Labor Leaders Dispute Schrinner's Budget

In response to the LNP administration's 2021-2022 budget released yesterday, Labor opposition leaders said, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has turned with his tail between his legs.   

Labor leader Jared Cassidy said “ratepayers are paying more and more and they’re getting less and less”. The budget has revealed an average rates rise of 3.75%, adding an additional $62 to an occupier's annual bill. 

Teenage Boy Wakes From Coma

A teenage boy who was crushed by a whale while out fishing off the NSW coast has woken up after being comatosed for over a week.  

Eighteen year old Nick Myhill, and his thirty nine year old step father were on an early morning fishing trip off the coast of Narooma, when a whale breached from the water and landed on their small boat leaving the teenager with severe head and neck injuries. 

Chasing Ghosts: Homelands

<p><span><span>- When you think of musical genres associated with aboriginal Australians, pop punk is probably not top of your list. But Chasing Ghosts frontman <strong>Jimmy Kyle</strong> is hoping to change that. Jimmy is a Thungutti man, and the band's new EP <em>Homelands</em> contains not only aboriginal themes but aboriginal language.</span></span></p>

Monster Magnet: A Better Dystopia

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>- Monster Magnet have long had a penchant for the weirder, unknown tunes of the '60s and '70s, and on <em>A Better Dystopia</em> they have dug deep into their record collections for obscurities and brought them to life for a 21st Century audience.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

Quivers: Golden Doubt

<p><span><span>- Bathed in sunlight, Melbourne indie-pop quartet Quivers’ first full-length offering, <em>Golden Doubt</em>, has a clear missive: in the wake of devastation, love harder. A current of vitality runs through the entire record, as lead singer and guitarist <strong>Sam Nicholson</strong> reckons with the tragic loss of his brother, and the other emotional casualties of his twenties.</span></span></p>