Devotions: Pusher
<p><span><span>- It seems fitting when I listen to <strong>The Rational Academy</strong>, <strong>Glitter Veils</strong> and, now, Devotions, that I hear <strong>Luke Zahnleiter</strong>’s guitar, rising like a mournful cry in the night, an echoing coyote howl that’s haunted each of his projects over the last twenty years or so.
The Bug: Fire
- Even in 2008 when he had his commercial breakthrough; Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, talked about his art as “music for the end times” and a “soundtrack for the coming apocalypse”.
Tropical Fuck Storm: Deep States
<p><span><span>- Few bands are as iconoclastic as Tropical Fuck Storm. Resisting classification, they have carved themselves a niche with their socio-politically charged lyrics, dissonant guitars, chilling harmonies and ominous soundscapes. Stylistic choices aside, underpinning their caustic psych-rock is a penchant for pop-hooks and literary lyrics. Their third album in four years, <em>Deep States</em> is a fitting addition to their burgeoning catalogue.
FRIDAY 10/09/2021 11AM ZEDLINES
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QLD's push for kinship care
Agencies, carers and representatives from the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs participated in a forum yesterday to discuss the Queensland Government’s latest push for kinship care.
The forum discussed ways to best move to kinship care which allows for friends and extended family members to care for the child.
The director of youth and family support group PeakCare, Lindsay Wegener, said it is important children remain safely within their family or kinship structure when possible, especially for Indigenous children.
Brisbane Metro's big reveal
The final design of the Brisbane Metro vehicle has been revealed with the design including several changes to improve accessibility and commuter comfort.
Among the 35 changes are increased priority seating from two to ten, improved window tinting to address the high UV rays in Brisbane, and on-board wifi.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schriner said the process for this final design was comprehensive, including a VR simulator and a life-size wooden replica to ensure the changes were accurately tested.
Tasmanian youth detention centre shutdown
The Tasmanian Government said it will close the Ashley Youth Detention Centre within the next 3 years amid allegations of abuse.
Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein said the closure will allow for ‘major systemic change’.
A report funded by the Tasmanian Government in 2016 found that the Centre was ‘ineffective, costly, and outdated’, and recommended it be shut down and replaced with two newer, smaller centres.
Vaccine intellectual property protections waivered
Australia joins other nations, including the United States and New Zealand, to support a waiver that would allow exemptions in the intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines.
India and South Africa say new rules would make it easier for low and middle-income countries to manufacture generic versions of the vaccines that currently have a 20 year patent on them.
Trade Minister Dan Tehan said the Federal Government supports this push, but so far the measure has been blocked from going ahead at the World Trade Organisation meeting.
Journalists attacked in Kabul
Two Afghan journalists who were covering a women’s rights protest in Kabul were detained and beaten by the Taliban this week.
Etilaat Roz newspaper released two photos on social media of the journalists’ injuries across their backs, legs, arms, and shoulders, and Reuters have since verified the photographs.
An acting Taliban minister who declined to be identified said any attack on journalists would be investigated.
FRIDAY 10/09/2020 10AM ZEDLINES
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