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.
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Renaming Of Colonial Streets In Berlin
Berlin is set to rename streets linked to atrocities Germany committed during its 1884-1919 occupation of Namibia.
Parliament Suspended In Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has unexpectedly suspended parliament until next month as his power struggle continues.
Vets Demand Urgent Action On Live Exports
Australian live export ships headed for the Middle East have been scrutinized by vets for the horrific cruelty on board.
Veterinarians have called for urgent change in the industry after footage surfaced of sheep dying in sweltering conditions on a ship in August last year.
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has launched an audit of regulators as well as reviews led by vets into the northern summer trade.
Australian Athletes Caught Doping Before Commonwealth Games
The head of Australia’s Sports Anti Doping Agency, David Sharpe, has announced that three Australian athletes have been banned from competing at the Commonwealth Games.