NUN: The Dome

- I wasn’t sure when Melbourne goth-industrial electro-punks NUN were going to unearth their new collection of nightmarish numbers, but, predictably, they couldn’t help but be drawn to the psychic beacon of Halloween. It really is what they’re all about: every aspect of horror, from the filmic to the literary to the audible, the science-fictional to the boarding school slasher; from its intellectual dissection to its most z-grade, exploitative nastiness. The quartet, fronted by Jenny Branagan have absorbed and revelled in it all, as long as it happened circa 1980.

Lakeshore: LP2

- While You Where Sleeping, a Brisbane label run by Matt Cook (previously he was known as White Palms but now embraces the moniker MD Cook) are about to drop the second album from Lakeshore. Simply titled, LP2, this time it is Cook, solo at the helm. The local electronic producer has been on the scene for years, playing bass for The Rational Academy and contributing to ASSEMBLY.

Raiza Biza x Remi: Black Hole Sun EP

- Rwandan-New Zealand rapper Raiza Biza & Melbourne powerhouse Remi have really taken collaboration to heart on their new EP, Black Hole Sun.  The six tracks also jam in guest-spots for Sampa The Great and Baro and, of course, Black Milk, who also provides all the beats. They’ve basically assembled a supergroup, but this sounds nothing like the lazy, self-indulgent and misfiring affair you get when way-too-many chefs get around the pot. This EP is actually the opposite.

Mick Jenkins: Pieces Of A Man

- I've always felt it's unfortunate when an artist's early work ends up being their most critically acclaimed. Sure, the attention can be nice, but it more often than not ends up limiting their growth, marring creativity with expectation. Mick Jenkins has fallen prey to this his whole career, after breakout 2014 mixtape The Waters presented a fresh take on Chicago's modern conscious sound, overflowing with aquatic analogies which prompted early comparisons to Chance and Kendrick.

Drug Church: Cheers

- It’s finally here. Having held out for Cheer since whispers came through following an Audiotree session and having followed Drug Church since the Paul Walker days, my excitement was palpable. Throwing up humorous tales of human underbelly with sardonic, introspective and observational case studies dripping with bile and flushed with chunky, beefed up playing has been a central ideology since day dot. Deceptive amounts of detail can be found amongst hardcore punk flavours.

Gold Coast Star Casino undergoes expansion

The Gold Coast Star Casino is set to undergo an $850 million dollar expansion, opening 4 new accomodation towers. 

The development was announced by the Premier this morning, with the expansion estimated to be worth more than $2 billion dollars. 

The news comes as work continues on the Star’s $3.6 billion Queens Wharf casino development in Brisbane. 

Dutton faked documents in Question Time

Freedom of information documents have revealed Question Time files used by the Home Affairs Minister served as empty props, stirring questions on Mr Dutton’s behaviour in Parliament. 

The props - two folders with Tony Burke and Chris Bowen’s names on them - were claimed to be files on all ministerial interventions in visa cases made by the former Immigration Ministers. 

A statement released by the shadow treasurer, Mr Bowen reaffirmed his thoughts at the time - that the folders were full of pages from the phone book.