# new south wales (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover new south wales. Page: Feed: --- ## [Adopting faster ways to innovate](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/governments-seek-faster-ways-to-innovate/) _2026-08-26 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ Governments are turning to incubators and accelerators to adopt forward-looking ways of working. The post Adopting faster ways to innovate appeared first on Government News . ## [Looking For The Balearic Beat / Dubs / August 2026](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/26/dubs-august-2026/) _2026-08-26 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ Matthieu Beck / Suede Dubs In 2022, French musician Matthieu Beck released his album, “Here Alone”, on Growing Bin. The record gaining a rave Ban Ban Ton Ton review, care of Secret Soul Society’s Cal Gibson. Beck has now singled out the track “Suede”, commissioned a couple of cracking remixes and pressed them onto a \[…\] ## [Carroll announces SRL spending review](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/carroll-announces-srl-spending-review/) _2026-08-25 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ The Victorian Government is reviewing spending on the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop project. Already, around $1 billion has been saved by a reduction in spending on the... The post Carroll announces SRL spending review appeared first on Government News . ## [Koans revisited](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/26/koans-revisited/) _2026-08-25 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ Five years ago, a friend challenged me to write her a zen koan for her birthday. Here's my whole collection. Try to answer the riddles! ## [UK’s ‘pothole plague’](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/uks-pot-plague/) _2026-08-25 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ Road repairs in England and Wales will cost councils an estimated £18.6 billion ($35 bn). The post UK’s ‘pothole plague’ appeared first on Government News . ## [Judith / Such Is Life / Partial Records](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/25/judith-such-is-life-partial-records/) _2026-08-25 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ Produced in 1998 by Manasseh and Markie Lyrics aka Jah Lingwa of the R.D.K. Hi-Fi Sound System, Judith’s “Such Is Life” is a really cool cover, a fantastic female reading, of a song written by Trinidadian musician and singer Kenrick Randolph Patrick aka Lord Creator. Patrick first cut the track in 1968, after an 18 \[…\] ## [Stronger fiscal skills needed](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/stronger-fiscal-skills-needed-in-public-sector/) _2026-08-24 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ With tighter budgets you have to make the best decisions about public spending. The post Stronger fiscal skills needed appeared first on Government News . ## [Prosecutor for construction inquiry](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/prosecutor-for-construction-inquiry/) _2026-08-24 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ The new role will work alongside Victoria's construction commission. The post Prosecutor for construction inquiry appeared first on Government News . ## [Showdown](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/25/showdown/) _2026-08-24 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ #5 in the goddess series, a dialogue with Shruti Krishna Sareen ## [Cedric Brooks / United Africa X Dubism / Pressure Sounds](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/24/cedric-brooks-united-africa-x-dubism-pressure-sounds/) _2026-08-24 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ Jamaican saxophonist Cedric Brooks had a long, and industrious career. Brooks began his musical journey as a pupil of Kingston’s legendary Alpha School for Boys, where underprivileged youth were taken in, and to keep them out of trouble, given an instrument to learn. The school subsequently cultivated scores of students who would become maestros and \[…\] ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4lE3Np4zqc1q) _2026-08-24 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Councils call for community investment](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/councils-urge-investment-to-meet-community-needs/) _2026-08-23 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ The call comes as the countdown to the Victoria November election begins. The