Muki: It Won't Hurt

- Sydneysider brat popper extraordinaire Muki is already cementing her place as a strong contender in the electro pop realm with her debut EP It Won't Hurt. Full of girl power, bubblegum production and bouncing beats, Muki shows us from the get-go what she is all about.

Black Thought: Streams Of Thought Vol.1

- It was just late last year when a video of Black Thought’s Hot 97 freestyle began circulating the web. In case you missed it, the clip features Thought relentlessly rhyming for over ten minutes straight. His flow is ever changing, each line deftly woven into a complex character portrait that’s equal parts braggadocio and street knowledge. It’s jaw dropping, but the real entertainment comes from watching host Funkmaster Flex look on in awe, his face growing increasingly contorted as the bars keep on coming.

Laura Jean: Devotion

- Sydney-born, Melbourne-based, Laura Jean has been releasing music for well over a decade now, with several folk albums which had a particular focus on storytelling. Not long after the release of her 2014, self-titled album, Laura began experimenting with a '90's Kawai keyboard. Soon she began playing live shows strictly with the keyboard and she began to completely redefine her sound.

Portugal enlists fire-fighting goat squads

Portugal has enlisted the help of a surprising ally to prevent deadly bushfires.

More than 200 brown-and-white goats slowly munch their way through the thick undergrowth that covers the hills of southern Portugal.

The government is hiring this herd, as part of its race against the clock to guard rugged parts of the Iberian nation against a repeat of last year's bushfires.

Dispute over the name of the birthplace of Alexander the Great

Macedonia has agreed to change its name to end a 27-year dispute with Greece.

The country will now be known as the Republic of North Macedonia

Greece has argued since Macedonia's independence in 1991 that the country's name implied a claim to the territory and ancient heritage of Greece's northern region of Macedonia, which is the birthplace of Alexander the Great.

Birdsville named "hottest place in the world" as temperature reaches 45.5c

One tiny town in Queensland’s state’s west has been awarded an honour, naming it the hottest place in the world on Monday.

February temperature records are being broken in many regional and coastal Queensland towns as a hot air mass hangs across the state, trapping hot air and rising temperatures to approximately 10 degrees above February norms.

Western and central parts of Queensland are currently experiencing an "extreme" heatwave

Australia's 'greatest treasures' bound for Beijing

A decades-old bark painting of an ancient saltwater crocodile will make a historic journey to China next month.

This creature is known as a "totemic crocodile" and was created by one of the oldest masters.

Getting this piece, along with 150 precious bark paintings, carvings and tools from Canberra to China for the forthcoming Old Masters tour holds many risks.