Cargo ship crew test positive to COVID
Health officials are investigating a mystery coronavirus strain on a cargo ship off the coast of Queensland, anchored off the Sunshine Coast. The Sofrana ship left New Zealand earlier in the month, before stopping in New Caledonia. New Zealand requested Australian health officials perform testing on the crew after an engineer who previously worked on the ship tested positive in Auckland.
Wild storms lash South East Queensland
Wild storms hit South East Queensland yesterday afternoon, with almost 200,000 lightning strikes, 93 kph winds, and hail recorded across the region. During the height of the storm, Energex reported 33,000 homes were without power and a person was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital after being struck by a tree. The Bureau of Meteorology says it can’t rule out more wild weather across the South East this week.
COVID Consolations - Part III (the final episode): Sunny Street
It's easy to take the Australian healthcare system for granted, but for many, it is difficult to approach it in the first place.
Dr Nova of Sunny Street chats with 4ZZZ reporter Kloe Phelan about the challenging but highly rewarding role Sunny Street play in providing mobile healthcare services, bringing light to healthcare on the streets.
Hop over to the 12pm Brisbane Line recording for 24 OCT 2020.
"Vincent River" - The Curators Theatre
To tell a story of loss, the first need for the hearer (and the teller) is to enunciate the loss. Explain the loss, why it matters, why the hearer needs to care about the loss. British playwright Philip Ridley takes a different pathway with his late 1990s two-hander. We know immediately that Vincent is dead, but, we don't know much more than his mother is being stalked by a scrawny teenager, "a school kid", she derisively taunts him.
Mimi Gilbert: Grew Inside The Water
<p><span><span><span><span>- I think of Mimi Gilbert as a stranger to these shores, an old-school folk rambler who’s never in one place for long. It’s interesting to notice that nearly every place she turns up -walking long distances alone in Coffs Harbour, embracing vagabond freedom in Santa Cruz, recording a record in Wellington, or getting back to home for now in Melbourne- they’re all coastal towns, never too far from the sea. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.
Pallbearer: Forgotten Days
<p><span lang="en-GB">- Prior to the release of </span><span lang="en-GB"><strong>Pallbearer’s </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">new record, nearly half of it had either been put out as singles or as part of the </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><span>Quicksand of Existing</span></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">EP.
The Show Must Go On - The Endurance of Cinema in Brisbane
Television couldn't kill cinema. Video couldn't kill cinema. Streaming couldn't kill cinema. Will COVID finally wipe out Brisbane cinemas once and for all?
4ZZZ reporter Josh Schultz spoke with Manager of Victoria Point Cineplex and Queensland Convenor of the Cinema and Theatre Historical Society of Australia, Steve Maggs, along with executive director of the National Association of Cinema Operators, Michael Hawkins, about the challenges facing cinemas in Brisbane.
Open Mike Eagle: Anime, Trauma And Divorce
<p><span><span>- “<em>It’s October and I’m tired</em>” exhausts rapper Open Mike Eagle on his latest record <em>Anime, Trauma and Divorce</em>. Despite Mike claiming to have recorded this line last October, the sentiment still runs true now. An exploration of depression, divorce and self-love, Mike bares all on a humorous yet melancholy record that puts into perspective the necessity of helping yourself in what has been a disastrous twelve months.</span></span></p>
Matt Berninger: Serpentine Prison
<p><span><span>- The solo albums of famous lead singers are often predictable but with Matt Berninger, the singer and lyricist of <strong>The National</strong>, the outcome was difficult to anticipate. The main reason being that Berninger does not play a single instrument and has no part in the writing of <strong>The National</strong>’s music. However, what is predictable is Berninger’s enamouring baritone and wonderfully neurotic lyrics. Written with a bevy of indie rock artist and produced by the legendary <strong>Booker T.
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