Climate change rally left seventy protesters arrested in New York
Police say 70 climate-change protesters were arrested on Saturday after they blocked traffic outside the New York Times headquarters.
Protesters from the group Extinction Rebellion formed a human chain, hung banners on a Manhattan skyscraper and outside a bus terminal across the street.
The protesters were rallying for the New York Times to boost its environmental coverage and for media outlets to use the term “climate emergency” instead of climate change.
Aussie kids taking a stance against bullying
Thousands of Australian children are taking a stand against bullying in this year’s national anti-bullying poster design competition.
Eleven-year-old Isabella Sinanovski from Lennox Head in New South Wales claimed first prize with her colourful poster and slogan “follow your heart, not the herd”.
Isabella warns her peers against making friends with groups which hurt others and says being different is what makes a person unique.
Five-year project uncovers unexpected new Aboriginal historical findings
Eight researchers from Flinders University have joined with South Australia’s River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation to uncover Indigenous Australian history along the Murray River.
Initial results suggest Aboriginal occupation of the area goes back about 25,000 years further than previously thought.
Professor Amy Roberts says her team has surveyed sites, undergone radiocarbon dating and interviewed the local Aboriginal community during the project.
Construction begins on new casino and resort complex
Construction begins on Brisbane’s $3.6 billion casino and resort complex as the first crane arrives on site in Queen’s Wharf.
With three resort towers and a Sky Deck planned to be completed by 2022, Tourism Minister Kate Jones says the scope of the project is impressive.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the project will have up to 2000 workers on site during the peak construction period.
Triple Negative: Precious Waste In Our Wake
- Let’s play mummies and daddies and dinner parties. If you come over and I’m making veganó penne á la vodka on a Tuesday afternoon and listening to something that makes you a little nervous, ask me, and I’ll say “I’m listening to the debut Triple Negative album, Precious Waste In Our Wake”. Once you nod politely and hope I’ll change the subject instead I’ll give you some unsolicited music trivia: the unofficial album title is “The Fucking Terrible Receding Shapes, We Shed Precious Waste In Our Wake” “what a name!!!”.
Katie Dey: Solipsisters
- Katie Dey is an enigma. In Australia, she’s still a little-known, outsider pop weirdo. Yet the impact of her work is felt across the world, in the corridors of taste-making. Her unique approach to vocal production -feeding a spun-sugar falsetto through a studio wood-chipper- is the surprisingly perfect counterweight to her often adorably twee pop. With possible apologies to Spirit Bunny it’s like nothing else you’ll hear around here: a technicolour splatter on our wide, brown land.
Hot Chip: A Bath Full Of Ecstasy
- Been a while since Hot Chip graced the turntables and ear canals of the discerning listener, the last album was four years ago and as this decade ends, the various members of the band are finding themselves on the cusp of the dreaded mid-life crisis: approaching 20 years as a collective music-making unit. Clearly, this could be a cause for despair or, on the other hand, radical re-invention to find some relevancy. Neither of these two extremes is apparent on A Bath Full of Ecstasy, their seventh full length release.
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Britain's Leading Centre For Mouse Genetics Set to Close
Britain's leading centre for mouse genetics is facing closure which critics believe will undermine essential research on serious diseases and threaten UK’s science standing.
The Medical Research Council has told staff at its Harwell Institute in Oxfordshire that an internal strategy board recommend the closure of all academic work at the site.
The closure threatens research on diabetes, neurodegenerative disease, child deafness and other conditions.
US Drone Shot Down by Iranian Missile
A US drone flying in international airspace has been shot down by an Iranian missile, according to US Officials.
The drone was brought down amid the heightened tensions between Iran and the US over its failing nuclear deal.
A spokesperson said the drone was flying in Iranian airspace, raising questions about the legitimacy of the US officials’ claims.