Australia could soon have a new nation next door!
Australia could soon have a new nation next door!
Only a two-hour flight from Brisbane is New Caledonia a group of picturesque islands in Melanesia that have been French-owned since 1853. But that could all be about to change.
On Sunday 4 November, those eligible among its 270,000 residents will go to the polls to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to New Caledonia becoming independent. If the answer is yes, New Caledonia will enter a phase of transition to an independent sovereign nation.
Over a million Australian drivers
Three US whistleblowers have revealed to Australian journalists over a million Australian drivers have been put at risk due to cheaply designed airbags.
These airbags are seen to possibly spontaneously explode, sending shards of metal at over 300km/h into drivers faces.
The airbags, produced by automotive company Takata, contain an unstable yet inexpensive chemical, ammonium nitrate.
Poll reveals 44 percent of people are dissatisfied with PM Scott Morrison
A Sunday poll by The Australian has revealed 44 percent of people are dissatisfied with the leadership of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The poll also reveals his net approval rating now sits at negative three points, dropping from his seven percent rating two weeks ago.
A two-party preferred poll shows the Liberal National Party trailing Labor 46-54.
Report reveals millions of Brisbane residents don't have access to public transport
A new report by Infrastructure Australia has revealed more than a million people on Brisbane’s outskirts have minimal access to public transport services such as busses and trains within distance from their home.
This was significantly seen in areas such as Goodna, Logan Central and Redcliffe.
In comparison, 200,000 residents in Brisbane’s middle suburbs could not quickly access public transport, with only 17,000 in inner city Brisbane.
Government allocates funds to build an artificial intelligence hub
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has allocated funds to build an artificial intelligence hub, to properly cater for the growing industry in need of skilled workers.
The hub would offer services that can’t be performed by humans, such as robotics, machine learning and speech recognition.
The Premier says “[Queensland] have up to eight times more AI jobs on offer in the state than people with the right skills available to fill them.”
Beethoven’s Heroic Symphony, Maestro QSO
Mozart, Symphony No.31 in D, K.297 Paris
Oscher, Double Bass Concerto, World Premiere
Beethoven, Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 Eroica
Conductor, Alondra de la Parra
Double Bass, Edicson Ruiz
Moaning Lisa: Do You Know Enough?
- In equal measures of dreamy vocal layers and biting guitar runs, sophomore EP Do You Know Enough from Canberra’s Moaning Lisa shines a light on the unease, disharmony, the freedom and ecstasy of growing up queer and female.
Lachlan X. Morris: Premeditations
- Premeditations is the sophomore album by Novocastrian, Lachlan X. Morris. Self-professed purveyor of ‘dad-rock’, Morris’ style is vexing to characterise. While his sterling debut, Ouija Board Heartbreak Tambourine, had a classic rock vibe, like something you’d belatedly find in your dad’s record collection, Premeditations is more akin to something your ‘shroom-ingesting uncle might turn you onto. Despite making it difficult to pin an accurate genre on Morris, the dichotomy is impressive.
Thom Yorke: Suspiria: Music For The Luca Guadagnino Film
- Suspiria, Dario Argento’s cult Italian-American horror film is celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2018. Rather than staring at its naked body in the mirror on its fortieth birthday, wondering “what happened to me?”, the film has been remade by Luca Guadagnino. Thom Yorke, of Radiohead fame, and who coincidentally is dating an Italian actress, is enlisted for soundtrack duties; but is it a re-imagination or merely remake of the original soundtrack?
Boy George & Culture Club: Resting Bitch Face
- Rebirths in the musical world come along with the regularity of Doctor Who’s reincarnations, and like the Time Lord’s 13 lives (or 14, depending how you count ‘em), some are more successful than others, some more enjoyable, some more ground-breaking and advancing a well-known theme; a bit like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Twelve Variations on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman’.