US intelligence chief leave the Trump administration
The US Intelligence Chief has become the latest senior figure to leave the Trump administration following an announcement from President Donald Trump on Twitter.
Director Dan Coats had clashed with the President over different approaches to the Russian and North Korean negotiations, with Mr Coats taking a hard line.
President Trump has nominated Congressman John Ratcliffe and said he would “inspire greatness for the country”.
DISPOSSESSED - 'Warpath Never Ended'
4ZZZ's Album of the Week 'Warpath Never Ended' pays respect to Elders past, present and far into the future.
Of the album DISPOSSESSED say:
UNSETTLING BLAK METAL, AT WAR WITH SO-CALLED “AUSTRALIA”, WITH WHITE SUPREMACY, WITH CAPITALISM, WITH PATRIARCHY AND ALL FORMS OF DOMINATION.
FIRE TO THE COLONY
ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE
ABORIGINAL LAND
This album was recorded on the unceded lands of the Gadigal people. We pay our respects to elders past, present and far into the future. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
The fire is still burning. We pray for the day that it catches and the land can be healed amidst the ashes. The grip of the coloniser will be broken, and until then we fan the flames together. There has been no surrender. Sovereignty has never been ceded. The warpath never ended."
10AM ZEDLINES
[Image credit: Flickr]
29th July 2019
Local Artists:
Tia Gostelow: Get To It (Single)(Lovely Records)
Chong Ali: Laughing Buddha ft Emily Wurramara (Single)(Independent)
Fortitude Music Hall opened its doors for the first time in 16 years
The Fortitude Music Hall opened its doors for the first time in 16 years on Friday, with a tribute show to the Brisbane music scene of old.
Chief executive of Hutchinson Builders Scott Hutchinson said they decided to rebuild the site for an upcoming generation of young people who had grown without the venue.
Mr Hutchinson said big bands such as Birds of Tokyo, The Flaming Lips and The Cat Empire will be able to play in the heart of Brisbane instead of on the outskirts.
Queensland police officers required to wear body cameras
Every uniformed Queensland police officer will be required to wear body cameras as part of sweeping reforms introduced by new commissioner Katarina Carrol.
Commissioner Carroll said the real-time footage will be high-definition and can be accessed remotely to record events without prejudice.
Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan said the changes will allow police to be more transparent and build confidence with the public.
Light plane crash in the South Australian outback
A Western Australian couple in their 60s have escaped with minor injuries from a light plane crash in the South Australian outback.
Police say the plane flipped while landing at the William Creek Airport on Sunday afternoon, resulting in an air exclusion ban that is still in place.
Tour operator Trevor Wright was on the scene and said he believes a landing wheel collapsed upon impact with the runway, which caused the plane to flip nose-first.
Last ditch effort to save Western Australian turtles
A Perth local council is making a last-ditch effort to save a species of endemic snake-necked turtle from extinction.
Turtle nesting refugees have been installed by Bibra Lake after dozens of pregnant turtles were crushed by cars and eaten by foxes last year.
Murdoch University PhD student Anthony Santaro said their surveys show an alarming ratio of one female turtle to every ten males in the local population.
Russian police arrest at Moscow election protest
Russian police said they detained more than 1,000 people in central Moscow as protesters demanded opposition candidates be allowed to run for the Moscow city council.
About 30 people were disqualified from the election and at least 50 arrests took place before the protest was scheduled to begin.
Opposition leaders said they were barred for political reasons and all 45 Moscow city council seats, which have a five-year-term, are up for election on September 8.
Indian train stuck in flood waters
Over 1,000 passengers have been evacuated from an Indian train after it got stuck in monsoon flood waters between two stations.
Local authorities said the train was carrying about 300 passengers who did not have registered tickets at the time of the incident.
Some passengers report they waited for up to 15 hours without food and water before being rescued.