Lapathon for Melanoma Awareness

"I am organising a Lap-a-thon for Melanoma Awareness to raise funds for Melanoma Institute Australia .  Dane Bird-Smith our local Olympian 20km walker and Gold Medallist at the Commonwealth Games will be challenging all participants to out walk him around the oval!!!  This is a community event for all age groups.  We have dog walkers, babes in prams and residents of Aveo Retirement Village involved.  There is a BBQ and Canteen serving hot and cold drinks .  We have a swathe of wonderful prizes from local businesses to give away!

Regurgitator: HEADROXX

- One of the highest pieces of praise you can give a band that’s been around for a quarter of a century and is churning out their ninth album is to say that they still sound fresh, surprising and creative and that is certainly an accurate description for Regurgitator’s new offering. Regurgitator crystalised and emerged as a musical entity in Brisbane in 1993.

Leisure Centre: Mind Full

- When a band changes their name the release that follows said decision is usually used as a way to re-establish just they're about. In a similar vein, debut albums are a definitive statement about a group. When you have both together it puts a huge amount of emphasis on that artistic moment. It begins to look like the odds are against those who embark on such a rare quest. It’s at this pressure point that we find Leisure Centre.

Dan Murphy's: Dan Murphy's

- Who knew there was an anti-capitalist dance music shaped hole in your life? Dan Murhpy’s (sic.) did! I’m not sure what the anarchic, anonymous beatmaker behind the four cuts of DIY electro-industrial techno that reshape Dan Murphy’s marketing strategy into a brutal rave has against the cut-price liquor mart, but they’re making their complaint with great force.

Turnbull rules out Federal election this year  

Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has announced Australia will not have a federal election this year, regardless of the Super Saturday by-state election result.

On Channel 7’s Sunrise program this morning, Turnbull confirmed there an election will take plave within the first half of next year.

This Saturday’s five by-elections are critical for both major parties and are widely seen as a test for Mr Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Sydney wakes to smoke as two fires burn on city fringes

Two fires on on the fringes of Sydney has reduced air quality in the city, and spreading a strong smell of smoke.

Fire behaviour analysis undertaken by the Rural Fire Service on behalf of National Parks and Wildlife warned of smoky conditions across Sydney, the worst of which is expected on Saturday

Prediction modelling suggested smoke would be pushed across Sydney by westerly winds during Saturday morning and out to the ocean by lunchtime.