Brisbane COVID ward still shut while engineers investigate airflow
Brisbane’s Alexandra Hospital COVID ward is shut while engineers investigate whether the building’s airflow was the cause of a COVID outbreak last month.
The ward will not reopen until an engineering report is finalized to determine how three health care workers were infected with COVID-19 whilst working in the ward.
The outbreak last month forced Brisbane into a three-day lockdown before Easter.
2021 Queensland Music Award winners announced
Winners of the 2021 Queensland Music Awards were announced last night.
Ball Park Music won album of the year with their self-titled record, and Sycco won Song of the Year with her track ‘Dribble’.
Other notable wins include R&B artist Miiesha, who took out the Indigenous, Soul/Funk/R&B, and Remote categories for her track ‘Twisting Words’, from her debut record Nyaaringu.
Greshka: Inebriation
<p><span><span>- My first experience with Greshka was at Woodford, 2016, where the band's confusing genre tags and tongue-in-cheek blurb painted them as obvious outsiders amidst the folksy affair. It was a typically muggy festival evening when I witnessed the self-described 'neo-gypsy/klezmer ensemble' knock a crowd of unsuspecting hippies onto their collective asses.
Cordae: Just Until...
<p><span><span>- Cordae has gained traction over the past several years as a standout rapper who is able to blend solid lyricism and soulful production into a mainstream direction. His collaborations with the likes of <strong>Anderson Paak </strong>and <strong>Chance the Rapper</strong>, to name a few,<strong> </strong>made Cordae’s 2019 debut record <em>The Lost Boy</em> a noteworthy project; even if the young artist had plenty of room to grow.
Liz Stringer: First Time Really Feeling
<p><span><span><em>- First Time Really Feeling</em><span>, the seventh solo album from Melbourne based songwriter Liz Stringer, opens with the stunning title track. From a minimal beginning of keys and noodly guitar, it builds over almost six minutes to a stirring melody and epic instrumental conclusion. It is classic sounding without being derivative.
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Taiwan's top court to decide scope of Indigenous hunting rights
A landmark ruling from Taiwan’s top court will tomorrow determine the scope of Indigenous peoples' traditional hunting rights.
The case began in 2013 with the prosecution of a Bulun Indigenous hunter, and will decide whether wildlife conservation laws unduly restrict the rights of Indigenous people.
Indigenous hunter Baubu Caljas says having to ask the Chinese government for the right to hunt is 'unfair'.
Alan Vega: Mutator
<p><span><span>- Emerging from the vast <strong>Vega Vault</strong><em><strong> </strong></em><em>- </em>the pioneer of synth & protopunk, Alan Vega posthumously unveils <em>Mutator.</em> It's a not-so-new album oozing forth gutter rock, apocalyptic proclamations & sinister swagger in equal, uneasy measure.</span></span></p>
Companies, environmentalists slam Brazil for 'land-grabbing' bill
European companies are threatening to stop using Brazilian agricultural products if the government expands property rights for squatters on public land.
Environmental advocates are warning the expansion would encourage deforestation by rewarding land grabbers in the Amazon rainforest.
The bill was scheduled for a vote in Brazil's senate last week but has since been paused due to international criticisms.
Accessibility standards to be included in the National Construction Code
Minimum accessibility standards for new houses will be included in the public comment draft of the National Construction Code 2022.
The standards would require a step-free entrance door, wider doorways and a toilet on ground level.
Queensland Minister for Public Works Mick de Brenni says a minimum accessibility standard would ensure safe, secure and liveable housing, especially for seniors.