Victorian babies diagnosed with flu
Health authorities are urging pregnant mums to get vaccinations after hundreds of Victorian babies under the age of 12 months are diagnosed with the flu.
According to the figures from the Victoria’s Health Department, there have been over 400 cases reported of flu compared to 29 last year.
Victoria's chief health officer Brett Sutton said serious illness in babies can be avoided if the mother is vaccinated while pregnant.
Final traffic congestion tests expected to delay traffic at the Westconnex tunnels
Heavy traffic is expected at the Sydney’s New Westconnex tunnels today while final traffic congestion tests run as holidays come to an end.
More than 250 police and transport commanders will be helping to smooth the traffic and preventing any driver confusion.
The Westconnex project that will link the Sydney’s M4 and M5 is still under construction and is due for completion by 2023.
Another Hong Kong protest
Riot police have used tear gas and rubber bullets in response to another Hong Kong rally, where demonstrators threw eggs at government buildings.
Those who organised the Sunday protest say more than 430,000 people attended, but police say numbers were closer 138,000.
Mass protests had been held for weeks over a since-suspended extradition bill, while recent marches continue over general democractic concerns.
50th anniversary of the first moon landing
NASA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing by replaying the live broadcast to half a billion people around the world on Saturday.
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went on a four-day journey on the Lunar Module to become the first men on the moon in 1969
The celebrations follow NASA’s announcement that they intend to return to the moon by 2024 under the new Artemis Program.
Various Artists: Sunny Side Up
- It's barely been a year since We Out Here; Brownswood Recordings' essential document of contemporary UK jazz. The compilation came at a point of critical mass for London's scene, heralding landmark releases from the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia, and Moses Boyd.Sunny Side Up hopes to tread a similar path with its diverse roster of Melbourne up-and-comers, many of whom are yet to see recognition on the world stage.
Godtet: II
<p>- When the worlds of hip hop and jazz intersect the meeting can be fruitful, but also a little dangerous. The styles have a lot in common and even more to offer each other thanks to their differences. On the flipside the canned bangers of urban music can reduce jazz to looped, repetitive sterility, completely failing to do justice to the complexity, improvisatory skill and organic power of the style.
The Soft Cavalry: The Soft Cavalry
- The Soft Cavalry is the name of a new project by husband and wife team Steve Clarke and Rachel Goswell from the British soft shoegaze band Slowdive.
Clarke has been a backing muso and performer for many years, but this is the first time he’s written and produced his own material. It’s tempting to assess Soft Cavalry’s material through a Slowdive lense, but this is sufficiently different that it merits assessment in its own right.
Bianca Blackhall: EP
- I don’t think there is any mistaking by now how Tasmania’s isolation has produced a natural beauty and heavy history, attractive to those simultaneously capable of stoicism and active expression. Bianca Blackhall’s debut EP is an exceptional entry into Tasmania’s cultural development and Australia’s sense of country.
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British MPs Backed Proposal To Make No-Deal Brexit Harder
British MPs have backed proposals to make it harder for the next prime minister to force through a no-deal Brexit by suspending parliament.
Boris Johnson, the clear frontrunner to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May next week, says Britain must leave the European Union on October 31st with or without a deal.
Johsnon has refused to rule out suspending, or Proroguing , parliament to prevent MPs from passing legislation to block his exit plan if he tries to exit without a deal.