Reviews: Kings and Queens, Music on Sundays with the QSO

Conductor Fabian Russell

Host Guy Noble (HRH Queen Elizabeth II)

Soloist Jason Redman, Trombone

Handel Sinfonia Act 3: Entrance of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon, HWV 67 

Verdi Overture to Nabucco
Ravel Suite from Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodas

Lehmann No.3 Concerto for Trombone

Beethoven mvt 1 & 3 Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92, mvt 2 

Journalists threatened by French government

French journalists could be facing up to five years in prison and be fined up to eighty-three thousand dollars for exposing the use of French arms in Yemen.

 

The french government has threatened jail time to three journalists for using secret government documents to reveal that senior French officials had lied about the role of French weapons in the Yemen war.

 

In the hearing, journalists refused to reveal their sources and stated that the leak was in the public interest and defended freedom of the press.

RSPCA million paws walk in Brisbane

The RSPCA held its annual Million Paws Walk in Brisbane on Sunday.

 

The 3.5 kilometre walk began at the South Bank cultural Forecourt and is the largest event in the city’s canine calendar.

 

The event goes towards funding for RSPCA programs, adoptions, veterinary services and campaigns.

 

Chlamydia spikes across Koala population

A huge spike in koalas being treated for chlamydia over the last decade has wildlife experts saying the animals could be extinct on the Gold Coast ‘within two decades’.

 

According to experts chlamydia is the lead killer of koalas.

 

This spike comes after the news koalas are already deemed ‘functionally extinct’.

Foxtel scrambles to keep subscribers after Game of Thrones Finale

Foxtel have resorted to offering unprecedented discounts on membership following a spike in unsubscriptions after the Game of Thrones finale aired.

 

The service emailed customers with the message, ‘There is life after Game of Thrones’ and offered membership from as little as $10 a month, for 12 months.

 

These price cuts come after News Corp revealed the companies growing financial troubles last month.

Refugee groups disappointed by LNP election victory

Asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru and refugee activists have called Scott Morrison’s election win ‘terrible news’.

 

Scott Morrison has announced cuts to migration numbers as mental health on Manus Island and Nauru is continuing to decline with shattered hopes of policy changes.

 

Sudanese refugee Abdul Aziz Muhamat told SBS Ararbic24 that their hopes have been crushed, with another asylum seeker tweeting from the island, begged Australia to show some compassion.

Timber mill turning excess sawdust into energy

A timber mill in the Snowy Mountains is using its excess sawdust to generate its own bio-energy.

 

The project manager Michael Dyer states that the sawdust struggled to find a home but now can be used as energy to create hot water that operates five kilns.

 

According Dyer this new innovation will eventually make the future of timber mills more sustainable.