Windfarms secured for far North Queensland

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Fri, 21/05/2021 - 11:02

The Queensland government has committed $47million to upgrading existing transmission lines to open up infrastructure development for the North Queensland Renewable Project.

This will enable Neoen, a French renewable energy company, to forge ahead with a three hundred and seventy three million dollar, one hundred and fifty seven megawatt Kaban wind farm, creating 250 jobs for locals.

Month long art festival in Brisbane

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Fri, 21/05/2021 - 10:58

Brisbane’s streets will transform into displays of Indigenous art this weekend, in the latest instalment of the Brisbane Art and Design Festival. 

This exhibition, named Hyperlocal, will feature glass display cases, light boxes, banners, and projections all across the city. The program is curated by the Blaklash Creative collective. 

Brisbane City Council will also host Artist talks and walking tours of the city-wide exhibition. 

 

Climate Change costing Sunshine Coast $40million

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Fri, 21/05/2021 - 10:55

Climate change is costing the Sunshine Coast council up to $40million of damage every year, and could potentially triple in coming years. 

A landmark council strategy, which will be formally implemented starting next week, also warns up to 6% of privately owned buildings will be at risk of complete inundation by the end of the century, because of climate change. 

More than 40 Queensland local governments are implementing similar strategies to combat coastal hazards caused by climate change.

 

The Bamboos: Hard Up

Submitted by chrisc on Fri, 21/05/2021 - 08:38

<p><span><span>- Twenty years, ten albums, hours and hours of gigging, rehearsing, writing and recording, The Bamboos are not just polished and professional, they gleam like a high-end sports car on slick car dealer’s showroom floor. The analogy of one sort of showroom with another type is perfectly apt. They literally make any space a showroom for their collective talents -even during 2020’s lockdown- by offering the album’s title track and first single as a nine-screen, <em>Brady Bunch</em>-esque performance. </span></span></p>

CHAI: WINK

Submitted by chrisc on Fri, 21/05/2021 - 08:19

<p><span><span>- CHAI came across on their 2019 album as the distilled essence of joy, and if you watch their chaotic happiness explosion interview with <strong>Narwaur The Human Serviette, </strong>you’ll get an apt frame of reference. The Japanese four piece are on a mission, possibly from god, to define cute. <em>PUNK </em>was the first leg of that offensive and one in which they embarked on a kaleidoscopic flurry of bright neon colours and bombastic music all tied together with consummate pop pomp and circumstance.

Requin: Shark

Submitted by chrisc on Thu, 20/05/2021 - 15:36

<p><span><span>- I remember when I first came across Sartre’s bitter, cynical dictum “<em>Hell is other people.” </em>At the time, call it an excess of innocence, I didn’t believe it, but the ensuing, bruising years have brought the phrase echoing back and ...there may just be something to it. Brisbane’s Requin have tumbled to that conclusion much more quickly than I ever did, or so the evidence of their recording career suggests; perhaps it’s why they broke up.</span></span></p>

J Cole: The Off-Season

Submitted by chrisc on Thu, 20/05/2021 - 15:16

<p><span><span>- J Cole<strong> </strong>has always been an odd point in hip-hop discussion as there are those who’ll have you believe he’s among the best the genre has to offer while there are also those who see nothing worthwhile. Many, like myself, fall in the middle, as I see potential in every release but never quite get it. After three years of waiting for his latest record <em>The Off-Season</em>, how does J Cole do this time around? Well…..</span></span></p>

Kill Bell - 'I don't think that I have what you want'

Submitted by charlottec on Thu, 20/05/2021 - 11:35
Kill Bell is an alternative punk band formed in 2019 from the remains of Girl Germs and Birdhouse. Based in Melbourne’s inner-northern suburbs, Kill Bell’s music has been inspired by a variety of artists and styles including The Breeders, L7 and Kim Gordon. Band members Charlie, Layla and Nick offer music that combines punk ethos with pop sensibilities, their tongue-in-cheek approach to the heavier themes of coming of age and personal struggles with mental health, allows them to create music that resonates with their audiences. Band member Charlie says, “a lot of the tracks reflect coming of age in your mid-20s - looking around and seeing that suddenly all your friends either have a 9-5 as an accountant or are finishing up what feels like their 3rd PhD, while you’re struggling as a part-time waitress and trying to not feel like a fuck-up.” On the creation of the album, which was mixed and mastered by Calum Newton (Candy, Lunatics on Pogo Sticks) and Tom Keyte (Baked Goods, Cook up), Charlie shares "'I don’t think that i have what you want’ has been a long time coming for Kill Bell, the tracks we’ve written are able to tell a story from early 2019 to now. Between the tracks, you can hear us growing as a band and working out our sound. We made sure that once it finally came to releasing the album, it would be unified in tone and energy to reflect the project as a whole.”

Program to encourage community-led disaster recovery

Submitted by Zedlines Contributor on Thu, 20/05/2021 - 11:10

A new program is working with communities to develop and refine community-led approaches to bushfire recovery. 

The Bushfire Resilience Program will build an evidence base of what communities achieve when supported to lead their own recovery.

Monash University Professor Rebekah Brown said a new paradigm for disaster preparedness and recovery has emerged. 

“While there is recognition that communities need to be at the heart of disaster recovery, there is limited guidance on how to do this,” she said. 

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