Alex Cameron: Miami Memory
- Alex Cameron is not especially one of the biggest names in Australian music. But the Sydney indie-pop export, who is releasing his third album Miami Memory, is a genuine star overseas - duetting with indie darling Angel Olsen and touring stadiums with his other collaborators The Killers.
Chelsea Wolfe: Birth Of Violence
lifting above the dark concoction like a siren’s song piercing through the rumble of an oncoming storm.
Deranged For Rock & Roll could almost be a Lana Del Rey-styled lament but its melancholy pop structure is subverted by its vaguely clattering drums and that omnipresent yet almost subliminal hum of noise that is heard throughout the record.
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IVF procedure used to save near-extinct rhinos
There are only two northern white rhinos left in the world, but scientists have successfully created two embryos.
Fatu and Najin - the last two northern white rhinos are both female and cannot carry a pregnancy. The last male passed away last year.
The embryos were created with Fatu and Najin's eggs and frozen sperm from dead males. The embryos will be transferred into a female southern white rhino as a surrogate mother in the near future.
Vegan activist 'rescue mission' kills 100 bunnies
A Spain-based vegan activist group is defending allegations they caused the death of nearly 100 rabbits during a ‘rescue mission’.
The group made headlines this week when farmers reported some of the 16 ‘rescued’ rabbits were pregnant or lactating - meaning an estimated 90 offspring died following the theft.
A translation of a report from La Vanguardia indicated that the stress of the incident caused even more deaths, as bunnies suffered from ruptured spines and miscarried their unborn baby bunnies.
The Instagram manual every parent needs to read
Instagram has joined forces with an Australian mental health organisation to educate parents about the popular platform and provide tips for safe social media use.
The new resource by Instagram and ReachOut includes tools to protect young users from bullying, to control their privacy and to manage the amount of time they spend online.
The parents guide to Instagram works to explain the app, and even suggests questions to start a conversation about safe social media use.
The guide can be found on ReachOut’s website.
Woman injured after escaping under-staffed nursing home
A woman with dementia has suffered severe injuries, including a fractured eye socket, a fractured cheekbone and dozens of stitches, after escaping from a nursing home in Launceston on two occasions.
The woman’s daughter blames staff shortages for the incident, with staff from the not-for-profit aged care home saying they are required to care for up to 20 residents per worker.
Wedding venue destroyed by bushfires
A couple who planned to get married at the heritage-listed Binna Burra Lodge have less than three weeks to replan the wedding after bushfires destroyed the historic venue on Queensland’s Gold Coast hinterland on Sunday.
Kerri Brown and her fiancé, Brett Halford, are now scrambling to find another venue — and the money to pay for it.
The Ipswich couple has been shaken by the news but has tried to keep a positive attitude.
Koala saved in Queensland bushfires
Hundreds of animals are recovering in hospital after being rescued in Queensland bushfires this weekend.
A photo of a singed koala and her joey have become a symbol of hope and resilience in the Queensland bushfires.
The koalas were rescued by police officer Darren Ward in the Gold Coast hinterland who found them in shock, clinging to a branch on the ground.
"There was singeing to the fur, and singeing to the ears... but the baby seemed quite well protected," he said.
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