Federal Government passes laws validating pregnancy loss

Grieving parents are now entitled to leave after the Federal Government passed new laws validating pregnancy loss. New South Wales public sector employees are now entitled to up to 5 days leave while big businesses like Zip flexible payments, Westpac and Price Waterhouse Coopers have also announced their own early pregnancy loss leave policies.

ICAC begins investigation into former New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian

The New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will hold public hearings for the next two weeks as part of their investigation into whether Ms Berejiklian breached public trust or turned a blind eye to any alleged corrupt behaviour by her ex-boyfriend, Daryl Maguire. 

Former liberal MP for Wagga Wagga, Mr Maguire, has been the subject of a lengthy ICAC investigation spurred by his admission during a hearing in 2018 that he sought payment to help broker a deal with a Chinese property developer. 

Queensland's plan re-open border by Christmas

Queensland will be reopen to all other Australian states by Christmas, as health authorities urge all Queenslanders to get vaccinated before then.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced November 19 as the date given for Queensland to hit 70% of its population fully vaccinated at which point travel would be allowed again from hotspots with some conditions. 

Arrom: Selene

<p><span><span>- Even in isolation most of us have had a constant companion during lockdown. The moon, radiant in the sky looks down on our tribulations, her silver face witness to our minuscule lives. For her new LP, Melbourne producer and singer Arrom turns away from personal concerns and returns that luminous gaze. Invoking the Greek goddess of the celestial body, <em>Selene </em>is a record unbound by our physical strictures, travelling mystically between the realms of myth, emotion, nature and humanity.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes: Sticky

<p>- Part of me still holds a mental image of <strong>Frank Carter </strong>engulfed in a swirl of bodies, running circles around him in the balmy Brisbane sun, during whatever year’s Soundwave it was. Big impressions to be laid on a wee young lad. From there, I’ve been following the Englishman ever since. Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes<strong> </strong>has become the longest running project in this artist’s output. Four albums deep into the run and The Rattlesnakes are truly in their stride.