post Councils call for community investment appeared first on Government News . ## [keyboar dyin, a coab](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/24/keyboar-dyin-a-coab/) _2026-08-23 · J Perini · Wordflower poetry_ my keyboard is dyi, f, n and g are dead, perhaps it is sayi stop talki, start listei itead ## [Maribou State / II Remember (Tom Sharkett Mix) / Ninja Tune](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/23/maribou-state-ii-remember-tom-sharkett-mix-ninja-tune/) _2026-08-23 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ A terrific remix here from Todmorden’s Tom Sharkett, commissioned for the “Deluxe” repress of Maribou State’s 2025 album “Hallucinating Love”. The original “II Remember” is a sort of twisted folk, falsetto number. All funky syncopation, tricky picking and strumming. Sharkett, though, totally transforms the track, turning it into stadium-sized, rocky dance. Rhythmically spinning, racing, rotating,… ## [A poetry month reshare](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/23/a-poetry-month-reshare/) _2026-08-22 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ 'The poem is blunt because the moment was blunt. The disrespect was blunt. The history being denied is blunt. “Finders keepers” becomes the logic of invasion. A “seat at the table” becomes another conditional invitation. We are welcomed only when we are grateful, quiet and convenient.'---Ziggy Ramo ## [Phil Kieran / Awesome Soundwave Live / August 2026](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/22/phil-kieran-awesome-soundwave-live-august-2026/) _2026-08-22 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ Having recently released the final instalment of his Le Carousel project, Belfast born and raised DJ / producer Phil Kieran appears to be seriously reinvigorated / rejuvenated. While Le Carousel took over a decade to finally reach fruition, Kieran currently has 2, brand new releases lined-up. The “Kosmische Advice” EP – a collaboration with Roman \[…\] ## [Symphony in green, by Tyler Pedersen](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/22/symphony-in-green-reblog/) _2026-08-21 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ Amid the hum of buzzing bees — the heron’s cry [Listen](https://wordflowerpoetry.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/symphony-in-green-by-tyler-pedersen.mp3) ## [India rolls out ICT track theme at BRICS meet](https://www.indusage.com.au/?p=99047) _2026-08-21 · Indian newspaper Sydney · Indus Age_ Pune, Aug 21 Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Friday introduced the theme of ‘Innovate, Cooperate and Transform (ICT) for a Resilient Future’, and its four pillars — sustainable and resilient digital and ICT ecosystems; cybersecurity and trustworthy ICT; digital skilling and capacity building; and innovation, startups and entrepreneurship at the BRICS ministerial meeting… ## [Journey into the captivating world of Empty Jar & The Jam Boy](https://www.indusage.com.au/?p=99044) _2026-08-21 · Indian newspaper Sydney · Indus Age_ By Indranil Halder Empty Jar & The Jam Boy is a sweeping work of historical fiction that exposes the magnificent rise and tragic hollowings of colonial Bengal. The “Empty Jar” serves as a powerful metaphor for the behemoth province of Bengal. Once a global titan of wealth, millennia of civilization, and thriving international trade, Bengal attracted merchants from \[…\] ## [Six Sacred Hindu Deity Statues Stolen from Adelaide Temple, Police Appeal for Information](https://www.indusage.com.au/?p=99040) _2026-08-21 · Indian newspaper Sydney · Indus Age_ South Australia Police are investigating the theft of six sacred marble Hindu deity statues from a temple in Adelaide’s north-eastern suburbs, an incident that has deeply concerned members of the local Hindu community. The statues were stolen during a break-in at the Adelaide Hindu Temple on Peat Avenue, Holden Hill, shortly before 5am on Monday, 10 \[…\] ## [GPA warns growers to watch for locusts as spring nears](https://www.graincentral.com/news/gpa-warns-growers-to-watch-for-locusts-as-spring-nears/) _2026-08-21 · Grain Central · Australia's leading Grains News - Grain Central_ GPA is urging growers across SA, NSW and Vic to remain alert as the risk of Australian plague locust activity increases heading into spring. ## [Home of the Agentic Pull Request (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Whlkti4BKXAM) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ CLI-first, TUI-ready toolkits and a moshscript installer — join the waitlist ## [Daily Market Wire 21 August 2026](https://www.graincentral.com/markets/daily-market-wire-21-august-2026/) _2026-08-21 · Guest Author · Grain Markets & Marketing News - Grain Central_ Crude rally lifts vegoils. Black Sea disruption remains supportive. Australia's NNSW and SQ anticipate rain forecast promise. ## [Como bans ebikes after mayor hit](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/como-bans-ebikes-after-mayor-hit/) _2026-08-21 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ Riders will have to dismount when entering the city centre and the old town. The post Como bans ebikes after mayor hit appeared first on Government News . ## [Catching Up With On The Wire – By Cal Gibson](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/21/catching-up-with-on-the-wire-by-cal-gibson/) _2026-08-21 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ Recent highlights from Steve Barker’s legendary On The Wire radio selected bySecret Soul Society‘s Cal Gibson. Sometimes, just sometimes, when a radio show has been broadcasting for forty-two years like Steve Barker‘s beyond legendary On The Wire has, then you may find yourself having inevitably missed a few episodes. This would doubtless be a mistake \[…\] ## [latent spring: a cinquain by Tatiana Aleksina](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/21/latent-spring-a-cinquain-by-tatiana-aleksina/) _2026-08-20 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ Read it more than once; it's deep. Then try writing your own cinquain and share it in the comments ## [Wage injustice at APS](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/wage-injustice-at-aps/) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ Some public sector employees earn almost 40 per cent less than their peers. The post Wage injustice at APS appeared first on Government News . ## [Apps raise security concerns](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/apps-raise-security-concerns/) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ One-in-three government workers use personal apps for work purposes. The post Apps raise security concerns appeared first on Government News . ## [NDIS report warns of care shortfall](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/ndis-report-warns-of-care-shortfall/) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Kelly · Government News_ Government cuts represent 94 million hours of annual paid care. The post NDIS report warns of care shortfall appeared first on Government News . ## [RBA board appointment](https://www.governmentnews.com.au/rba-board-appointment/) _2026-08-20 · Government News · Government News_ Melinda Cilento has been appointed a member of the monetary policy board. The post RBA board appointment appeared first on Government News . ## [Senate Urges Australia to Bring Timber Under Its Russian Sanctions](https://woodcentral.com.au/senate-russian-timber-sanctions/) _2026-08-20 · Jason Ross · Wood Central_ A Senate committee wants timber included in Australia’s sanctions on Russia, naming wood alongside blended oils in the sixth of eleven recommendations to the Albanese Government, with the forest sector reporting 100,000 cubic metres of suspect fibre entering the country every year. That is according to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, which \[…\] The post Senate Urges… ## [Labor Senators Back Dumping Case on All Russian LVL Sold in Australia](https://woodcentral.com.au/russian-lvl-dumping-case/) _2026-08-20 · Jason Ross · Wood Central_ Senior Labor senators have encouraged Australia’s timber industry to take Russian laminated veneer lumber to the Anti-Dumping Commission, with declared imports up 63 per cent in a year and prices in freefall. That is according to Raff Ciccone, deputy chair of the Senate’s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, who made the suggestion with \[…\] The post Labor Senators Back Dumping… ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2gQABBg3hqbM) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and access low-cost global trading. ## [Argentine Wood Prices Hit a One-Year High and Still Lose Ground](https://woodcentral.com.au/argentina-wood-prices-indec-july-2026/) _2026-08-20 · woodcentral · Wood Central_ Argentine wood-product producer prices rose 0.9 per cent in July to their highest level in a year, finishing 20.7 per cent above the same month of 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. INDEC published the figure on 18 August in its wholesale price system, where the