4ZZZ Top 20
1. WHALEHOUSE - Latte Art For Beginners (Album Of The Week)
2. Amyl And The Sniffers - Comfort To Me
3. Spring Hill Walkers Club - Panic Attack
4. Mitch, Please - The Power Of The Trake (Single)
5. Some Jerks - Summertime Funtime
6. Mod Con - Modern Condition
7. Hallie - Babysitter (Single)
8. A Country Practice - I Will Leave This Town While There Is Still Light
9. Bitumen - Cleareye Shining
10. Flangipanis - Fuckin Woo
11. The Dolby System - Velodrome (Single)
12. Baker Boy - Gela
Schkeuditzer Kreuz: Isolated And Alone
<p><span><span>- “<em>The simulation you are about to experience is a brief psychotic episode</em>” an impersonal voice informs the listener at the beginning of <em>Isolated And Alone</em>, the new album from electronics mangler Schkeuditzer Kreuz.</span></span></p>
Other Joe: blessings from th eheart
<p><span><span>- <strong>jpeg Artefacts </strong>label head and producer <strong>Joe Buchan</strong> has put his Other Joe hat on again. It’s time to spread a little end of year cheer and <em>blessings from th eheart</em>. </span></span></p>
FRIDAY 17/12/2021 11AM ZEDLINES
Your Friday Zedlines With Grace
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COVID UPDATE: Queensland Records New Cases
Queensland has recorded twenty new cases overnight.
Four of those cases are from overseas, sixteen are locally acquired and five are identified as being the omicron variant.
Queensland's Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says the virus is spreading across the state, proving the need for a mask mandate.
Queensland Government Grants Oil and Gas Leaks Without Consulting Traditional Owners
The Queensland Government has granted oil and gas leases in Western Queensland without consulting the traditional owners.
The leases were granted in the environmentally sensitive Channel Country despite repeated promises to protect the area.
The government also made an election commitment to consult with the traditional owners when making decisions such as these, which they have failed to do.
NZ Farmers Denied Bid to Trademark Manuka Honey
New Zealand farmers have been denied their bid to trademark manuka honey in UK courts.
Australian manuka producers have long argued a trademark should not be permitted as the plant from which the honey is produced is native in both Australia and New Zealand.
The chairman of the Australian Manuka Honey Association, Paul Callandar says
"Trademarks cannot be used to give producers in one country a monopoly over a common descriptive term."
NASA Spacecraft Touches the Sun
A NASA spacecraft has officially touched the sun for the first time, plunging through the solar atmospheric region known as the corona.
Exploring this magnetically intense region up close can help scientists better understand solar outbursts that can interfere with life on Earth.
The pass through occurred back in April but the scientists on the project have said it took a few months for them to receive the data, and then several more months to confirm it.
The solar probe dubbed Parker will keep drawing ever closer to the sun until its final orbit in 2025.
FRIDAY 17/12/2021 10AM ZEDLINES
Your Friday Zedlines With Grace
Image Credit: ABC News: Stephen Cavenagh
COVID Update: Queensland Mask Mandate Implemented
Masks have been mandated in Queensland for all indoor settings as of 1am Saturday the 18th of December.
The mandates require that all people in retail settings, on public transport and in rideshares and taxis must wear a mask.
Queensland Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk says there will not be any lockdowns in the Christmas and New Year period.