India aborts Moon mission launch less than an hour before lift off
India called off the launch of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon less than an hour before lift off.
The Chandrayaan-2’s mission was to explore the lunar south pole and send a rover to inspect water deposits, however the mission was called off due to a ‘technical snag’.
A spokesperson for the Indian Space Research Organisation said the agency will announce a revised launch date soon.
Italian forces seize missile in raids on far right
Anti-terrorism police in Northern Italy have siezed a ‘combat ready’ missile, sophisticated weapons and neo-nazi propaganda during raids on far-right extremist groups.
The raids were led by Digos, the Turin special police force and were part of an investigation into Italian far-right help for Russian-backed separatist forces in Eastern Ukraine.
Three people were arrested including Fabio Del Bergiolo an Italian ex-customs officer and far-right Forza Nuova party activist.
Skipism // The Little Hand Of The Faithful: Quiet // Disquiet
- Since their early collaborations under the umbrella of pioneering prat culture label cum home recording studio M-Squared, Dru Johnson-Jones and Mitch Jones have had a blurred hand throughout each other’s creative and personal lives, for nearly forty years.
Uboa And Solus Varak: The Absolute
- I love the duality of Australian music. We champion sunny, indie pop acts as international exports whilst quietly nurturing a culture of fringe experimentalists. As you can probably guess, Melbourne based Uboa is one of the latter. Better known as Xandra Meltcalfe, she's quite literally been making noise in the alt-electronic scene for almost a decade now. New Releases Show mastermind Chris Cobcroft previously praised her stomach-churning collaboration with Melbourne rockers Bolt Gun, and now she's at it again with The Absolute.
Banks: iii
- Today, BANKS returns with her third LP, the aptly named iii. The LA based singer-songwriter sprints furiously out of the gates with Til Now and lead single Gimme. Both nocturnal, claustrophobic and initially jarring, the tracks juxtapose industrial, crunching synths and bone rattling bass against BANKS’ hymnal vocals.
Reprieve doesn’t arrive until third track Contaminated opens. Sparse, mid-tempo production blooms, softening the angular chaos she opens the thirteen track LP with.
15th July 2019
Local Artists:
Adrian Thomas: Kukuyalanji Girl (Single)(Adrian Thomas Music)
Blessure Graves: Holocene (Independent)
4ZZZ Top 20
1. VOIID - DROOL
2. Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
3. Hallie - Nice Like Rice (Single)
4. Hatchie - Keepsake
5. Rainbow Chan - Pillar (Album Of The Week)
6. Press Club - Thinking About You (Single)
7. Baker Boy - In Control (Single)
8. The Cutaways - Wax Woman
9. Karamilk - Living (Single)
10. Amyl And The Sniffers - Amyl And The Sniffers
11. Tia Gostelow - Around Here (Single)
12. Theresa Creed - Aboriginal Woman
13. WAAX - I Am (Single)
11AM ZEDLINES
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Brisbane's House Market to Thrive in 2022
Brisbane’s median house price is predicted to jump 20 per cent by 2022, far beyond any other Australian capital city in the same period.
The BIS Oxford Economics Property forecast said the average Brisbane house is expected to increase from $552,000 to $665,000.
The report said with credit conditions easing and interest rates falling, improving affordability will be a catalyst for raising price growth.
Schrinner Criticises Labor Over Brisbane Metro Deals
Brisbane lord mayor Adrian Schrinner had criticised the Labor state government’s conduct regarding the Brisbane metro at an LNP state convention.
The $944 million council transport project was pushed back after the state government last month called for a planned cultural centre station to be moved.
Mr Schrinner had called the project “Brisbane’s Adani” and said Labor is doing everything it can to get in the way so they can accuse the LNP of failing to deliver on election promises in March 2020.