Elizabeth: The Wonderful World Of Nature
- After the untimely demise of her highly regarded retro-pop outfit Totally Mild, Elizabeth Mitchell was never going to pack up that big voice of hers and walk away from the game. God, maybe she could have, but thank goodness she didn’t. Her full-length, solo debut, features many of the things that made her music great in the past, but also a few significant departures. It also struggles to contain the emotional turmoil that’s surged through recent chapters of Elizabeth’s life.
Mayhem: Daemon
- While Mayhem haven’t proffered any new music, outside of some live albums, since 2014’s brilliant Esoteric Warfare, they remain a band that's central in extreme music conversations. The chatter only increased in volume and intensity when the gormless mess of a so-called bio-pic Lords of Chaos was released to unanimous ire.
Amaringo: I Woke Up This Morning After A Dream
- Amaringo have been gently drifting through the cosmos for a few years now. That's kinda their thing. The duo of singer-drummer Allie Wu Lin and guitarist-bassist Christian Driscoll float on psychedelic breezes, jamming their hypnotic jams.
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Indonesia uses asbestos that can cause cancers
Indonesia are still using asbestos in massive volumes, oblivious to the danger.
About 10 per cent of Indonesian homes have roofs made from white asbestos, a proven carcinogen that can cause cancers including mesothelioma [me-seu-thi-lioma ]and several other diseases.
Muhammad Darisman from Indonesian Ban Asbestos Network saud Indonesia has a potential for an epxlosion of the number of people with exposure to asbestos or asbestos-related disease.
Tom Watson quits as Labour deputy leader
The UK’s Labour deputy leader Tom Watson announced he will step down from parliament after 35 years reopening the debate about the party’s direction under Jeremy Corbyn.
In a letter to Mr Corbyn released by Labour, Mr Watson says his resignation was “personal, not political,” as the two shared significant political differences.
Mr Corbyn also said he enjoyed “convivial” chats with Mr Waston, and he hoped the horseradish plant he gave Waston will thrive.
The reef in Queensland are in the risk of pesticide residues
New research has found that pesticide regulation and management in the reef catchment areas of Queensland had failed to prevent the exposure of ecosystems to the significant risk of agricultural chemicals.
The study revealed more than 50 individual pesticide residues had been detected in the Great Barrier Reef waterways.
Total fire bands from the Sydney Coast to the Queensland border
Total fire bans stretching from the Sydney coast to the Queensland border and out into the northwest are being enforced amid a severe fire danger forecast.
Inspector Ben Shepherd from the NSW Rural Fire Service said temperatures exceeding 30 degrees, low humidity and strong winds were a dangerous combination today.
"It’s been an extraordinary season so far. We’ve seen more land burnt this fire season than the past two fire seasons combined,” he said.
Firefighters are on standby as susceptible fire conditions loom for the next 48 hours.
Parts of south-east Queensland have recorded their coldest November mornings in 13 years
Parts of south-east Queensland have recorded their coldest November mornings in 13 years days prior to predicted sweltering temperatures.
Meteorologist Kimba Wong says a dry air mass lingering above south-east Queensland is responsible for the unseasonably cold morning.
Ms Wong also says no storms or rain is forecast for the rest of the week because there was not enough moisture in the air.
“It was windy yesterday as a trough pushed off the coast and there were dusty south-westerly winds near the trough,” she said.
Mount Coot-tha revitalised under a new plan
The heritage-listed restaurant at the top of Mount Coot-tha will be revitalised under a plan from new lessees, Mantle Group, which operates the popular eatery Jimmy’s on the Mall.
Mantle Group chief executive Godfrey Mantle says his company was very excited about taking on the leases at the popular tourism spot.
Mr Mantle says he thinks people will be delighted with what they're proposing and it will be somewhere locals will really enjoy coming to.