Michael: Care
- Michael’s a disturbing bloke, if his musical output is anything to go by. Actually I’m not really sure why Brisbane’s Paul Young (also of jazzy noise-pop weirdos Feet-Teeth) took the otherwise unassuming stage name, except to put some distance between himself and the fierce industrial and dark ambient noises echoing out of debut EP, Care. Perhaps it’s deliberately and deceptively button-down: Michael is the new Damien? Well, beyond the name there’s no disguising his true nature.
School Damage: A To X
- School Damage’s outsider music subverted both punk and pop into a catchy concoction that sat real well with me during their debut outing last year. So being able to fill a void in the times following with more School Damage that was a chance to be jumped at. Already youthful, conscious, spontaneous and unique, going into A to X, there isn’t much new territory explored but instead the band have really worked to make more out of what they've got. It widens the view adopted.
Equal Across the Board
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Migrants Protest Removal from Refugee Centres in Naples
Dozens of migrants and refugees have protested this Tuesday following a Italian government announcement to expel asylum seekers from four migrant centres who did not comply with local regulation.
The Neapolitan migrant centres require asylum seekers to sign in every night and comply with a 9pm curfew.
The decision is likely to have affected at least 100 people.
Israel Threatens Iranian Forces in Syria
Israel has threatened to attack Iranian military targets in Syria after Damascus and Tehran reached a new accord on security cooperation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country would take strong and determined action against Iran’s attempts to station forces and advanced weapons systems in Syria.
Iran’s military attache states the nation’s military will remain in Syria under the defense agreement signed the previous day.
CSIRO Plan to Transform Northern Territory
The Northern Territory could be transformed into a multi-billion food producing region under a new CSIRO plan handed to the Morrison government.
The research identifies 370,000 hectares suitable for agricultural crops and 710,000 hectares of coastal land for aquaculture.
The CSIRO estimates the development to create 15,000 jobs and generate $5.3 million annually, in the parts of Australia above the Tropic of Capricorn.
Western Australia Weather Gone Wild
Western Australia has simultaneously had one of its wettest and driest winters in years, having both a historic drought and record breaking rainfall in the past 3 months.
Ravensthorpe and other areas south-east of Perth experienced a dry season, with the township recording 60mm, significantly short of its winter average of 145mm.
Meanwhile, Perth saw its wettest season in fifteen years, with Mount Lawley recording 178mm of rain this season.
Equal Across the Board
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszuzuk says her government is closing the gap in for equal gender representation within government boards.
Ms Palaszczuk states 47% of representatives on government boards and associated bodies were women and the government is just shy of its gender targets of 50% by 2020.
She went on to state they can reach this target by 2020. Other sectors such as business, community and other organisation would follow suit.
Future of Gold Coast Koalas in Question
A Gold Coast City Council report reveals one of South-East Queensland’s largest koala populations is likely to decline by nearly half within 20 years, to a point of unviability within 50 years.
These forecasts come from redacted pages of an East Coomera koala population report, which was released last November, but are now in the hands of the Coomera Conservation Group.
While the population has remained steady over the past decade, it is now facing reduced habitat due to development and deaths by car strike, disease and dog attacks.
8 am Zedlines
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