ALP promises commitment to environment
A draft policy platform signed off by the ALP national executive and circulated to conference delegates last month suggests both policy commitments and a national environment commission will be adopted by the party at their national conference in December.
Lady Cilento Hospital name change survey rigged
New data reveals the Queensland Government poll to change the name of the Lady Cilento hospital was rigged.
The survey reported 62% of 38,000 respondents favoured the name change.
Managing director of independent polling company Galaxy found the results unreliable, as more than 18,000 of the votes came from the same IP address.
He says because they don’t know who or how many people responded, there won’t be any action taken based on the findings.
Lime scooters appear in Brisbane
Last Friday morning, hundreds of Lime scooters appeared in the Brisbane CBD, South Bank, West End and Fortitude Valley after transport authorities issued a temporary permit.
The Lime scooters can travel at the speed up to 27km/h and can be found and hired by the app.
Locals were divided by the introduction, with some supporting the increase in accessibility.
Bombino @ The Foundry
Niger's Tuareg rockstar Omara "Bombino" Moctar is in Australia for the third time on the back of this year's album Deran.
I like that the Brisbane show took place at The Foundry in Fortitude Valley. So often, artists from non-English speaking countries are treated as cultural experiences to be had for expensive prices at fancy concert halls. But the music of Bombino is at its core rock music, and I think it belongs in the sticky carpet dancefloors where rock music is best experienced.
The Smashing Pumpkins: Shiny & Oh So Bright, Vol 1. / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.
- It's probably going to be useful for this review to define what sort of Smashing Pumpkins fan I am. I'm the sort of fan who, nearly two decades after the end of the initial iteration of the band ceased, will still get the urge every year or so to listen to all of their albums over the span of a week or two. The sort of fan who enjoyed virtually everything they released in that initial run, even the 28 B-sides from the already overblown Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness double album.
Mick Thomas And The Roving Commission: Boxing Day Drive
- Even as a young punk, former Weddings Parties Anything singer Mick Thomas was a bit of an old soul. Their folk-rock songs were pub yarns, tales of Australian history, and wry observation rather than raw emotion.
Olga Solar: Antilullaby
- I’ve always thought there’s a lot to be said for a solid grounding in all the fundamentals of music if you want to go ahead and try to rock. Olga Solar clearly got that message, better than most. Her training at the Sydney Con and subsequent experience in penning musicals -amongst, apparently, many other things- her most recent being The Detective’s Handbook, has allowed her to crouch and spring, fully-formed and with incredible confidence out of the orchestra pit and on to the proscenium, guitar in hand.
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Denmark withholds aid to Tanzania following homophobic comments
Denmark is withholding US$9.8 million in aid to Tanzania after "unacceptable homophobic comments" from a senior politician.
Last month, the Commissioner for Dar es Salaam, Paul Makonda, urged the public to report suspected gay men to the police.
Denmark Development Minister Ulla Tornaes, said she was "very concerned" by the comments.
Garima Arora becomes the first Indian woman to win Michelin star
Chef Garima Arora, has become the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star for her restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand.
After leaving her job as a pharmaceutical journalist to pursue her dream of being a chef, Arora has worked with celebrated names such as René Redzepi and Gordon Ramsay.
Her restaurants offer an eclectic mix of Punjabi and international cuisines.