Fair Rights for Sex Workers
Sex work is real work; everyone has the right to be safe in their workplace; and everyone has the right to come home at the end of their shift
The legal status of sex work in Australia is convoluted, not because of any inherent complexity in the work itself, but because of myriad discrepancies between state and territory jurisdictions, and the countless legal and regulatory contradictions within state laws themselves.
Greenwave Beth: People In Agony
- What a difference a tiny change can make. Flowertruck fans beware, the band’s core creative unit -Charles Rushforth and Will Blackburn- have (largely) abandoned their drums and guitars in favour of an MPC 1000 and a MicroKorg and boom, we’re out of Triffids-esque pop-rock and into banging electro.
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.
Gabriella Cohen: Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love
- What’s the boldest solution to the challenge of the sophomore record and the associated, dreaded slump? Go straight ahead, change nothing, two-fingers to you, one bird for each of you, critics and listeners!
11am Zedlines
11am Zedlines with Isabella
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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.
FBI agent who dropped gun while dancing charged
The FBI agent who dropped a gun while dancing has been charged.
Chase Bishop, who was at a bar when his gun fell and went off as he picked it up, causing injury to another person, has been charged with assault.
The victim's injuries were serious but not life threatening and they have been released from hospital.