New Adani-Sized Mine Causes Controversy
Over the weekend, the Queensland State government’s Co-ordinator General Barry Broe has just approved an Adani-sized mega-mine in our GA LA LEE Basin, right next door to Adani’s project.
MacMines AustAsia's 20,000-hectare China Stone thermal coal project is expected to produce 38 million tonnes of coal annually, costing nearly $7 billion.
New Adani-Sized Mine Causes Controversy
Up to 800 people have been told to leave their homes in Deepwater and Baffle Creek immediately as a "dangerous and unpredictable" bushfire bears down on their communities.
Firefighters and police have been doorknocking in the communities north of Bundaberg since midday yesterday, warning locals of the ongoing threat.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the bushfires are extremely unusual for Queensland, with the worst being far from over. She urges families to look after one another and evacuate immediately.
Shakafest @ Broadwater Parklands
It was a beautiful day waltzing into Shakafest, this year held at the Broadwater Parklands in Southport. Not a cloud was to be seen in the sky, and the usual QLD humidity was replaced with a nice breeze.
Palm Springs: Palm Springs & Friends
- Erica Dunn is certainly under no obligation to make more music, right now. As a key player in Mod Con, Tropical Fuck Storm and of course, Harmony, the guitar slinging singer-songwriter has had an extremely accomplished few years. She has so much music though, it shouldn’t really be surprising that she has more. In fact, she has a whole other project that’s been bubbling away, quietly, for years, the name of which is Palm Springs.
Footy: Flora Fauna
- Flora Fauna is the third album by Melbourne band Footy. Apart from being an exercise in alliteration, it presents their first recorded outing as a trio with the new addition of multi-instrumentalist Evelyn Ida Morris contributing percussion, saxophone and keys. The addition promises a wide-range of new sonic possibilities for the primarily instrumental and keys-based band, and one that they’re apt to employ on this long-awaited record.
Laibach: The Sound Of Music
- Who doesn't love The Sound Of Music? Veteran Slovenian art-rockers Laibach are obviously fans of the classic 1965 musical and apparently they discovered, on a recent tour of North Korea, that it's one of the few pieces of Western culture that has penetrated widely into the Democratic People's Republic.
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Peter Dutton pushes to get encryption bill passed before the end of the year.
Russian rapper arrested for performing concert from his car roof.
Popular Russian rapper, Husky, has been jailed for 12 days after he defied a ban and performed to fans.
This came after his official concert was canceled under pressure from authorities who warned that the concert contained "extremism".
Husky's lyrics are known for mocking Russian authorities and one of his earliest songs openly criticised President Vladimir Putin.
Gay rugby player, Kenneth Acharia, avoids deportation from UK
Gay rugby player, Kenneth Macharia, has avoided deportation from the UK after concerns were raised that his sexuality would result in persecution in his home country, Kenya.
Kenneth plays for the British team the Bristol Bisons…. The team’s spokesperson says “Whilst this is good news, they have no confirmation that Ken will not be removed from the UK entirely.
Currently, homosexual acts are illegal in Kenya and punishable by up to 14 years in prison.