Coastal risk map reveal rising sea level concerns
A new ‘coastal risk australia map’ has revealed that Queensland’s coastal cities could be partially under water in 80 years.
The report which takes data from the intergovernmental panel on climate change predicted that sea levels may rise by 8 meters in 80 years, swamping sea-side communities.
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says the findings are crucial to protecting the coastal city, and that the council has already began combating rising sea levels, with the setup of artificial reefs off the coast.
Protests against demolition of 'Bowlo'
A small group of local artists have gathered in King George Square to protest the demolition of the East Brisbane Bowls club to make way for an extended riverside green space.
More affectionately known as the ‘Bowlo,’ the East Brisbane Bowls Club has served has the home of Backbone Youth Arts for over thirty years, operating as a launchpad for young Brisbane artists.
Protestors are calling on Arts Minister Leanne Enoch to intervene in the Bowlo’s destruction, and emphasising the difficulty of recreating community arts spaces without a dedicated facility.
Barrister Tony McAvoy sworn in as Northern Territory's Acting Treaty Commissioner
Australia’s most senior Aboriginal barrister Tony McAvoy is today expected to be appointed the role of Acting Treaty Commissioner in the Northern Territory.
Mr McAvoy who is a Wirdi man from central Queensland, will take the role which has been vacant since the middle of the year, when Mick Dodson resigned following allegations he verbally abused a woman.
McAvoy has extensive experience providing legal advice on treaty matters, and was Australia’s first Indigenous senior counsel.
Stop Adani protests in Sydney
Stop Adani protestors in Sydney have unfurled a large banner on the BlackRock building, urging the company to withdraw their investments used to fund Adani’s controversial Carmichael Mine.
The demonstration comes after last week protestors staged an indoor cricket match in the foyer of the State Bank of India’s office, which is another one of Adani’s biggest investors.
Chile congress approves same-sex marriage bill
Chile’s congress has approved a long-awaited bill to legalise same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority catholic latin America with similar laws.
The vote culminates a process that began in 2017, with the decision being described as ‘historic and decisive’ from LGBTIQ+ rights groups.
The new law signed by president Sebastian Pinera will also enable married same-sex couples to adopt children.
Regular Gonzales: Beige Alert
<p><span><span>- For a band always on the watch for shorts at gigs, Regular Gonzales<strong> </strong>don’t seem particularly keen on small things. The sheer weight of their music has you scratching your head as to how a three piece can combine to birth such a bulky, beautiful, behemoth. Maybe that point is akin to a Zen Koan and the more you dwell on it, the less you can enjoy what’s around you. What’s around you when you’re listening to <em>Biege Alert </em>is an abundance of bouncy grooves displayed with self-assured gravity.
e4444e: Autumnal Eve
<p><span><span>- E4’s intricate songwriting is apparent right from the first few tracks of his new record, <em>Autumnal Eve</em>. <em>Lightning Bolt</em>, a meditative slow burn, opens quietly, with a rustic, folky sensibility, before larger instrumentation swells from the song’s emotional core. Though the song grows in complexity, it never feels overburdened. <em>Blank Blue May</em> captures this transition in scope.
Converge & Chelsea Wolfe: Bloodmoon I
<p><span><span>- There’s a red moon rising. In fact it’s been shedding a baleful glare across us for a while, since as far back as 2016, when Converge & Chelsea Wolfe, performing under the moniker Bloodmoon, first had a go at performing some revamped Converge material for the <strong>Roadburn</strong> festival over in the Netherlands. It was a meeting very well received by the assembled hordes of heavy music aficionados and so, everyone involved decided to take it further.
Courtney Barnett: Things Take Time, Take Time
<p><span><span>- Perhaps in response to impatient fans, songwriter extraordinaire Courtney Barnett has titled her third and latest album, <em>Things Take Time, Take Time</em>. However, even with the extra time afforded by lockdowns, or perhaps because of its straitened circumstances, the songs are minimalistic and seem as if they spent little time in gestation. Rising to prominence on the back of a style both verbose and aggressive, the new album is a significant shift.
Snail Mail: Valentine
<p><span><span>- The fecund beginnings have yielded new shoots and what they have produced is glorious. Snail Mail<strong> </strong>are well on their way to being to conduit for modern romantics, both the lovers kind and that art movement from back in day. Songs steeped in cathartic-relationship-confessionals spark bonding chemicals in your brain. Outside the omnipresent emotional weight, tell me the aesthetic of the record doesn’t reek of romanticism?