Brisbane Residents Call for Early Construction Work to Stop
A Brisbane resident has created a petition, calling for early morning construction work start time of 6:30am to be made later in the morning.
Men of Quality Don't Fear Equality
Demi Lynch
David Hird was tired of all the responsibility being put onto women to take action against rape culture and domestic violence. So he decided to do something about it. And organised a rally to allow men to be part of the conversation.
“I would definitely say it’s a man’s issue but I guess one thing I definitely don’t want to happen in this situation is the contributions women have been making fighting this violence, that shouldn’t be overshadowed by men," David says, "Women have been fighting a lot longer.”
MEZKO: Syzygy
- Two piece Sydney outfit MEZKO have returned with their second EP Syzygy. It's a short and sweet three tracker that's buzzing with multidimensional tracks and expert production and arrangement.
You In Me opens the EP up with a grinding bass riff that takes you to the dance floors of Berlin, before delving into grimy analogue riffs and a pseudo spoken vocal. The longest track on the record, it cycles through different sections, which sees the use of dynamic and melodic variation, something which can -sometimes- be missing from music in the genre.
Denzel Curry: Ta13oo
- The wait for Taboo has felt like an eternity. Ever since the Raider Klan’s rise to fame and subsequent demise, Denzel Curry has been steadily refining his version of the dark, Memphis sound which inspired the Florida collective. This release comes as the much anticipated follow up to 2016’s Imperial, a project which showed Curry progressing past his influences to craft mammoth tracks like ULT and Gook, cuts embodying everything trap could be in the 21st century.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Thelma Plum - Clumsy Love (Single)
2. Emma Louise - Mexico (Single)
3. Baker Boy - Black Magic (Feat. Dallas Woods) (Single)
4. The Ancient Bloods - Golden Veins
5. Mojo Juju - Native Tongue (Feat. Pasefika Vitori) (Single)
6. Vladik - Sleep (Single)
7. Clea - Cool Days (Single)
8. Pink Matter - Cleo (Single)
9. Tape/Off - Broadcast Park
10. VOIID - Not For You (Single)
11. Emily Wurramara - Milyakburra
12. Mallrat - In The Sky EP
13. Emerson Snowe - Sunlight (Single)
Trying Taiwan change and other zedlines for 11am
Image by Jason O'Halloran
Imported seafood supports slave labour
Australian retailers are being urged to do more to ensure their imported seafood is not being produced by slave labour.
While stricter Australian laws and policing ensure Australian-made products are mostly free from the influence of slave labour, Thailand, Indonesia and China’s fishing industries are reported to be rife with forced labour.
They frequently use stateless or illegal workers who can’t complain to authorities about being forced to work as slaves in brutal conditions.
Trying Taiwan change
In a victory for China's Government, the final three of 44 international airlines told to change the way they refer to the self-governing island of Taiwan have complied just before a deadline expired.
American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines all dropped references to "Taiwan" on their websites to meet the July 25 deadline imposed by Beijing — a demand previously described by the US government as "Orwellian nonsense".
Ships left shore on swing voters
Time is running out to sway undecided voters in the Queensland seat of Longman, with up to 34,000 votes already decided while One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, retires to a luxury cruise in the British Isles.
About 22,000 voters in Longman have pre-polled at six polling centres, while another 12,000 have applied for postal votes that might be counted by the Australian Electoral Commission as late as August 10.
Cairns calls on maternal mammal’s intuitive instinct
A city with an urban bat problem hopes to lure a large flying fox colony from the CBD to nearby swampland by appealing to the animals' maternal instincts.
More than 1,100 baby spectacled flying foxes were found dead or orphaned in the Cairns CBD last breeding season amid increased construction activity contributing to stressed mothers abandoning their young.