Glenn Richards: FIBATTY!
<p><em>- FIBATTY!</em> is the peculiar title of Glenn Richards' latest solo album. A quick Google check will let you know that its etymology is unknown and that it is safe to assume that it’s an acronym devised by the songwriter and adroit wordsmith, Glenn Richards.
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Tia Gostelow - CHRYSALIS
2. Full Power Happy Hour - Steely Fences (Single)
3. Jodie Flange - Welcome To The Elephant Graveyard, Honey
4. Mitch, Please - The Bin Collection
5. The Stress Of Leisure - Faux Wave
6. Perve Endings - Slow Burn
7. Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt (Single)
8. Emily Wurramara - Cruisin' (Single)
9. Kristy Apps - These Streets (Single)
10. Golden Age Of Ballooning - Birthday (Single)
11. Emma Bosworth - Summer (Single)
12. The Double Happiness - Surfgazing
Godtet: III
<p><span><span>- Within the outskirts of modern Australian jazz lives the <strong>Miles Davis</strong>’ school of thought, that’s the Social Music method of “You take out what you want, and leave what you don't like”, this method is being extrapolated with increasingly robust results. Improv quintet GODTET<strong> </strong>have released the third installation to their triptych <em>GODTET III</em>, which is filled with inspired conversation and a finely tuned group dynamic.</span></span></p>
12PM Zedlines - December 18th
By 4ZZZ reporter Grace Nakamura.
Image credit: Bruce Matsunaga
New Twitter policy to ban false COVID facts
Twitter to follow Facebook and YouTube by banning false and misleading information about COVID-19.
The move comes the same week the US begins vaccinations to combat the baseless conspiracy theories on social media about the coronavirus.
The new policy will be enforced starting next week.
Fiji hit by major cyclone overnight
Fiji was hit by Tropical Cyclone Yasa last night in what was one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere.
More than 300 evacuation centres were full overnight as people took shelter from the category 5 storm.
Authorities and volunteers are just starting to uncover the extent of the damage this morning.
Experts launch campaign to help Year 12 ATAR stress
Leading experts in mental health have banded together to form a campaign called ‘You Got This’ for Year 12 students as they await their ATAR results.
The campaign was initiated after a recent survey that found Year 12 students understandably had increased levels of anxiety during the pandemic.
Eat Aussie this Chrissie
Agriculture Minister David Littleproud is calling for Australians to eat 100 percent Aussie this Christmas to support our farmers.
“Australia’s farmers have defied drought, bushfires and a pandemic to deliver an abundance of fresh food throughout the year,” Minister Littleproud said.
Over 200 000 Queenslanders out of work this Christmas
Queensland’s unemployment rate has stayed at 7.7 per cent this November while the national average dropped to 6.8 per cent, the ABS revealed.
Over 211 000 Queenslanders are out of work this Christmas, 41 000 more than this time last year.
Queensland budget papers estimate the state jobless average won’t drop to 6.5 percent until June 2024.
Brisbane's 'ugliest' building torn down
The Brisbane Transit Centre, known as Brisbane’s ‘ugliest’ building, has been torn down to make way for a new underground rail network and stadium.
Transport Minister Mark Bailey says tearing the building down over the past 12 months has been a ‘mammoth operation’.