The budget in Queensland

The federal budget has been released and focuses on Australia's recovery from the COVID-19 recession.

The budget predicts a decade of deficits and debt that's set to peak at almost one trillion dollars in 2025.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft begins its journey home

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is beginning its journey home after collecting 200 to 400 grams of a mix of loose, unconsolidated rock from an asteroid.

The return voyage will take the robotic spacecraft two years to travel  2.3 billion kilometres.

It will be the biggest cosmic haul for the US since the Apollo moon rocks.

 

Review: The Queensland Symphony Orchestra Presents Shakespearean Classics

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra Presents Shakespearean Classics

Concert Hall, QPAC

Sun 9th May, 2021

Conductor Max McBride
Host Guy Noble
Soloist Rebecca Cassidy, soprano (Opera Queensland Young Artist

NICOLAI Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
WALTON Music from Henry V; A Shakespeare Scenario
SCHUBERT Who is Sylvia?
PROKOFIEV Music from Suite No.3 from Romeo and Juliet

Sebya: Sebya

<p><span><span><span>- Growing up isn’t easy. Many of us try to pretend that, at any given point, the person you see sprang fully formed into the world, as we surreptitiously stand in front of every wrong turn and foolish life decision that led to it, hoping to block them from everyone’s view. It takes a special force of courage to put every flaw and blemish under the spotlight, for public consumption, perhaps more even than the well of exhibitionism that fuels your average artist.

Squid: Bright Green Field

<p><span><span><span>- One of the strangest new bands emerging from London, a city that sure does pump out a lot of bizarre acts, Squid excel in a debut that feels spontaneous, edgy and humorous all at once.</span></span></span></p>