The ongoing protest movement sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis has spread onto social media under the hashtag #BlackoutTuesday.Social media users may notice photo posts of a black square with this hashtag written in the caption. The movement originated from music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang who began the effort to shutter standard music business services on June 2 via their #theshowmustbepaused initiative. The idea is to disrupt the working week for the music industry, essentially going on strike.Senior Lecturer in Sociology Andrew Whelan from the University of Wollongong further clarified the message Jamila Thomas and…
Author: Adam Mansfield
A University of Wollongong engineering and information sciences professor has raised concerns about parts of the community being excluded from the Australian government’s COVIDSafe tracing app. Professor Katina Michael said the app failed to consider at-risk members of society. “I’m really concerned vulnerable communities have not been incorporated in this app…whether it’s people who are disabled and have issues or have cognitive impairment… or from a non-English speaking background. So, I think the future is participatory and we have to do a better job at testing,” Prof. Michael said. Prof. Michael also said she attempted to use the app but…
Measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 have impacted sport operations across the Illawarra. Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced at the start of April it would suspend sanctioned grassroots football competitions and associated training until at least the 31 May. Illawarra Football Academy director Mark Tyseen said he hoped clubs would be proactive off the football pitch. “A lot of the local junior clubs that do have the volunteers, a lot of their websites are not functional, you can’t get a hold of people, so it’s probably a really good opportunity to really get that type of stuff up to…
Residential property prices rose by 3.9 per cent in the December quarter 2019, according to figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Price rises of 4.7 per cent in Sydney and 5.2 per cent in Melbourne were the main driver for the increase. ABS Chief Economist Bruce Hockman said in a media release this morning that Australia’s two largest cities continued to lead the rise in property prices. “The turnaround in the housing market has spread to all cities except Darwin,” Mr Hockman said. The report also found property prices rose 2.5 per cent in the year to…