Historian labels Commonwealth Games representation of Indigenous people as romanticised
Commonwealth Games organisers have ignored 160 years of Indigenous history on the Gold Coast, according to a leading Queensland anthropologist.
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China-Australia Relations Tense as Biggest Trading Partner Gives Us The Cold Shoulder
Many business officials have lost hope as a potential diplomatic relations freeze emerges between China and Australia.
Australian business leaders raised concerns at an annual closed door meeting on China’s apparent block on visits by Australian ministers.
It is uncertain who might step into the breach as Australian business leaders describe the situation like feeling the cold shoulder, from its largest trading partner.
Brazilian Villagers Clean Up River
Villagers in the Brazilian town of Recife are taking drastic action to clean up water surrounding their neighborhood after a deadly flood caused by plastic waste ravaged their village.
Town resident, Maria Das Garcas, started collecting plastic when she saw the body of her neighbour float past her house, carried along with the pollution that helped caused the deadly floods.
She says her and other residents are doing this to stop the tide of plastic drowning their community.
Polish March To Remember Holocaust Victims
In commemoration of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, thousands of people took part in a march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, both Nazi concentration camps situated in Poland,
The 3km march was led by Israeli president Reuven Rivlin this Thursday.
Additionally, citizens of Israel took part in Holocaust Remembrance Day by observing two minutes of silence.
Comm Games Missing Athletes Could Be Genuine Refugees
The African athletes missing from the Commonwealth Games could have legitimate reasons to seek asylum in Australia.
First Queensland Indigenous Judge 'Breaks The Glass Ceiling'
Queensland’s first Indigenous Judge was appointed during a welcome ceremony in the District Court on Thursday.
Search Suspended For Woman Who Fell Overboard
The search for the woman that fell overboard on a P&O cruise ship was suspended at 7:30 this morning.
Gurrumul: Djarimirri
- From the very first strains of Djarimirri: (Child of Rainbows), we can hear we're in for something special. The Nyman-esque cyclical cello feature, bubbling marimba. These are the typical markers of post-classical, late Twentieth-century contemporary orchestral composition. This record is going to be about as close to Gurrumul's solo-guitar-and-voice material as Jeff Buckley's Live at Sin-e is to Phillip Glass' Einstein on the Beach.
Confidence Man: Confident Music For Confident People
- Supergroups have a bad reputation for a reason: all those egos and idiosyncratic creative processes coming together usually create a mess ... and not even a hot one! Brisbane’s Confidence Man, comprising members of The Belligerents, Jungle Giants and Moses Gunn Collective had just as much chance as any other iconoclastic showcase of cluster-f***ing it, but took exactly the right steps, from the outset, to get themselves some better results.