Mere Women - 'Romantic Notions'
Pensive, profound and at once ostensibly urgent and unnerving, ‘Romantic Notions’ captures the overwhelming intensity of obsessive love and control while sharing often-uncomfortable truths relating to women’s lived experiences; a ubiquitous theme throughout the Mere Women catalogue.
The looming Mere Women album was written and rehearsed in a riverside cottage in Sydney and later recorded with Tim G Carr at One Flight Up studios in March, on the cusp of lockdown. The foreboding threat of lockdown left a peculiar feeling throughout the recording process, filling the air with a tremendous sense of uncertainty and giving the overall process an unusual edge.
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Police Commissioner suggests app to address rising sexual assaults
One of Australia's top police officers has proposed an app to record sexual consent between parties to combat climbing sexual assault figures.
NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said rising sexual assault figures need to be addressed through technology and education on consent.
Domestic violence victims gain early access to superannuation
Domestic violence victims fleeing abuse will soon be able to withdraw 10,000 dollars from their superannuation.
Family and domestic violence will be added to the list of existing “compassionate ground rules” which grant access to super before retirement age.
Three Indigenous deaths in custody in last fortnight
Three Indigenous people have died in custody in the past fortnight — two in Sydney and one in Melbourne.
The deaths in Sydney were revealed by the NSW Corrective Services Commissioner during budget estimates the following week.
Labor senator Pat Dodson, who worked on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody three decades ago, is calling for a meeting of states and territories to deal with the issue.
QLD hotel quarantine records 8 new COVID-19 cases
Eight COVID-19 cases were recorded in Queensland hotel quarantine overnight, one of the state’s largest daily quarantine totals.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said six cases were returning travellers from Papua New Guinea, which struggling to contain a surging outbreak of the virus.
Numbers of international school students plummet
Gold Coast International English schools have been hit hard by the global pandemic, losing 94% of their students.
Managing Director of Inforum Education Simon Craft says only half of his workforce remain employed, with the remaining on JobKeeper.
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Parliament votes against raising JobSeeker payments
The House of Representatives has voted against a movement to raise JobSeeker payments by 80 dollars a fortnight.
The Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill proposes an increase in maximum rates of social security payments by $50 a fortnight, which still places recipients under the poverty line.
Tanzania's President dies aged 61 after health rumours
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61 after weeks of health rumours.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa insisted last week that the president was “healthy and working hard,” however Magufuli was last seen in public on February 27.