New safety body for QLD resource workers

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 09:11

A new independent safety body for Queensland resource workers would be established under a bill introduced to State Parliament.

 

Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Anthony Lynham introduced the Resources Health and Safety Bill to Parliament on Wednesday, following six Queensland mining and quarrying deaths in the past year.

 

The bill would create Resources Safety and Health Queensland, an independent body overseeing resource industry workers.

 

HTRK - 'Venus In Leo'

Submitted by charlottec on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 09:11
It’s been ten years since HTRK released their breakthrough first album, Marry Me Tonight. The band has undergone profound changes, with the first two albums released amid the deaths of close friend and collaborator Rowland S. Howard and HTRK co-founder Sean Stewart. Psychic 9-5 Club set them on a path of self-discovery, and Venus in Leo marks a spirited new chapter by one of the most distinctive bands of the past decade. Recorded more or less live in HTRK’s home studio in the Dandenong Ranges outside of Melbourne, the album’s simple production reveals gorgeous, toned-back arrangements and an evolving, idiosyncratic songcraft. "Venus in Leo reads like an auspicious book of horoscopes told though nine tracks. Through it, we gain glimpses of both the future and past. Of heartache, devotion, ennui and aspirations both pure and those doomed to failure. Each song, akin to an entry in a dusty astrology paperback, delivers a vague yet strangely personal message from somewhere...other. Written during the Australian Summer in the Dandenong Ranges, a hazy, heady, sunset glow permeates the album, as do the entangled emotions of excitement, anticipation and apathy that inevitably unfurl around us as one year melts into another". "Yangs’ delicate fingerpicking ebbs & flows over precise, pared back synthetic percussion, in a beautiful union of the organic and digitised. This contrast gives the album its crisp yet velvety embrace and crafts a dreamlike, protective aura around the album though which Standish’s vocals call out clean, like a spectral voice; one well versed in the swelling highs & crushing lows of romance and routine. Placed quite forward in the mix (a first for HTRK) Standish’s lyrics lend the album a confessional, intimate feel and blur between recited memories, recalled dreams and letters to loved ones. Like warm breath on a cold mirror, both personal and reflective, Jonnines’ lyrics are a point of pride for the album". "Venus in Leo is a sharply resolved composition of moods, musings & memory which coalesces into an expansive, evocative and calming soundscape. At one level, an intimate meditation on the intricacies of personality and emotions & experience, on another, it is a consideration of the grander cosmic forces that perhaps underpin & influence these phenomena. Sensual, shadowy & warm, Venus in Leo unfurls in a slow tempo beauty into the perfect Springtime soundtrack to dim the lights, deconstruct your birth chart & plan your summer romance to". Words by Dominique Furphy Read the full review here: 4zzzfm.org.au/reviews/album/htrk-venus-leo

WA diver shoots great white shark with speargun to fend it off

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 09:10

A WA fisherman has described the moment he had to fend off a suspected white shark while diving off the Burns Beach coast on Saturday morning.

 

Joe Petrovich was diving from a boat about two kilometres offshore at 9.30am when he spotted the 4.5-metre shark circling him.

 

The avid fisherman said he managed to spear the shark in the face to get away but it came back for a second time and took a chunk out of his flipper.

 

New powers for eSafety in use following Christchurch attack

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 09:09

New powers introduced following the Christchurch terror attack are being used by Australian esafety authorities to remove violent material from the internet, including live-streamed murders. 

 

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said her office had received 413 reports of "horrific" content appearing online since the legislation came into effect in April. 

 

This morning it was reported that footage of the Christchurch attack is still available online nearly six months after the tragedy. 

 

Afghan peace deal: Taliban says US has most to lose from cancelled talks

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 09:09

The Taliban says Americans have the most to lose from cancelling peace negotiations that sought to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan.

 

In a statement, the group claimed all was going well until the last moment.

 

US President Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets on Saturday night, calling off the secret meeting at his Camp David retreat the following day.

 

He said his decision came after the Taliban admitted being behind a recent attack that killed a US soldier.


 

Emmanuel Macron says sorry to Albania after wrong anthem played at soccer game

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 09:08

Albania's prime minister says French President Emmanuel Macron has apologised to him after the wrong national anthem was played ahead of a European Championship qualifier between the two countries on Saturday.

 

Edi Rama tweeted on Sunday that Macron expressed "his sincere apology for the scandalous gaffe of the French Football Federation with our National Flag anthem!"

 

France won the Group H game in Paris 4-1.

 

Hong Kong protesters ask US President Donald Trump to 'liberate' Chinese territory as clashes erupt

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 08:12

Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong have urged US President Donald Trump to "liberate" the semi autonomous Chinese territory during a peaceful march to the US Consulate, but violence broke out later in the business and retail district after protesters vandalized subway stations, set fires and blocked traffic.

 

Demonstrators flooded a park in central Hong Kong on Sunday, chanting "resist Beijing, liberate Hong Kong" and "stand with Hong Kong, fight for freedom".

 

Australian Government Expresses Concern over Ukraine Russia Prisoner Exchange

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 08:11

The Australian Government has expressed concern over a diplomatic deal between Ukraine and Russia, that has freed one of the key suspects in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. 

 

Australian Foreign Minister, Marise Payne took issue with a prisoner swap that occurred over the weekend between the two countries, which saw the suspect who was facing questioning in Ukraine being repatriated to Russia. 

 

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