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Ondatrópica - Ondatrópica

An adventurous project that has been executed with tasteful verve.




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Goat - World Music

Surrender your mind, body and soul to the Goat…




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The Touré-Raichel Collective - The Tel Aviv Session

The players here set about forging exciting new traditions.




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Youssou N’Dour - From Senegal to the World: 80s Classics and Rarities

Unlikely to stand out beside more complete N’Dour compilation sets.




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Bomba Estéreo - Elegancia Tropical

Bogotá quintet delivers fiery electro-Cumbia contortions with hidden depths.




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Vika and Linda Bull and their love of family and music




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An enduring music partnership




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Buffy, but for Wrestling: Can physical sport find its place during social distancing?




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Zagranitsa: Mystical Wonderland [CD&91; - Q'd Up

The central focus of this recording is music inspired by and performed during a concert tour that Q’d Up was fortunate to undertake to five Russian cities during the fall of 2017. With the help and work of Artem Chirkov, one of Eric’s close bass colleagues in St. Petersburg, a two-w..

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Red Cross launches phone service to boost social connection amid rise in public anxiety

The Red Cross have launched a phone service to connect vulnerable Australians as many feel the pressure of home isolation and social distancing restrictions.




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Stay Insiders: Delving into classics

Peer behind the curtain and learn the detailed life of a publishing mogul, jump back in time and fall head over heels for British Crime Classics, and lastly meet Otto Penzler, whose love for American mysteries spans more than 40 years of in the publishing business.




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Labor MP Mike Kelly quitting politics

Widely respected Labor MP Mike Kelly is retiring, which means a by-election in his marginal seat of Eden-Monaro is on the cards.




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Julie Bishop says 'we should scale down the rhetoric' on China and COVID-19 investigation

Former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia should "scale down the rhetoric" towards China and an international coronavirus inquiry, suggesting instead "more calm and quiet diplomacy" would be more effective.




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Time to remove the doona - Australians granted restrictions 'early mark'

The Prime Minister says coronavirus restrictions could be eased earlier than expected, announcing the National Cabinet would give Australia an "early mark" and look at a plan next week.




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Let's Get Quizzical with Nazeem Hussain and Gen Fricker

Have you been paying attention to the news this week?



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  • Economics and Finance

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Outbreaks in some states, while other ease restrictions

The successes of eradicating the virus between states and territories is varying widely - South Australia has recorded its 12th consecutive day of no new cases, but in Victoria there were 22 new cases today after an outbreak at a meatworks.




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Govt gives businesses industry-specific guidelines on how to continue in "COVID-safe" manner

The Government has updated the SafeWork Australia website with industry-specific guidelines for businesses to re-open and carry on in a "COVID-safe" manner.




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The Homefront: Should I consider homeschooling outside of the pandemic?

Millions of parents across the country are struggling with remote learning during coronavirus quarantine measures - but others are choosing to 'unschool' their kids on a longer term basis.




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Coalition contest to pick Eden-Monaro candidate in strife

The Coalition contest to choose a candidate for the Eden-Monaro by-election is rapidly descending into farce.




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Malawi blocks lockdown as experts worry about COVID-19 in Africa

Last month, the government of Malawi tried to impose a lockdown, but was knocked back by the courts.



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Aged Care Commission threatens to revoke license for aged care facility at the centre of deadly COVID-19 outbreak

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is threatening to revoke the license of the facility at the centre of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Penrith in Sydney's west.



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  • Government and Politics
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The risks and realities of easing restrictions

In moving to relax lockdown measures, Australia joins a handful of countries that have successfully flattened the curve and are now embarking on a much trickier challenge.




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The Wrap: Adelaide Uni ICAC, and making water from nothing

On The Wrap this week, we take a look at why South Australia's Independent Commissioner Against Corruption announced he's investigating allegations of improper conduct at Adelaide University, and a scheme to bring water to a remote community in the Northern Territory.



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  • Economics and Finance

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Let's Get Quizzical with Tom Ballard and Mel Buttle

Have you been paying attention to the news this week?




