App creates new appreciation for ANZACs in youth
Award-winning history series Days in Conflict is gaining popularity by giving students a fresh approach to Anzac history.
Days in Conflict is an engaging and interactive multimedia approach to understanding World War I and is freely available at the iOS and Android app stores.
The History Teachers’ Association of Victoria says the app is a “fresh and unique approach to teaching Australian military history."
Indigenous NAPLAN results improve while literacy flat lines
According to Australian NAPLAN reports, skills of Indigenous students are increasing but there is still a literacy gap in results.
Indigenous year 3 students’ results increased by 7.4% last year as a result of targeted investments.
However, reports also showed flatlined improvements from all students, with no statistical improvements from 2017.
Australian Curriculum Authority chief executive David de Carvalho says these “results highlight…[Australia’s]... need to keep a strong focus on literacy and numeracy…”.
8 year old Russian boy "travels the world"
An 8-Year-old Russian boy rises to social media fame after running away to travel the world.
The boy's mother alerted authorities after she was alarmed to find the handwritten note he’d left behind entailing his plans to “travel around the world.”
Citizens from across the nation admired the boy's ambition and actions have led to a nation-wide discussion on both childhood memories and the increasing struggle to travel to even neighbouring countries as a Russian.
Australian residents reveal Chinese interrogation linked to ASIO
Australian Residents revealed they were interrogated by Chinese officials seeking information on Malcolm Turnbull's secret investigation into China’s influence on Australia.
In 2016, former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ’s top-secret investigation told the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation to look into Beijing’s interference in Australia.
A joint investigation by Four Corners, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age revealed the details of what both residents faced.
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Honey 2 Honey: A Taste Of...
- By way of Canberra and Sydney, fresh four-piece Honey 2 Honey are releasing their debut EP, A Taste Of… Newly signed to Chapter Music, the group has two Canberra members - Rory Stenning (of Raus) and drummer Luke Keanan-Brown. The additional two members Del Lumanta (of Gas, Video Ezy and Basic Human) and Daryl Prondoso (also of Basic Human, not to mention Phone) reside in Sydney.
Texas Tea: Röda Tråden
- It is a massive seven years since alt-country duo Texas Tea have produced an album. Their last offering, Sad Summer Hits, came out in 2012 - a culmination of three albums and lots of popular singles which had permeated the airwaves of independent radio over the preceding few years. The Brisbane based outfit then went into a hiatus that seemed like it was going to be permanent - in part because one half of them moved literally to the other side of the world, to take up residence in Stockholm.
Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising
- Weyes Blood is the project of Natalie Mering, a producer and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. With three studio albums under her belt, one of which is 2016’s apocalyptic swan song A Front Row Seat To Earth, Mering has returned with her Sub Pop debut and fourth studio album Titanic Rising.
Evan Greer: she/her/they/them
- Last decade, a group of American musicians formed what they called the Riotfolk collective – essentially a DIY record label/booking agency for political acoustic music. Among the folk-punk thrashers and earnest polemicists, one album stood out as something a bit different – Evan Greer’s music sounded roughly like what would happen were an anarchist folk singer assigned to soundtrack a Disney musical.
PUP: Morbid Stuff
<p><span><span>- For the better half of two full length albums PUP have put on full display and won fans over with their youthful shambolic charm. Not everything they put to record is perfect, nor does it need to be. Boundless, frantic energy and raw, emotional performances crown these four gents from the Great White North as doyens of sweaty, crammed bars. Hitting their stride with 2016’s <em>The Dream Is Over</em>, PUP produced a more coherent record than their debut.