Fiji prepares for super storm Cyclone Yasa
Fiji is bracing for a severe tropical cyclone with the potential to be one of the most destructive in history.
Cyclone Yasa is tracking north-west of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, and is expected to directly hit both of Fiji's main islands as a Category 5 cyclone, the highest category for tropical cyclones.
The cyclone is expected to pass over the country on Friday with an estimated 600,000 people directly in the cyclone's path, based on tracking estimates from Tuesday night.
Matt Thrower: New Releases Show
Ordered from least to most favourite:
#10 Dan Deacon: Mystic Familiar
#9 Aoife Nessa Francis: Land Of No Junction
#8Fontaines D.C.: A Hero's Death
#7Ancient Channels: Moments In Ruin
#6Unleash The Archers: Abyss
#5 Custard: Respect All Lifeforms
#4 No Joy: Motherhood
#3 Sparks: A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
#2 The Double Happiness: Surfgazing
#1 Julianna Barwick: Healing Is A Miracle
4ZZZ Top 20
1. Sycco - Germs (Single)
2. Mitch, Please - The Bin Collection
3. The Ancient Bloods - Where We Stand
4. Full Power Happy Hour - Steely Fences (Single)
5. Tia Gostelow - CHRYSALIS
6. Perve Endings - Token (Single)
7. The Double Happiness - Surfgazing
8. Flangipanis - Asshole Aunt (Single)
9. BLUSSH - Incoming (Single)
10. Jade Not Jane - Cherry Cola (Single)
11. Emma Bosworth - Summer (Single)
12. Jodie Flange - Welcome To The Elephant Graveyard, Honey
13. The Stress Of Leisure - Faux Wave
Various Artists: Going To Georgia
<p><span><span>- If indie rock bands covering classic songs from the American state of Georgia sounds like your kind of jam, then you were in luck this week - as two separate releases matching that description came out on the same day from <strong>Death Cab For Cutie</strong> and the roster of Merge Records.</span></span></p>
Cabaret Voltaire: Shadow Of Fear
<p><span><span>- English group Cabaret Voltaire started out in Sheffield in 1973 - nearly fifty years ago. They evolved from tape loops and experimental electronic music to early industrial sounds through to post-punk moody synth and underground dance sounds.</span></span></p>
12PM ZEDLINES - 15 DECEMBER
By 4ZZZ reporters Hannah Davies and Norma Hilton.
Image: Wikimedia commons
Ruhollah Zam’s execution sparks EU boycotts
Four European countries have withdrawn from an online business forum in Iran’s capital, Tehran after the execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam. .
The ambassadors boycotting the forum are from France, Germany, Italy and Austria.
On Saturday, Zam was hanged for documenting mass protests in Iran in 2017 on his online news feed.
Argentina’s abortion legalisation bill passes key vote
Politicians in Argentina have voted yes to a bill that’s one step closer to legalising abortion.
This unprecedented decision was fought for long and hard by women’s rights activists in the largely Catholic country.
Many women in Argentina who have an abortion can face prosecution.
NT police officer who assaulted Indigenous teenages says, “I’m in the mood to lose my job.”
A Northern Territory police officer was caught on tape grabbing, shoving and verbally abusing a teenage boy in the Alice Springs watch house.
Footage obtained by the ABC shows highly inappropriate police conduct in the handling of a group of Indigenous boys arrested for stealing a car and leading police on a chase.
Researchers excited by success of ‘Coral IVF’ experiment on GBF
Australian researchers at Southern Cross University are excited by the success of their ‘coral IVF’ experiment on the Great Barrier Reef.
The experiment on Heron Island has been underway since 2016 where they placed larvae onto certain parts of the reef in order to reproduce more.