Former ABC executives face senate inquiry
The two former executives at the centre of a bitter dispute at the ABC have stepped up their public attacks on each other before they are set to face a Senate inquiry in Canberra.
A parliamentary committee will today confront former managing director Michelle Guthrie and former chairman Justin Milne about allegations of political interference in the public broadcaster.
ABC board members who have been accused of failing to protect the organisation’s editorial independence will also face questions from senators.
Tasmania delays amended marriage bill, putting state out of step with Commonwealth
The Tasmanian government has delayed discussion on the Marriage Amendment Bill which should have been debated in the Parliament's Upper House, yesterday.
The proposed amendment would remove the need for couples to divorce if one person transitions gender, which is currently the status quo with all other states and territories.
However, the Tasmanian Parliament won’t discuss changes until March next year which a prominents transgender activist says “the Government has chosen to be in breach of Commonwealth law rather than provide equality to transgender people.”
Two New Judges appointed to the Supreme Court in Brisbane
Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath has announced the appointment of two new judges to the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
Elizabeth Wilson QC and Thomas Bradley QC will begin their appointments on December 3rd and have more than 50 years experience in the legal profession between them.
Minister D’Ath says that the two have shown the dedication to justice, objectivity, and integrity needed to fulfill the important role of a judge in the Supreme Court.
Queensland bushfires eases
Queensland authorities are warning locals to remain on high alert whilst bushfires eases across the state.
Firefighters battled 200 bushfires during a six-day emergency, whilst thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes.
Currently, there are three fires which authorities are concerned about and monitoring closely.
The Higher: The Core
- In 2018 a dance sound that has steadfastly refused to come up from the underground, appears to be finally making strides toward more general acceptance. Footwork’s utterly uncompromising commitment to danceability over listenability has traditionally assured its lack of traction with a wider audience. I had wondered whether the world’s tinniest drum machines, those rough as guts samples and the repetition ad nauseum could -as with drum’n’bass or dubstep- ever actually be appropriated by the wider world of producers.
Bonaventure: Mentor
- While electronic music has long been used as a form of protest, its potential for social change has been sadly overlooked in recent years. Portugal based producer Soraya Lutangu is seeking to change that. Named after her deceased nephew, Bonaventure weaves sounds of violence and rebellion into a dance framework, drawing upon an endless catalogue of curated samples. Mentor might only be the Planet Mu signee's second release, but Soraya's vision is remarkably clear.
Cyanide Thornton: Cyanide Thornton
- I sometimes feel myself drifting away with Cyanide Thornton, inside the cloud in which they live. Does that make them less intense than their sibling outfit, Two Steps On The Water? I don’t know about that. I will admit this isn’t ferocious folk music any more; you can tell that right from the loping interplay of the bass and guitar on opener, Weight. Lightly psychedelic in an almost krautrock loop that sounds more like The Velvet Underground, I can’t say this is any less in-your-face though.
My Brightest Diamond: A Million And One
- Is pop music ‘art’? By definition, popular music is music of the here and now, and carries a sense of the disposable about it. What the western musical tradition now elevates to “timeless” was once considered ephemeral – there are enough Haydn symphonies, Vivaldi concertos and Bach cantatas which were written for a moment in time, performed and then rarely, if ever, revived, to fill several concert hall programs for season after season.
Students and teachers unite against coal
It's heating up in the schools and universities of Queensland, and not just because we're set for another record-breaking summer of temperatures. 4ZZZ reporter Andy Paine spoke with students and teachers who are getting active and disruptive in the name of stopping climate change.
Putin defends seizure of Ukrainian ships
President Vladimir Putin has defended the seizure of three Ukrainian ships last weekend, but President Donald Trump has expressed “deep concern” at Moscow’s actions against a US ally.
Putin said the Ukrainian ships entered Russian territorial waters and refused to respond to requests to stop from Russian patrol boats.
The captured Ukrainian sailors have been put before a court in Simferopol to be held in pre-trial detention for two months.