Imarhan: Temet
- Temet (Tamashek for connections), is the second album for this young, five-piece band who make their home in Tamransset, Southern Algeria – a long established community of the displaced Tuareg.
Lee Hannah: Infinitely
- When an artist like Yeo is excited for a new record you know it’s going to set-up high expectations.. Lee Hannah’s stunning new “visual album” Infinitely opens with a thoughtful, meandering electric bass weaving melody and chords together like it ain’t no thing.. a soft keyboard chords blends in imperceptibly... and already I’m starting to fall into the world Hannah is opening up..
Russia's response to poisoning attack
Russia has responded with a eerie warning amid accusations of involvement in a poisoning attack in Salisbury, England.
A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakarova warned in an interview through State Television that Britain should not ‘Threaten a nuclear power’.
This follows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May giving Russia until Tuesday at midnight to explain how a Soviet-era nerve agent was used against a former Russian double agent.
Community protesting deportation
The Biloela community has banded together to protest the deportation of a family of Asylum seekers.
The family of four were removed from their home in central Queensland last week by Australian Border Force officers, with their deportation understood to be imminent.
The local community are refusing to give up and have created an online petition fighting to prevent their deportation, which already has more than 43 000 signatures.
Potential minimum wage freeze will cut the lowest paid
A retail body has suggested the Fair Work Commission freeze the minimum wage, which will leave Australia’s lowest paid workers with a cut to their pay.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions’ want a 7.2% pay rise, or giving the lowest paid at least $50 a week.
The Labor party is backing an increase saying the pay rise should take into account flat-lining wages and the rising cost of living pressures.
Unpaid Doughnut Time employees need the Government's help
The thousands of unpaid Doughnut Time employees will have to go to the Government for help.
Michael Caspaney, from Menzies Advisory has been analysing the stores, but worries the eight doughnut time companies sent into liquidation last week, won't produce dividends.
Mr Caspaney says that even if the employees aren't able to be paid, the government is able to pay them up to three months of unpaid wages
Crash with a stolen car backs up the Bruce Highway
Traffic on the Bruce Highway is backed from Burpengary to Caboolture after a multi-vehicle crash, resulting in the closure of the southbound lanes.
A police media spokesperson has told the Courier Mail that a man fled the scene after crashing a stolen vehicle.
The road surface was damaged in the crash and emergency work is being carried out before the road can be reopened.
Global warming being blamed for coral bleaching
Global warming is being blamed for coral bleaching along the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory.
Water temperatures have risen more than 4 degrees and Ms Adele Pedder from the Australian Marine Conservation Society says further reef devastation is expected due to climate change.
Entire ecosystems are dependant on the reef and are threatened by coral bleaching.
FRIDAY NEON THE EISTEDDFOD INTERVIEW METRO ARTS MARCH 2018
The Eisteddfod opens at The Metro Arts Wednesday night 14th March 2018 and FRIDAY NEON had a chat with director, Heidi Manache. Here, we talk on how grief can manifest creatively.
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Tamil family forcibly removed from their home in Biloela.
A Tamil family has been removed from their community in Biloela by Australian Border Force officers and are currently in detention in Melbourne. The family face deportation back to Sri Lanka where oppression of Tamil people is well documented. Listen to an interview with a spokesperson from Tamil Refugee Council.