Andrew Laming blocked from re-contesting
Andrew Laming has been blocked from re-contesting the seat of Bowman by Queensland’s Liberal National Party after The Applicant Review Committee recommended they reject his application. Dr Laming is currently on medical leave for empathy training and counselling after Prime Minister Scott Morrison ordered him to take leave due to the harassment allegations against him. D
15 Minute COVID-19 test approved
European regulators have approved a Brisbane-based firm AnteoTech’s 15 minute COVD-19 test for use. While not yet approved for use in Australia, the reusable test is expected to be integrated into mass-testing programmes in Europe and the UK. AnteoTech says the saliva-based test works with 97.3% sensitivity and will effectively limit the further spread of COVID-19
Adelaide woman in critical condition with Meningococcal
A 21 year old woman from Adelaide is in a critical condition after contracting invasive meningococcal as South Australia Health says the strain of the disease has not yet been identified. A number of people who were in close contact with the woman have been identified with 6 of them directed to receive clearance antibiotics. This time last year only one case of invasive
Israel accused of cyber attack on Iranian nuclear facility
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif has accused Israel of being responsible for a cyber attack on an Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz last night in a suspected effort to undermine US-Iran talks on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was at the Natanz labs on the weekend to unveil the country’s new uranium enrichment technology.
France votes to ban short-haul domestic flights
In a bid to reduce carbon emissions French lawmakers are moving to ban short-haul domestic flights where there are train alternatives. Journeys that could be made by train in less than two and a half hours are to end however connecting flights will not be affected by this change. Before the measures become a law they must be voted on in the Senate.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Full Power Happy Hour - Full Power Happy Hour
2. Cloud Tangle - Swells
3. Asha Jefferies - Crybaby (Single)
4. Sycco - My Ways (Single)
5. Selve - The Pink Hotel (Single)
6. Mess Esque - Dream #12 (Album Of The Week)
7. DZ Deathrays - Fear The Anchor (Feat. Ecca Vandal) (Single)
8. Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
9. Middle Name Dance Band - Middle Name Dance Tracks Vol 2
10. Moon Saloon - Watching Waiting (Single)
11. Olivia's World - Tuff 2B Tender EP
12. Full Flower Moon Band - Death Or Hell EP
Izy - 'Irene'
“Irene” is the debut album from Izy (pronounced eye-zee), a Melbourne-based trio originally hailing from Cairns in Australia’s tropical North. A deeply mature album from a very young band, Irene is a 10 song collection of raw neo-soul grooves, rich vocal harmony and subtle jazz guitar. A stripped back, simple recording of a band killing it in a room. There’s a deep understanding of the canon of soul music on display, with echoes of D’Angelo and Curtis Mayfield, but also a uniquely individual sensibility, rarely so clearly articulated on a debut record.
Deeply connected to their roots and their families, both the band and the album are named after Irene, Guitarist Ryo Montgomery’s paternal grandmother; an important source of support and comfort in the band’s formative years. Ryo, bassist Warrigo Tyrrell and drummer Maru Nitor Zamatarro each cut their teeth young, playing with their parents in three very different musical families. Ryo grew up shifting between his mother’s home in rural Japan and his father’s blues bar in Cairns where he watched legends of guitar ply their trade and did his first shows. Maru was playing guiro in his parent’s cumbia band Los Caracoles before he turned five. Warrigo grew up jamming on Shadows covers and Aboriginal protest rock with his fathers and brothers, members of the Kalkadoon and Waanyi nations. His brother Broden Tyrrell is the unofficial fourth member of Izy, playing percussion and adding backing vocals to Irene and to Izy’s live show. Heritage is important to Izy and they bring these musical and cultural influences together proudly.
So that’s Izy, humble and hard working Gen-Z virtuosos who love their grandmas, representing an optimistic post-colonial version of Australian identity and music. In their own words: “This album is a tangled culmination of interpersonal relationships; love, society and land. “We three are super blessed to share stories and when we connect, we amplify and respond to each other, which makes it easy to create music and get our message across for our family and our community.”
Zedlines: 12 April 2021, 11am
Your 11am Zedlines with Kat Housego.
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Brisbane Youth Week kicks off, celebrating young people in the city
Brisbane Youth Week kicks off this week, from April 10 to 18, celebrating and showcasing young people between 12 and 25 years of age.
Events include a girls only learn to skate workshop, comedy and clowning workshops, learn-to-fish workshops and live music across Brisbane.
BCC releases revised plans for New Farm Park
Brisbane City Council has also issued revised plans for a New Farm Park upgrade after requests from community members.
New Farm Park Life, a community-run Facebook group, say the revised plans will stop undesirable redirection of traffic and “make it clear that the community must have a say” in the future of the park.