New Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Child Sexual Abuse Survivors
Victoria and New South Wales have become the first states to join the Commonwealth’s Redress scheme for sexual abuse survivors.
Monster Fish Washes Up In Bundaberg
A monster fish has washed up at a beach in Bundaberg weighing over 150 kilos and measuring nearly two meters in length.
This is Kelseigh and Maria with your 11am Zedlines.
This is Kelseigh and Maria with your 11am Zedlines.
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The Breeders: All Nerve
- It's probably not an overly popular opinion, but personally, if I was to be marooned on a desert island for the remainder of my days and was only allowed to bring either The Breeders' or Pixies' discography with me, I'd pick the The Breeders every day of the week. Pixies have obviously received more accolades over the years, and will almost certainly go down in musical history as the more significant band, but there's always been a depth to The Breeders' records that their more popular brother band has lacked.
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.