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Alan Joyce Should Be Reprimanded, Not Rewarded
Once the soaring pride of the Australian skies, our national airline Qantas has been put into a tailspin by former CEO Alan Joyce. Alan Joyce served as CEO of Qantas Airways Limited from 2008-2023, stepping down when it was revealed Qantas had knowingly sold tickets for cancelled flights during the pandemic. It was a scandal…
Read MoreBIGSOUND 2024
Australia’s biggest music conference BIGSOUND returns to Brisbane in September for its 23rd edition. Each year, BIGSOUND brings together musicians, tastemakers and renowned music industry professionals from Australia and all over the world for a four-day gathering that takes over Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley. A launchpad for a swag full of popular Australian acts, BIGSOUND is…
Read MoreParis 2024 Olympic Games
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics officially launches this evening with a spectacular Opening Ceremony tipped to be the biggest open-air show on earth. For the first time in the Games’ history, the Opening Ceremony is being held outside a stadium. Instead, athletes will travel along a 6km stretch of the River Seine in a stunning…
Read MoreA Presidential Dilemma
American voters head to the polls in November in what has already been a contentious and volatile Presidential election. In a race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, it seems the US people aren’t being given a lot of choice. One is an egomaniacal celebrity property developer/convicted criminal, and the other is an octogenarian…
Read MoreNEWS: QMusic President and VP Resign
A shocking development this week has seen QMusic president Natalie Strijland and Vice-President D-J Wendt resign their positions without notice. It follows a campaign led by Howard Duggan, Managing Director of Eyeball Media and publisher of national street press title scenestr, who had previously issued a public complaint outlining serious grievances against specific members of…
Read MoreThe Artificial World Of AI
“At some point in the early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in celebration. We marvelled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to AI.” The Matrix, 1999 In the quarter century since the release of The Matrix, we have seen artificial intelligence (AI) develop in leaps and bounds from sci-fi fodder to…
Read MoreNEWS: Julian Assange Freed From Prison
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from prison after settling a plea deal with the US Justice Department. Assange has plead guilty to violating US espionage law, specifically one count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence documents. According to reports, Assange has been released from Belmarsh maximum security prison and…
Read MoreFeature: Power Shift – Achieving A Clean Energy Future
Words: Matt Innes Amid the pressure of rising costs and combatting global warming, the dream for many is to secure a clean, affordable, and sustainable source of energy. From lighting our homes and streets to powering the vast server networks and supercomputers that we now depend upon, electricity is a vital and valuable commodity for…
Read MoreNews: QMusic Members Furious At President Strijland’s Tone Deaf Captains Pick
Originally published on scenestr, written by Howard Duggan. QMusic President, Natalie Strijland has angered a significant and growing cohort of the QMusic membership for what has been seen as a self-serving and tone deaf ‘Captain’s Pick’ at the QMusic’s recent Annual General Meeting. Strijland used proxy votes entrusted to the President by Members in absentia…
Read MoreNews: QMusic Put On Notice By National Publisher
Queensland’s key music body QMusic has been put on official notice for how it awards prestigious media contracts and partnerships. Howard Duggan is the Managing Director of Eyeball Media, which publishes national street press titles scenestr and FROOTY. He has issued a scathing report condemning specific members of the QMusic Board, specifically CEO Kris Stewart,…
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