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.
Dutton pushes to get encryption bill passed before the end of the year
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has requested a federal parliamentary committee to look into a proposed law that would enable police to access encrypted messages.
Dutton wants the law to pass before the end of the year and has written to the committee leader, Andrew Hastie to fasttrack the report.
The Minister says he is “gravely concerned that [Australian] agencies cannot rule out the possibility that others may also have been inspired by events in Melbourne to plan and execute attacks" hence his desire for access to encrypted messages.
A Boeing 737 has been used to fight bushfires for the first time
A boeing 737 has been used to fight bushfires for the first time, dropping several loads of retardant on two blazes in the Newcastle area.
While a 737 has been tested in other situations to demonstrate its effectiveness, this is the first time in the world a 737 has been used to fight fires.
NSW Rural Fire Service spokesman Chris Garlick said they were stoked with the effectiveness of the 737.
A woman has died after being hit by a truck on the Ipswich Motorway
A woman has died from serious head injuries after being hit by a truck on the Ipswich Motorway.
A Spokesperson for the Queensland Ambulance Service said the patient was assessed at the scene but was not transported to hospital.
Police are diverting traffic and significant delays are expected as a forensic crash unit investigates the accident.
Finding Nemo inspired idea may provide green energy solution for Noosa Heads
A new idea inspired by Finding Nemo may provide a green energy solution off the coast of Noosa Heads.
Tapping into the eastern Australian current… 100km directly off Laguna Bay... using 20 tidal turbines attached to 20 barges has proved a winner for GovHack entrants, Noosa Hydro.
A Noosa Hydro spokesperson said their idea took the free power of ocean current and the proven capability of the Scot-renewables Tidal Power barge that had successfully completed one year of power generation off the Scottish coast.
Resin Dogs: Notorious D.O.G
- If you took the names of everyone who appears on Resin Dogs’ new record, Notorious D.O.G, went flying back in time and made it so they were never born, it’s quite likely there would be no hip hop in Australia today. DJ Katch and Dave Atkins and their label Hydrofunk too have been of central importance to Australian hip hop. Are they still now?