Flooding Continues in Cyclone-hit Mozambique
Flooding in Mozambique has continued in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth, with the death toll from the storm now reaching 38 people.
The cyclone first hit the country 5 days ago, and has since damaged thousands of homes and placed 160,000 residents at risk. Further heavy rains are expected over the next few days.
Cyclone Kenneth is the second cyclone to strike the region in the past 6 months.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Pink Matter - Wonder (Single)
2. WAAX - FU (Single)
3. Hatchie - Stay With Me (Single)
4. An Horse - This Is A Song (Single)
5. Texas Tea - Röda Tråden
6. Courtney Barnett - Everybody Here Hates You (Single)
7. Shifting Sands - Crystal Cuts
8. Thelma Plum - Not Angry Anymore (Single)
9. On Diamond - On Diamond (Album Of The Week)
10. L7 - Burn Baby (Single)
11. Being Jane Lane - Be Okay (Single)
12. DickLord - Knuckle Girls (Single)
13. LALKA - Cursed Crown 2.0 (Feat. Death Club 7) (Single)
29th April 2019
Local Artists
Texas Tea: Roda Traden (Mere Noise Records)
Röda Tråden by Texas Tea
Hedfog "Race To the Bottom” (Independent)
11am Zedlines
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Brisbane’s southside most at risk of break-ins
There was “a break-in every hour” in Brisbane last year, with more than half of the intrusions occurring on the southern side of the river, following the trend from the past decade.
10 years of Queensland of Police Service data revealed, residents of Brisbane’s south-side are most at risk of having their homes and businesses broken into.
Over the past decade, the suburb of Dunwich was the hardest hit by intruders, while Dayboro had the least with an average of just one break-in per month.
Paint the town blue: street art set to pop up across Brisbane
In the lead up to Brisbane Street Art Festival, South Bank station will soon be covered in blue with artwork created by Blu Art Xinja.
The anonymous street artist was responsible for the much-loved “Smoke” installation, which was removed from Central Station’s chimney after it was damaged due to its poor condition.
Along with the South Bank Station work, Xinja plans to surprise commuters and residents in Fortitude Valley in the lead up to the Street Art Festival, with a series of artworks expected to randomly pop up next week.
Groovin the Moo pill-testing a success
Australia’s second pill-testing trial at Canberra’s Groovin the Moo music festival on Sunday was declared a success.
More than 230 festival-goers used the pill-testing service, and all of the seven pills found to contain potentially lethal substances were willingly dumped by in the bins provided by the service.
Gino Vambuca from Pill Testing Australia said the testing helped reduce drug-related harm and is a step to making parties and festivals safer for our kids.
Adelaide’s 134-year-old toddler grave gift mystery solved
The great mystery surrounding the toys and flowers appearing on the century’s old grave of an Adelaide toddler has been solved.
Hope Valley resident, Julie Rhodes, said she and friend Vicki Lyons are responsible and began the clean-up and gift-bestowing after Herbert Henry Dicker, who died in 1885 aged just two, visited them both in a dream and led them to his grave.
Ms Rhodes and Ms Lyons hope their actions will inspire others to clean up and maintain cemeteries.
Spain’s Socialist party leading election count, but without a majority
Spain’s incumbent Socialist party is holding a clear lead in the country’s third election in four years, but is still short of a majority.
Should they gain support from smaller parties, it will be the first time a far-right party will enter parliament since Francisco Franco’s dictatorship ended in 1975.
Microsoft announces Paint here to stay in newest update
Microsoft has announced Paint, the popular, basic drawing tool, will now feature in the next Windows 10 update set to be released in May.
The move was made after Microsoft received backlash after they disclosed plans to stop developing the graphics editor in 2017.
Fans welcomed the decision, saying they are happy Paint is around for people to continue to discover and hone their artistic skills.