The Snakes
- Again, David Chesworth is the subject of a reissue by Chapter Music. This time round it’s his second solo album Layer On Layer from 1981. Chesworth has been an audio/visual artist since the 1970s, acting as the co-ordinator of the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre, founding Innocent Records with Philip Brophy and playing in groups Tch Tch Tch, Essendon Airport, and Whadya Want (amongst others).
David Chesworth: Layer On Layer
- Again, David Chesworth is the subject of a reissue by Chapter Music. This time round it’s his second solo album Layer On Layer from 1981. Chesworth has been an audio/visual artist since the 1970s, acting as the co-ordinator of the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre, founding Innocent Records with Philip Brophy and playing in groups Tch Tch Tch, Essendon Airport, and Whadya Want (amongst others).
11AM ZEDLINES
Good morning this is Maddie and Jack with your 11am Zedlines.
The latest NAPLAN results show a ‘significant’ improvement for Indigenous students
The latest NAPLAN results show a ‘significant’ improvement for Indigenous students and students from multicultural backgrounds in reading, writing and numeracy.
Results are proving Indigenous students are improving at a faster rate. Among year three Indigenous students, results improved by 7.4 per cent between 2008 and 2018, compared to 4.2 per cent for non-Indigenous students.
A bomb attack in central India has killed five people
A bomb attack in central India has killed five people, including a local politician from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bhima Mandavi was a state legislator from the Chhattisgarh state legislative assembly and was returning from an election rally when he and his security personnel were attacked in the Dantewada district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Police say it is suspected the attack was made by Maoist rebels.
Liberal senator Ian Macdonald to apologise for linking Penny Wong to Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo
Liberal senator Ian Macdonald has been asked to apologise for linking Labor Senator Penny Wong to Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo during Senate Estimates on Tuesday.
Senator Macdonald mixed up the names Wong and Huang and asked if the Labor senator was related.
Labor leader Bill Shorten sent out a statement to Chinese media following the exchange calling Senator Macdonald’s comment as an, “Asian slur”.
Australia’s tyre waste and fuel security problems could soon be behind us
Australia’s tyre waste and fuel security problems could soon be behind us with a Gladstone oil refinery saying they have found a solution.
Southern Oil Refineries has successfully conducted large scale pilot tests on its biodiesel made from old tyres says manager Ben Tabulo.
"[We've proven] renewable diesel can work in Australia's engines and does have the same efficiency on the road," he says.
"The renewable diesel … has been refined from post-consumer waste, mainly mixed tyre crude oil and refined into 100 per cent drop-in diesel.
Each year more people die from domestic violence related suicide than homicide
New figures from the Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board have found 120 suicides related to domestic violence in the last three years, compared to 71 homicides in the same period.
The suicide figure includes five children aged between 10 and 17 years old, and two women, who were in women’s shelters.
SE QLD to see temperatures five degrees higher than April average
South-East Queensland temperatures are set to be more than five degrees above the April average on Tuesday, as hot Autumn weather approaches.
Brisbane was predicted to reach 31 on Tuesday, significantly higher than its average of 27.1.
Weatherzone meteorologist, Graeme Brittain, says, Tuesday would be the peak of the warm spell.
10am Zedlines
Good morning this is Georgie and Laura with your 10am Zedlines.