Sources Suggest Scott Morrison instigated plan to denounce Turnbull

Senior cabinet sources within the newly formed Morrison Government have anonymously reported Prime Minister Morrison generated a leadership crisis between Former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and Malcolm Turnbull in a scheme to undermine both and ‘swoop in’ for the leadership.

 

Government insiders suggest that Dutton’s numbers were high because of a plan conducted by Morrison and other colleagues, to surreptitiously undermine this plan.

 

Capilano Honey accused of producing 'adulterated' honey

Popular Australian honey producer Capilano have been accused by the International Federation of Beekeepers'  of producing ‘adulterated’ honey, which has been mixed with something other than bee nectar.

 

This has led to criticism for the brand, as it is marketed as 100 percent pure honey.  Both a C4 Sugar Test was used, as well as Nuclear Magnetic Radiation test, both of which detected the honey to be filtered with other materials, such as sugar syrup.

 

Wet Weather Expected for Brisbane

This week is said to be filled with wet weather, with up to 20mm of rain expected to fall throughout the state, reaching as far as Roma.  

 

The Bureau of Meteorology suggests that showers can be expected throughout Brisbane.

The first day of spring was marked by cool temperatures, such as Saturday’s average of 17 degrees, with similar conditions along with heavy wind forecasted for the week ahead.

IDLES: Joy As An Act Of Resistance

- When IDLES’ frontman Joe Talbot was sixteen, his mother suffered a stroke that paralysed her and Joe became her carer, up until she passed away, which was around the time their first record was released. Then, last year, Joe and his partner lost their newborn daughter, delivered stillborn. Knowing this is critical to understanding the nature and title of their new record Joy As An Act Of Resistance, which follows their 2017 debut, the aptly-titled Brutalism.

Terry: I'm Terry

- I’m Terry is the latest record from Melbourne quartet Terry. Always abstractly quotidian and unitary, together they inhabit the single undivided identity of Terry. Carpe Diem is an apt opener, a lyrical mediation on a rotation of borrowed Latin expressions, reflecting on the alienated routines and vocabulary of working life.

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Ultra Material: Cosmic Anti Stuff (Black Wire Records)

Cosmic Anti Stuff is Ultra Material's newly released LP. It's a 9-track wall of sound that'll wash you away into shoegaze bliss, with sweeping distorted guitars and ethereal vocals featuring heavily. Definitely worth a listen. (Harry Bain)

11am Zedlines

This is Juanita and Emily with your 11am Zedlines. 

Photo credit United States Embassy to New Zealand and Samoa. 

Steak knives found in children’s sandpit

Five steak knives have been found in the sandpit of a new children’s playground in Rockhampton this week.

Rockhampton Regional Council Mayor Margaret Strelow said the knives were found by both members of the public and council staff in the month-old sandpit.

The Mayor labelled the incident as sickening and malicious, and says those responsible would face serious legal action if found.