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Baker Boy ft Bernard Fanning – Wish You WellFor fans of: Jurassic 5, De La Soul, Anderson .PaakBaker Boy was wise to recognise Fanning as a legitimate soul singer, his gravelly yet smooth tones perfectly suited to provide a vocal hook on a hip-hop track. Rather than just piggybacking upon the original song’s hit power to secure an easy victory (see: Puff Daddy), Baker Boy has forged his own creation that uses elements of the former hit to arrive at a striking summery jam a million miles away from the original. While…

At a crucial moment in this quietly harrowing drama from Justin Kurzel, director of Snowtown, Macbeth and True History of the Kelly Gang, a young man walks into a gun shop with a bag of money and walks out with an arsenal of firearms. What’s remarkable is how horrifyingly matter of fact the scene is, with its casual talk of throwing in ammo rounds and “nice” carrying bags. Yes, there’s a slightly sticky moment when the young man reveals that he doesn’t have a licence, but that’s circumvented when he agrees not to register…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The latest census results are out and the number of Australians who selected "no religion" has risen again to 38.9%, up from 30.1% in 2016. This makes…

Australia's carbon emissions rose nearly 1 percent in 2021, as driving and travel picked up and manufacturing activity recovered in the revival from COVID-19, the government said. The rise, which authorities expect to continue into the March quarter of 2022, poses a challenge for the new Labor government which has boosted the country's climate pledge, aiming to cut emissions by 43 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. Emissions climbed by 4.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2-e) to 488.0 Mt CO2-e, driven by…

A self-published book has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin for the first time in the award’s 65-year history, with Michael Winkler’s cult hit Grimmish clearing the final hurdle before Australia’s most prestigious literary prize is announced on 20 July.Announced on Thursday evening, Grimmish joins Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s The Other Half of You, Michelle de Kretser’s Scary Monsters, Jennifer Down’s Bodies of Light and Alice Pung’s One Hundred Days to compete for the $60,000 prize.Winkler’s “exploded nonfiction novel”…

Credit: Merakist on Unsplash Social media offers Black African young people in Australia safe spaces to engage in positive expressions of their Afro-blackness, according to a new study led by Southern Cross University and published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues. …

Map of the Dampier Archipelago (Murujuga) showing locations of areas mentioned in the text. (Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data processed by Sentinel Hub). Credit: Geoarchaeology (2022). DOI: 10.1002/gea.21917 A new study from The University of Western Australia has challenged earlier claims that Aboriginal stone artifacts discovered off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia represent Australia's first undisturbed…

Australian automotive software firm Infomedia Ltd said on Monday it received a A$638.8 million ($443.01 million) non-binding acquisition proposal from U.S.-based software company Solera Holdings LLC, after receiving two bids last month.Solera, which provides risk management software and services to the automotive industry, offered to buy Infomedia at A$1.70 per share in cash, lower than Battery Ventures' A$1.75 per share offer and at par with TA Associates-led consortium's bid.Infomedia first received a takeover proposal…

Ball Park Music – MannyFor fans of: the Dandy Warhols, Oasis, the WarlocksBall Park Music’s sixth album, Weirder and Weirder, does what it promises on the tin, crashing in with the India-via-Madchester opener Manny, a paisley-printed raga that urges you to slow down.and live life free from the screen. There’s more than a little playfulness in the delivery but it retains a serious message and provides the perfect entry point for the twisting, psychedelic album that follows. Another win for Brisbane’s finest art pop…

Ribbon weed, Posidonia australis, meadow in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Credit: Rachel Austin, University of Western AustraliaScientists were investigating meadows of ribbon weed seagrass using <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>DNA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil around each other to form a double helix. It is the…