8AM ZEDLINES
Good morning, this is Laura and Georgie with your 8am Zedlines
Dreamtime: Tidal Mind
- Two and a half years have rolled by since the last -fondly remembered- Dreamtime record and y’know? In that time I can barely think of an occasion when I’ve heard a mention of them. They should be pretty hard to miss, being nearly the loudest purveyors of mind-bending psych that Brisbane can boast and, look at that, they have record deals sewn up in Australia, Europe and the US. For once there might actually be truth in the cliche, ‘the best band you’ve never heard of.’
Helms Alee: Noctiluca
<p><span><span>- Much like the salty ocean they so clearly adore, Pacific Northwest band Helms Alee (a name which is a sailor’s turn-of-phrase meaning ‘come about’), well they can be a fickle mistress. They’ve settled on the label sludge metal for what they do, though they don’t sound like <strong>Eyehategod</strong>, <strong>Neurosis</strong> or recent touring partners <strong>Melvins</strong>.
11am Zedlines
Good morning! This is your 11am Zedlines with Victoria and Gabe.
QUT Accused of Sexism after Male Fun Run Winners Receive $300 Cheques
Organisers of a university fun run have been accused of sexism for their different treatment of male and female winners.
25-year-old Alex Blake was the fastest female runner. She has called out organisers of the Queensland University of Technology Classic fun run for awarding male winners a ribbon crossing and $300 cheques while the female winners only received a prize pack.
QUT Classic eventually agreed to restructure winnings after the race director initially told Blake to finish top 3 if she wanted greater reward.
Crew Left Stranded After Boat Capsized off Thursday Island
A capsized boat off Thursday Island has left its crew clinging to a channel marker overnight until they were rescued by helicopter on Monday.
The four men - aged 51, 38, 21 and 16 - set off from Seisia Wharf at 3 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, but authorities were called when they hadn’t arrived home later that evening.
Police believe the foursome had been stranded for 13 hours before their rescue.
Man Charged After Riding a Horse into anti-Adani Protester
A man has been charged after riding a horse into a protester participating in the Bob Brown Foundation’s anti-Adani convoy.
The Mackay Magistrates Court charged 41 year old Clinton McDonald with a number of charges including “dangerous operation of a vehicle causing grievous bodily harm” when he struck a 61 year old woman was while she walking through a gate.
Mr McDonald was seen crying in the dock when he appeared before the court where he was granted bail with a warning.
Hundreds Evacuated from Melbourne Airport Qantas Terminal
Hundreds have been evacuated from the Qantas Terminal at Melbourne Airport after a smoke alarm was set off in the food court.
Passengers have been told to expect delays, with long queues already forming at the check-in desks.
This comes in the wake of yesterday’s SmartGate kiosk outages which left international travellers facing long delays.
US Attorney-General Rod Rosenstein Submits Resignation
Donald Trump’s Deputy Attorney-General Rod Rosenstein has lodged a letter of resignation to the US President.
His departure has been expected since William Barr’s appointment as Attorney-General but he chose to stay in the role until the release of the Mueller report.
Rosenstein was involved with Barr in processing the report for public release and was responsible for appointing Mueller after former Attorney-General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation.
300 Indonesian Election Workers Dead in Election Aftermath
More than 300 Indonesian election workers have died after assisting in the polls for the world’s third largest democracy.
Over 192.8 million people were eligible to hit the polls on April 17th, with 6 million workers required to aid the process.
Most of the 300 deaths attributed to the election were the result of fatigue, resulting in exhaustion and heart attacks.