wood division covers sawnwood, panels, \[…\] The post Argentine Wood Prices Hit a One-Year High and… ## [US Builders Say Design Not Price Opens New Markets for Factory Homes](https://woodcentral.com.au/chassis-free-manufactured-homes-hud-wait/) _2026-08-20 · woodcentral · Wood Central_ Two of America’s largest prefab house builders have told investors they will build without the permanent steel chassis for design reasons and not for the money it saves, with the Niskanen Center counting that saving at US$5,000 to $10,000 a home. It comes as Gary Fleisher, an expert in modular construction, set out how far \[…\] The post US Builders Say Design Not Price Opens New Markets for Factory… ## [King Charles Housing Project Proves Australia Needs a CLT Standard](https://woodcentral.com.au/mass-timber-social-housing-glebe-nsw/) _2026-08-20 · Jason Ross · Wood Central_ The Cowper Street redevelopment is fit for a king, yet the executive architect on NSW’s first mass timber social housing warns that without a national CLT standard, Australia will struggle to build another. That is according to Noura Thaha from GroupGSA, who used a July Fifth Estate Project Files contribution to reveal that every element \[…\] The post King Charles Housing Project Proves Australia… ## [Australia Drafts Its First CLT Standard to Slot into AS 1720.1](https://woodcentral.com.au/fwpa-clt-design-methods-d02/) _2026-08-20 · woodcentral · Wood Central_ Structural engineers will for the first time have a national method for designing cross-laminated timber floors, walls, and stairs, under a 46-page draft industry standard now out for comment. That is according to FWPA Standard D02, published on Tuesday, which Forest and Wood Products Australia has written to form the basis of a future CLT \[…\] The post Australia Drafts Its First CLT Standard to… ## [Chris Minns chooses India for first overseas mission as NSW Premier](https://www.indusage.com.au/?p=99031) _2026-08-20 · Indian newspaper Sydney · Indus Age_ NSW Premier Chris Minns and Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will travel to India later this month, leading a high-level mission aimed at strengthening trade, investment, education and cultural ties between New South Wales and India. The official delegation will visit New Delhi and Mumbai from 31 August to 3 September 2026. The visit will be Mr \[…\] ## [Briefs: Mt Tyson buy finalised, Aberdeen Poultry set to list](https://www.graincentral.com/news/briefs-mt-tyson-buy-finalised-aberdeen-poultry-set-to-list/) _2026-08-20 · Grain Central · Australia's leading Grains News - Grain Central_ In property and agribusiness news from Qld's Darling Downs, ETG Australia has finalised its purchase of the Mt Tyson facility, and Aberdeen Poultry is set to list. ## [Feedgrain Focus: North softens to defy logic, south firms](https://www.graincentral.com/markets/feedgrain-focus-north-softens-to-defy-logic-south-firms/) _2026-08-20 · Liz Wells · Grain Markets & Marketing News - Grain Central_ Northern bids for wheat and barley have dropped by up to $15/t this week, despite production prospects for the region sliding as harvest nears. ## [Ridley reports earnings up 61.9pc to $157.8M for FY26](https://www.graincentral.com/news/ridley-reports-earnings-up-61-9pc-to-157-8m-for-fy26/) _2026-08-20 · Emma Alsop · Australia's leading Grains News - Grain Central_ Ridley has reported FY26 EBITDA of $157.8M, up 62pc on the previous year, and including $72.2M from its Incitec Pivot fertiliser unit. ## [Brisbane Hires Vancouver’s Wave Roof Engineers for Olympic Pool](https://woodcentral.com.au/brisbane-olympic-pool-engineers/) _2026-08-20 · Jason Ross · Wood Central_ One of the world’s best-known mass timber engineering practices will help design Brisbane’s National Aquatic Centre, with Vancouver’s Fast + Epp and Brisbane-born Robert Bird Group appointed structural engineers for the venue’s wave-form roof. That is according to both Robert Bird Group and Fast + Epp, and comes as the Queensland Government pushes local timber \[…\] The post Brisbane Hires… ## [Daily Market Wire 20 August 2026](https://www.graincentral.com/markets/daily-market-wire-20-august-2026/) _2026-08-20 · Guest Author · Grain Markets & Marketing News - Grain Central_ Corn breaks out on yield disappointment and soybean follows. Wheat market worries itself higher on Black Sea disruption; buyers engage again with nearby Australian. ## [Gus Till / Rainsong / Second Circle](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/20/gus-till-rainsong-second-circle/) _2026-08-20 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ I’ve got no idea how Second Circle found this track, but I’m so glad they did. Gus Till’s “Rainsong” was originally released in 2006, on a CD only compilation, titled “Tribal Matrix”, on the tiny Tokyo-based independent imprint Dakini Records. A label run by Giovanni Fazio, whose reggae and dub work, as Mayko, Ban Ban \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/20/8858/) _2026-08-19 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ A haiku for August [Listen](https://wordflowerpoetry.