Australian Christian Lobby replaces Israel Falou’s GoFundMe page
The Australian Christian Lobby has this morning set up a new fundraising page for Israel Falou’s legal bid against Rugby Australia.
The page has already received $70,000 in donations in addition to the $100,000 supplied by the ACL.
The group’s Managing Director Martyn Iles tweeted a link to the page last night, saying it sets an important legal precedent.
Trump announces new sanctions against Iran’s Supreme Leader
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order placing financial sanctions against Iran’s supreme leader.
It is the latest action by the US to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting militant groups, with President Trump saying he will continue to increase pressure until the regime abandons its dangerous activities.
The sanctions follow Iran’s downing of a US surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz last week.
Muslim women defy ban to swim in burkinis at French pool
Muslim women in Grenoble, France are participating in a Rosa Parks inspired protest by disobeying local swimming pool regulations and wearing burkinis.
The Jean Bron swimming pool is among many in France that ban these full body bathing suits.
‘Operation Burkinins’ was launched last month by members of the group Citizen Alliance of Grenoble to defend what they say is the right of Muslim women.
The Aints - '5-6-7-8'
Formed in 2017 The Aints! original brief was to recreate the sound and energy of The Saints, the band co-founded by Kuepper in 1973, as they celebrated 40 years since the release of that band's ground-breaking debut, (I’m) Stranded, in 1977. With such talent at play though, it wasn’t long before this inspired five-piece created material of their own. An album The Church of Simultaneous Existence, comprised entirely of Kuepper originals written in the period 1969-1978, was released internationally to much fanfare and was a hit with fans and critics alike.
5-6-7-8-9 is the next release from The Aints! A 5-track mini-LP comprising alternate versions of album tracks Goodnight Ladies (single edit) and Country Song in G (acoustic) plus reworked versions of tracks from Kuepper’s 50 album strong catalogue including Memories Are Made Of This (The Saints, 1978) Laughing Clowns (Laughing Clowns, 1980) and Hang Jean Lee (Ed Kuepper & The Kowalski Collective, 2007).
4ZZZ Top 20
1. The Biology Of Plants - Vol. 2 (Album Of The Week)
2. VOIID - DROOL
3. Amyl And The Sniffers - Amyl And The Sniffers
4. Syrup, Go On - Last Light
5. The Cutaways - Wax Woman
6. Pleasure Symbols - Closer And Closer Apart
7. Hannah Campbell - East Coast Dream (Single)
8. Thelma Plum - Better In Blak (Single)
9. Hatchie - Keepsake
10. Cloud Tangle - Falling Asleep EP
11. Whalehouse - The Bug Song (Single)
12. Good Pash - Baby Chav De-Prawns (Single)
13. We All Want To - On The Dots
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Meteor lit up Queensland's night sky and created a sonic boom
Hundreds of Queenslanders were left in shock after a meteor lit up the night sky and created a sonic boom while hurtling towards Earth.
Residents from Blackwater in central Queensland to Tweed Heads in northern New South Wales took to social media to discuss the rare sight.
Witnesses say the meteor landing sounded like an “explosion” and felt like an “earthquake”.
Canadian woman left on Canada Air a few hours after plane had landed
A Canadian woman has woken up alone and terrified on board an Air Canada plane a few hours after the flight had landed.
Tiffani Adams says she woke up in the freezing cold, still buckled to her seat and had barely managed to call her friend before her phone ran out of battery.
Ms Adams says Air Canada has apologised to her on multiple accounts, with the airline company officially launching investigations this week.
Walmart using AI cameras to fight theft in their stores
The US supermarket chain Walmart has confirmed it uses AI cameras to catch shoplifters who use self-serve checkouts.
The image recognition cameras do not track people but instead see if items have been scanned before being placed in shopping bags at the checkout.
A Walmart spokesperson says the technology has already made theft less common in over a thousand of their stores.
Three surviving children from a Syrian refugee camp are on their way back home to Australia
The Prime Minister’s office confirms the three surviving children of a dead Australian Islamic State terrorist are on their way back to Australia after being rescued from a Syrian refugee camp.
The three children were among eight rescued from a secret refugee camp on Sunday and Scott Morrison says the decision to rescue the children was carefully considered.
According to Nine News, the three children will be returned to their grandmother in Sydney, while others will be returned to family in Melbourne.