Soccer Mommy: Clean
- Soccer Mommy sweats gasoline, and on her new record Clean, she’s standing next to a bonfire, documenting the results. Out now on Fat Possum, her debut full length sees the twenty-year-old Tennessee native move away from the DIY approach that the project was born of, polishing out the fuzz and lo-fi intrigue while still retaining the poignancy and intimacy of her early recordings.
Press for Progress – An International Women's Day podcast
Through a selection of engaging interviews and discussion pieces, this International Women’s Day special will explore the current scope of gender equality and the progress that is being made or needs to be made in a range of fields. We’ll look at how members of our community are pressing for progress in their area, through the lens of female and non-binary folk.
The revolutionary roots of International Women's Day
Did you know International Women's Day initiated the Russian Revolution?
Kosovo-Serbia row makes Europe clocks go slow
Entsoe, a company representing electricity transmission operators across 25 European countries said bedside clocks had slowed down by up to six minutes since mid-January.
The time slow is alleged to be caused by the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia which affected Europe’s power grid.
The countries affected were from Spain to Turkey and Poland to the Netherlands, the UK and Nordic countries were not affected and electricity has been stabilised to the clocks.
Female cyclists receive equal pay for British cycling tour
The OVO Energy Women’s Tour of Britain in June will employ the same prize money structure as the men’s Tour of Britain.
London 2012 Olympic road race Silver medallist Lizzie Deignan has praised the move saying cycling is almost unrecognisable in terms of gender equality from when she highlighted the issue at the 2012 London Olympics.
Deignan said it is something she has fought for, saying that if the Tour of Britain can do it, so can other races.
Coles and Woolworths moving away from 'supermarket price wars'
Coles is set to move away from price based marketing, perhaps signalling an end to the “supermarket price wars”.
For the past 7 years, competition between the two businesses has been characterised by price reductions, however recent years have seen Woolworths move away from this strategy, consequently increasing earnings, and now it looks like Coles will no longer be foregrounding value-for-money in their marketing.
Prices at these two chains are likely to remain as they are for the foreseeable future, with further decreases unlikely.
A warmer winter expected for Australia
A warm winter is forecast for Australia, despite the recent cold temperatures in other parts of the globe.
Weatherzone meteorologist Max Gonzalez said Australia is predicted for a warmer than average June to August period.
Gonzalez also predicted that warmer than usual winter weather is ahead for the central and south-eastern parts of Australia.
Brisbane non-voters could be slugged more than $900,000
The Electoral Commision of Queensland could issue more than $900,000 in fines after research shows almost 25 percent of resident failed to vote in Brisbane City Council byelection.
On January 20 the Morningside byelection saw over 7000 people failing to cast a vote, an ECQ spokeswoman confirmed it may issue apparent failure to vote notices to electors who failed to vote at a polling booth, pre-polling centre or through the postal service.
Australia's coffee growers give consumers hands-on experience
A queensland coffee-grower has allowed for consumers to partake in his coffee-bean harvests at Mount Tamborine.
Sam Williams of Green Lane Coffee Plantation says that he wants to educate people on the production process of coffee from bean to cup.
Harvesting season begins in late August, with over 650 trees to be picked each season.
Queensland Farmer loses six cows in a single lightning strike
This is Kelseigh and Maria with your 10am Zedlines.
Source: The News Minute