Melbourne Cup protests ensue in WA
Animal rights activists are expected to join together today on Western Australia’s Ascot Racecourse in protest of the Melbourne Cup.
Event organiser James Sparrow said protestors want to stand up against the horse racing industry.
He said, “We want to gather together to show our disgust at this event and just demand the industry be thoroughly investigated… eventually we want this industry to be abolished that’s been corrupt and cruel.”
Protests began at the Melbourne Cup parade in Melbourne CBD yesterday.
Gastro outbreak at Tangalooma
More than 50 people have fallen ill with gastroenteritis at Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island, and investigators say the resort’s contaminated drinking water is to blame.
Metro South Health public health physician Dr Kari Jarvinen said people who have recently visited the resort should stay alert for symptoms and seek medical advice if necessary.
Dr Jarvinen said, “Gastro caused by bacteria can give you nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhoea … and fever.”
41 immigrants were found by Greek police on Monday
Officials said the Greek police found 41 immigrants on Monday, most of them Afghans, hiding in refrigerated trucks on highways in northern Greece.
The discovery was 10 days after the discovery of 39 bodies believed to be all Vietnamese immigrants behind a refrigerated truck near London. The deceased were charged two in the UK and eight in Vietnam.
Greek police officials said that the refrigeration system on the trucks that found immigrants in northern Greece did not open, and although some immigrants demanded medical assistance, there was no injured immigrant.
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.