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Skyland USA Celebrates Company’s 20th Anniversary
Greenroofs - Florida
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July 9, 2025
Skyland USA announced today that the company is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2025. Founded in 2005, the company started as a local, Mid-Atlantic supplier of green roof media. In the years since, it has grown to an international company that...
Blair Kinghorn set for scan on knee injury as Lions’ full-back frets grow
The Independent
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July 9, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Pure joy: the Australian pub choirmaster who flipped the script on America’s Got Talent
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
Viewed from the outside, at least, far from united, the states of America appear irreconcilably divided. Which may explain why Astrid Jorgensen, a 35-year-old choir director from Brisbane who honed her skills at the pub, has just toured the States...
Watch: SLAYER Plays First Concert Of 2025 In Cardiff, United Kingdom
Blabbermouth - California
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July 4, 2025
Reactivated thrash metal legends SLAYER played their first show of 2025 and their first United Kingdom concert in six years Thursday night (July 3) at the 35,000-capacity Blackweir Fields in Cardiff. Support at the gig came from AMON AMARTH,...
Kellaway: Without success, Australians will find it hard to follow rugby union
The Times
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Sitting in Daceyville, looking at the big blue skies and a watery winter sun, a little down the way from the achingly beautiful Sydney Cricket Ground and the newly rebuilt Allianz Stadium next to it in Moore Park, you cannot imagine anything ever...
Homegrown hits: the best new Australian music to hear this month
The Age
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July 4, 2025
Zenith, by the Evans Robson Quartet: a flock in full flight.Evans Robson Quartet, Zenith Some people hate pigeons, but in flight a flock can mesmerise with their abrupt turns, take-offs and landings, without ever banging wings. How clumsy we seem,...
‘Storm clouds are gathering’: 40 years on from the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
The Spinoff
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July 9, 2025
From the preface of the 40th anniversary edition of David Robie’s seminal book on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, Helen Clark writes about what the bombing on 10 July 1985 means today. The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour on...
The bold plan to use tax reform to boost Australia’s struggling culture sector
The Age
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July 4, 2025
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will attend along with 150 donors, venue operators, patrons, partners, and tax and economic experts: “The sector is telling us that tax policy settings are a significant impediment to artists’ business viability,...
Phuket sees 5.85 million visitors in first 5 months
Bangkok Post
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July 9, 2025
PUBLISHED : 10 Jul 2025 at 05:25 Russians, Chinese and Indians were Phuket's largest groups of tourists in the first five months of this year, generating around 223 billion baht in revenue, says the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Kamolphan...
Introducing Militarie Gun – Touring Australia With Touché Amoré This Month
Music Feeds
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July 4, 2025
Militarie Gun don’t care much for genre rules, and that’s exactly what makes them so compelling – the LA band have forged a sound that’s constantly shifting but unmistakably their own, with a fine-tuned blend of punk, alt-rock, hardcore and pop....
Why Did Usher Cancel His Australia Tour? Fans Disappointed As Announcement Offered No Explanation
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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July 4, 2025
A surprise cancellation of all 12 of Usher's shows in Sydney and Melbourne has left Australian fans feeling down under while organisers and ticket providers fail to give an explanation. Usher was scheduled to play six shows at Melbourne's Rod...
Kanye West barred from Australia over antisemitic song praising Hitler
Times LIVE
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American rapper Kanye West has been denied entry into Australia after the release of a controversial track in which he praises Adolf Hitler. The decision was announced by Australia's minister of home affairs Tony Burke who cited concerns about...
Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) Review: A Great Option for First-Time Site Owners
CNET
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July 9, 2025
Pros Low introductory pricing Plenty of storage on shared hosting plans Wide variety of plans Auto-install WordPress tools make it easy to set up a site Lots of security features even on the lowest-cost plan Cons High renewal cost Inconsistent...
Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti has tongue-in-cheek response to front page depicting her in hit show Kath And Kim
PerthNow
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July 9, 2025
Like any politician worth their salt, she doesn’t mind a bit of a “look at moi” — and on the back of The West Australian’s front page, she may soon be rocking a tiger sweater. Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti was quick to respond to the daily...
In the Book Nook with … Erica Miner
The Suburban Times - Washington State
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July 9, 2025
Author Erica Miner Author Erica Miner lives just north of Seattle, Washington. Retired from her former career as a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera, she now makes her living from her novels, her lectures, and as a journalist writing reviews...
Don’t Stop me Now – Corinthian Sailor Elizabeth Tucker Takes on the World
Live Sail Die
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July 9, 2025
Elizabeth Tucker had barely stepped on board a yacht before 2021. Fast forward four years to 2025 and the English-born, Sydney-based sailor has sailed her Class40 yacht, First Light, from Spain to Australia with the intention of competing in the...
Ten baking tips (and life lessons) from Australia’s best bakers
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
Baking: it’s part science, part craft, part magic. A mindful escape or total mystery, depending on who you ask. In writing The Bakers Book, a collection of recipes, kitchen notes and wisdom, I asked 36 Australian bakers for an essential piece of...
'We kept them in the game' - Farrell wants improvements
RTE Ireland
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July 9, 2025
It's four wins from four for the British and Irish Lions on Australian soil, but even head coach Andy Farrell is under no illusion about the step up required for the Test series next week. The ACT Brumbies are the latest of the Super Rugby...
US federal data glitch overlooks 200,000 international students
The PIE news
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July 9, 2025
Earlier this year, The PIE News reported on an error found in federal datasets that appeared to show falling international student numbers from August 2024 to the present. The inaccurate SEVIS data painted a picture of dramatically declining...
Music legend John Farnham ‘over the moon’ after becoming a grandfather for the first time
Starts at 60
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July 1, 2025
After a legendary career spanning decades and cementing his place as one of Australia’s most beloved performers, John Farnham is celebrating a beautiful new milestone — becoming a grandfather for the first time. The music icon’s son, James and his...