Hiatus Kaiyote: Mood Valiant
<p><span><span>- Coming five years after their debut LP <em>Choose Your Weapon</em>, it's hard to imagine the kind of pressure the two-time Grammy nominated Hiatus Kaiyote might have been feeling.</span></span></p>
Chassm: Falling Forever
<p><span><span>- One of Brisbane’s most celebrated practitioners of heaviosity right now happens to be a two-piece named <strong>Chassm</strong>, who between them create the noise of a ferocious storm. They have attracted attention already through high-profile supports with the likes of <strong>Crowbar</strong> and look set to build their base even further with the release of their debut album <em>Falling Forever</em>. </span></span></p>
11AM Zedlines
With Chloe and Ivy
Sunshine Coast Budget announced
The Sunshine Coast Council handed down its 2021/2022 budget on Thursday.
A quick snapshot of the budget includes:
Ben Pennings Court update
The Supreme Court will keep a key judgement confidential in the legal saga between coal mining giant Adani, and climate activist Ben Pennings, until next week. Vi Pham reports:
4ZZZ will update as the story progresses
Ben Pennings case:
The Supreme Court will keep a key judgement confidential in the legal saga between coal mining giant Adani, and climate activist Ben Pennings, until next week. Vi Pham reports:
Bob Katter up in arms about croc survey
Bob Katter and the KAP party are claiming that Queeslanders have “fed a load of croc” by the Palaszczuk Labor Government as it continually refuses to reveal the findings of a detailed crocodile population survey that concluded in 2019.
Morrison calling on border exemptions for the vaccinated
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on state and territory leaders to consider border closure exemptions for people who have been fully vaccinated.
Mr Morrison says this reward would encourage more people to get the vaccine.
However, state governments might not be on board.
Queensland’s Premier Anastacia Palaszczuck has previously described the exemptions as a vaccine passport, and New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejkilian says citizens should be free to move around the country regardless of vaccination status.
Victorian man on terrorist-related chargers released from prison early
A Victorian man convicted of terrorist-related offences has been freed from prison early, with 9 months remaining on his sentence.
Adam Brookman, who has been in custody since July 2015, pleaded guilty to one charge of foreign-incursion last Wednesday, but has since been released.
The Victorian government’s decision is a result of good behavior during lockdowns in a pandemic.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews speaks alongside outraged Victorians, saying the situation is “absolute nonsense”.
Unmarked graves found at a Catholics school for Indigenous children
A content warning for the next story which talks about death and abuse of Indigenous peoples.
A second site of seven hundred and fifty unmarked graves has been discovered in Canada at a Catholic School for Indigenous children.
This comes after the first site which was discovered less than a month ago raised questions about the systemic abuse faced by Indigenous people in Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls the discoveries, quote, “a shameful reminder of the injustices Indigenous people faced and continue to face.”