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/audio-2-for-august-2026-d4w-haiku.mp3) ## [US Files to Scrap Roadless Rule but Orders No New Harvesting](https://woodcentral.com.au/roadless-rule-rescission-proposed/) _2026-08-19 · woodcentral · Wood Central_ The US Forest Service has filed a proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule in its entirety, removing a national designation from more than 44 million acres of national forest while ordering no timber cutting anywhere across it. That is according to the US Department of Agriculture, which published the proposal alongside a draft environmental \[…\] The post US Files to Scrap Roadless Rule but… ## [Ukraine’s Farm Ministry to Develop Its New Furniture Strategy](https://woodcentral.com.au/ukraine-woodworking-furniture-strategy-2030/) _2026-08-19 · woodcentral · Wood Central_ Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has returned wood processing to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, giving Taras Vysotskyi’s department until the end of the year to approve a national woodworking and furniture strategy running to 2030. That is according to the Programme of Activities Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi registered in the Verkhovna Rada on \[…\] The post Ukraine’s Farm Ministry to… ## [Canadian Plywood Gets Last-Minute Reprieve as Trump Pauses Duties](https://woodcentral.com.au/canadian-plywood-tariff-section-338-pause/) _2026-08-19 · Jason Ross · Wood Central_ Plywood shipped from Canada escaped a 50 per cent American duty by less than two hours, with Donald Trump suspending the first Section 338 tariffs in 96 years for three days as the two governments worked toward an interim trade agreement. That is according to a proclamation the US President signed on Tuesday, which moves \[…\] The post Canadian Plywood Gets Last-Minute Reprieve as Trump Pauses… ## [Reviving Hope, Restoring Dignity: Gurudev’s Humanitarian Journey in Maharashtra](https://www.indusage.com.au/?p=99023) _2026-08-19 · Indian newspaper Sydney · Indus Age_ In Maharashtra’s farmer-suicide prone belt, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar once stood before farmers and asked for an unusual guru dakshina: a promise that they would not take their own lives. For farmer Sanjay Manikdarkar, that plea came when he was “tired of life and on the verge of committing suicide.” Today, he cultivates his \[…\] ## [June canola exports slump as year since Oct total hits 4.49Mt](https://www.graincentral.com/markets/june-canola-exports-slump-as-year-since-oct-total-hits-4-49mt/) _2026-08-19 · Liz Wells · Grain Markets & Marketing News - Grain Central_ Australia exported 293,832t of canola in June, down 34pc from the May total, and taking taking shipments for the first nine months of the marketing year to 4.49Mt. ## [Daily Market Wire 19 August 2026](https://www.graincentral.com/markets/daily-market-wire-19-august-2026/) _2026-08-19 · Guest Author · Grain Markets & Marketing News - Grain Central_ Offshore market broadly sells Ags. Iran and Black Sea macro risk remains elevated. ICE canola surrenders early strength. ## [Wordflower’s lovely new logo!](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/19/wordflowers-lovely-new-logo/) _2026-08-19 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ Check out my blog's lovely new logo! Once again the fabulous Elijah Astute has come through with the goods : ) ## [The Watergirls / The Whole Of The Moon / DFA Records](https://banbantonton.com/2026/08/19/the-watergirls-the-whole-of-the-moon-dfa-records/) _2026-08-19 · Banbantonton Com · Ban Ban Ton Ton_ The Watergirls is a one-off, one-time, musical project lead by Alan “Teamy” Thomson. It features a global array of collaborators – lead vocalist Mhairi McClymont, Shellac’s bassist, Bob Weston, CC:Disco, Fantastic Twins, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy on backing vocals, in Bowie mode, plus producers and engineers Mary Kani, Pablo Morales and Pearl M. Wong – \[…\]