single)

7. RVG - Feral

8. Baker Boy - Move (Single)

9. Tia Gostelow - Rush (Single)

10. Rebel Yell - Anti Club Music (Feat. R-T-Fax) (Single)

11. The Stress Of Leisure - Interesting Times (Single)

12. Lucy Francesca Dron - Questions (Single)

4ZZZ's Album of the Week: RVG - 'Feral'

Melbourne’s RVG return with their highly anticipated second album, Feral. Following their beloved 2017 debut ‘A Quality of Mercy’, RVG perform the tricky alchemy of combining rock’s urgency, punk’s anarchy, and pop’s empathy to create a record that feels vital: Feral is a catharsis, a call to arms, and a forthright indictment of contemporary complacency. ‘Feral’ was recorded at Head Gap studios with producer Victor Van Vugt (PJ Harvey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Beth Orton). Internationally renowned, Van Vugt currently resides in #Berlin, #Germany and travelled to #Melbourne to work with RVG. One of the producer’s key tenets is a sense of spontaneity, of capturing the essence of a song’s live performance, a concern that RVG prize above all else when recording. The band recorded the album’s instrumentals live to track, allowing their playing to be infused with the kind of electricity that has seen the band’s live show lauded across Australia and internationally. ‘Feral’ is RVG’s first full-length release in three years and marks the beginning of an exhilarating new era for the band. Both a cry for help and a call to action, this is an album that demands your attention.

Childcare in Quarantine

Early childcare has been made free by the Morrison government, this is great for parents, but early childcare workers seem to be a little in the dark. They are a vital part of our education system and they’ve only been given as much information as you and I; I talk to early childcare worker, Layla, about the changes she has faced in the past few weeks.

India Kennedy reports

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