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Jeb Loy Nichols - The Jeb Loy Nichols Special

Nichols’ latest LP is another serving of not-quite-as-you-know-it country.




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Calexico - Algiers

Calexico have lost none of their power to evoke and enthral.




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Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back

Old-time stylists make a fiery bid for the spotlight.




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The Mavericks - In Time

Their first album for 10 years is more than a purely perfunctory comeback.




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The Pictish Trail - Secret Soundz, Volume 2

A spirited album converting life’s sadder aspects into music graced with humour and joy.




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Richard Thompson - Electric

British folk ambassador returns with a fully charged electric set.




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The Black Twig Pickers - Rough Carpenters

Disciples of tradition return with their best offering yet.




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Ernest Bloch - Voice in the Wilderness, Schelomo, From Jewish Life; Kol Nidrei (cello: Natalie Clein; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Ilan Volkov)

A lovely piece of programming, tenderly performed.




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Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique (Scottish Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Robin Ticciati)

Demands to be heard by all lovers of Berlioz's best-known orchestral work.




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Carl Nielsen - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (New York Philharmonic; conductor: Alan Gilbert)

Rich and hugely enjoyable performances.




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Johann Sebastian Bach - Harpsichord Concertos (Retrospect Ensemble; harpsichord/director: Matthew Halls)

A fresh-feeling recording of ear-popping brilliance.




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Leonardo Vinci - Artaserse (Philippe Jaroussky; Max Emanuel Cencic; Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera; Concerto Koln; conductor: Diego Fasolis)

Vinci’s final opera possesses extraordinary energy and some beautiful moments.




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni (Ildebrando D'Arcangelo; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin)

The most exciting and consistently well-sung Don Giovanni to appear for several years.




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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures, Sarcasms & Visions (feat. piano: Steven Osborne)

This sensitive, dynamic recording is a joy, and may even constitute a revelation.




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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonatas (violin: Leonidas Kavakos, piano: Enrico Pace)

This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.




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Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era: 1965-68

An indispensable illustration of the wild and vivid evolution of 1960s psychedelia.




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Viral economics and, is this the end of globalisation?

Is the government pulling the right levers to mitigate the economic impact of Covid-19. How long can the Australian economy survive shut downs before we tip into irreparable damage? 




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Singapore’s coronavirus advice to Australia, and Max Hastings on the Dambusters

Hear from the chair of Infection Control at the National University Hospital in Singapore, who says home isolation is impossible to enforce, and everyone who tests positive for coronavirus should be isolated in hospitals or in designated hotels until they recover. Plus, veteran British historian Max Hastings discusses his new history of the World War Two Dambusters raid.




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Economics of coronavirus recovery, and Alexander Downer on China

How do we revive the economy once the pandemic passes? Coronavirus has Australia headed for a deep recession, so what can we do now to plan our way out of it? Is the answer more government intervention and state planning? Or, is now the time to launch a new reform agenda that sharpens the incentives to work, save, invest and hire? And, Alexander Downer: “I don’t know what China’s problem is” Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an investigation into the origins of the virus. But China’s Ambassador in Canberra upped the stakes this week by threatening a trade and tourism boycott of Australia. Australia’s longest serving Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer says China’s Cold War style rhetoric will backfire on it, and it is in everyone’s interests to investigate the origins of the virus. But as we head into recession, can we afford to aggravate our largest trade partner?




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Is the Swedish model a death sentence? And, does Australia need a post-Covid economic partnership with the US, Japan and India?

Sweden's virus experiment: death sentence, or a way forward?




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Bob Pickersgill was a station hand at Bonnie Doon when he rescued the family's three-year-old daughter from a fire




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Officials measure a world-record attempt for a line of motorhomes in Barcladine, May 26, 2019




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A Guinness World Record-breaking parade of camping vehicles outside Barcaldine, May 26, 2019





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Arkansas Racing Commission sticks with competition for Pope County casino; Mississippi operators promise lawsuit if they don’t win

The Racing Commission had a long and open discussion but again cleared the Cherokee Nation's belated application for a casino permit in Pope County. A Mississippi casino operator says it will sue if the Cherokees win the permit.

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