Hey Blurtstars
On a jam packed show we will start with Blurt Around The World:
Australians commute time to work compared to other nations.
Barcelona is fed up with tourists.
Fox Fridays wins awards.
Cyclone Beryl wreaks havoc in the USA and surrounds.
With NAIDOC week in full swing Wencee will be covering some of the NAIDOC award winners in our segment called Indelible Indigenous. And the Kegsta will tell us all about David Unapion.
Then, on Blurt On Politics, the Kegsta will blurt the recent elections in the UK and France and Wencee will give us a run down on the elections that have already happened in 2024 and which countries are left.
Then to finish off the show we will have a few laughs on Joke of the Week!!!
So, let’s get on with the show!!
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Blurt Around The World
A Tasmanian brewery, Fox Friday, opens a brewpub in Melbourne and in the process wins a design award →
Better Future Melbourne Design Awards 2024 | Fox Friday
Are you tired of the long commute times to work? You should be as Australians spend much more waiting in traffic than other countries around the world →
ABC News | How do Australian worker commute times compare to Europe and North America?
Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc in Texas, USA and surrounds as a category 1 hurricane. Hurricane Beryl reached a category 4 across the Caribbean and northern South America before it hit Mexico and the USA →
AP News | Beryl weakens to tropical depression after slamming into Texas as Category 1 hurricane
ABC News | Hurricane Beryl leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean
Why are Barcelona locals fed up with tourists? Is it their smell? Is it their behaviour? No, it’s all to do with the rise of cost of living, especially housing. Thanks to short term accommodation →
ABC News | Why are people protesting against tourists in Barcelona?
Indelible Indigenous
Warning - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this segment contains images and names of deceased persons.
It was NAIDOC week, 7 -14 July. And NAIDOC announced the award winners on 6 July and here are their profiles. Wencee covered a few of the winners: Tui Nolan, a proud Gudjal man, received the Innovation Award; Aunty Dulcie Flower, a Miri woman from the Torres Strait Islands, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and Aunty Muriel Bamblett, a proud Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung woman, received the Person of the Year award →
David Unapion was an inventor, writer, orator and campaigner and is commemorated by have his portrait on the Australian $50 note →
AIATSIS | David Ngunaitponi (Unaipon)
Australian Dictionary of Biography | David Unaipon (1872–1967)
Blurt On Politics
In a surprise turnaround, the French election produced a win for the left wing parties, scuttling the surge the National Rally (RN) had in the first round of the election →
BBC News | French left celebrates as far right faces surprise defeat
No surprises in the UK election. The Labour party won in a landslide, the Tories lost many seats, and the Liberal Democrats made big gains →
BBC News | General election 2024 in maps and charts
Which countries have had or will have elections in 2024? Here is the full list of elections and their results so far →
CNN | At least 70 countries have elections in 2024. A guide in maps and charts
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