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Billy Bragg Congratulates Australia’s New Leader Anthony Albanese: ‘He Has a Socialism of the Heart’
Billy Bragg has welcomed Australia’s new leader Anthony Albanese as “the right person for the job”. The legendary British singer, songwriter and activist, and Albo, as he’s affectionately known, have a lot in common. The pair met at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre in the late 1990s and immediate hit it off with a “shared love of music and a commitment to the politics of compassion,” Bragg writes in a social media post. Only now, Albanese is the prime minister-elect of Australia. The respect is mutual. During his first official press conference as PM, Albanese quoted Bragg’s “To Have and To Have Not,” noting “just because you’re going forwards, doesn’t mean I’m going backwards,” a nod to his Australian Labor Party’s progressive agenda. The ALP’s May 21 election win could yet have a ripple eff...
Aussie consumer group calls for better crypto regs due to ‘lagging laws’
Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE has called on the federal government to provide better protection for crypto investors while submitting a proposed regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchanges operating in the country. The regulatory framework was submitted in response to the federal Treasury’s consultation paper for “crypto asset secondary service providers” (CASSPs) defined as firms providing custodial crypto wallets and exchange services. CHOICE commented: “As it stands, enforceable protections in the unregulated cryptocurrency market are somewhere between negligible and non-existent.” Outlining four main areas in its framework, the group called for a single definition of crypto for better regulation, a license for exchanges in line with current financial licensing, ...
George Kambosos Jr vs Devin Haney Betting Offers and Boxing Free Bets
The stage is set. All eyes are on the Marvel Stadium this Saturday night as George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney clash for lightweight supremacy. All four recognised world title belts in the 135-pound division are on the line this weekend, with the winner becoming the first undisputed lightweight king since Pernell Whitaker achieved that feat back in 1990. As if that wasn’t enough to wet your appetite, here at SportsLens, we have teamed up with several bookmakers ahead of the big fight to give you some exclusive betting offers and free bets. Read on to find out how you can claim these amazing betting offers, as well as the best bookies to place your George Kambosos Jr vs Devin Haney free bets at! If you are unsure on how you think the fight will play out but fancy a wager on this undisputed ...
George Kambosos Jr vs Devin Haney Predictions, Betting Tips and Odds
An undisputed world title fight for all of the belts in the lightweight division heads to Australian shores as George Kambosos Jr and Devin Haney clash for the WBA Super, WBC, WBO and IBF world titles this weekend from the Marvel Stadium, Melbourne. After another hugely successful weekend of boxing tips, where we predicted the winner, outcome and exact round in which Gervonta Davis would stop Rolando Romero, we are back this week with more tips ahead of a bumper weekend of boxing action! On paper, this is a genuine 50/50 fight and is almost impossible to call. In one corner you have the undefeated George Kambosos Jr, who defeated Teofimo Lopez last year against all odds and claimed three of the four world title belts. In the opposite corner you have Devin Haney, the current WBC world light...
Australia’s Music Biz Welcomes Fresh Start With New Prime Minister, Government
BRISBANE, Australia — The Australian Labor Party’s victory in the federal election has been welcomed by the nation’s music industry as a fresh start, and as “great news” for a community that felt abandoned by the previous leadership during the most treacherous months of the pandemic. Prime Minister elect Anthony Albanese was sworn in Monday (May 23) as Australia’s 31st prime minister at Government House in Canberra, the capital. Four senior frontbenchers were also officially sworn in. After nine years in opposition, the new PM got to work immediately. Later on Monday, he visited Japan for a meeting with the leaders of the Quad — the United States, India and Japan. The music industry is also keen to get down to work with the ALP, the major center-left political party, and Albanese, who, wit...
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ Debuts at No. 1 In Australia
Kendrick Lamar has done it again, as Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Interscope/Universal) blasts to No. 1 on the Australian chart. The U.S. rap star’s fifth studio album is his second ARIA No. 1, equaling the efforts of To Pimp A Butterfly, which led the national tally in March 2015. Mr. Morale is the followup to Damn., which hit No. 2 in April 2017, and spawned “HUMBLE.,” winner of triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown in January 2018. Lamar makes a big impression on both charts as 14 tracks from Mr. Morale crash the national singles survey, led by “N95” at No. 3 Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news With Lamar unbeatable on the latest ARIA Albums Chart for the week of May 23, Florence + The Machine comes in at No. 2 with Dance Fever (Virgin/Universa...
Genesis Owusu, Amyl and The Sniffers, Courtney Barnett Lead AIR Awards Nominations
With three nominations, Genesis Owusu is the artist to beat heading into the 2022 AIR Awards, while Amyl and The Sniffers and Courtney Barnett are close behind with two noms each. Owusu, the Ghana-born, Canberra-raised funk artist, has been on an unbeatable run during the awards season, winning triple j’s J Award for Australian album of the year, the Australian Music Prize, several ARIA Awards, first ranking in the 2021 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition and, more recently, breakthrough songwriter of the year at the 2022 APRA Music Awards. His impressive run could continue this August. Owusu’s acclaimed debut album Smiling with No Teeth is up for AIR’s coveted independent album of the year honor, and he’s a chance for independent song of the year best independent hip-hop albu...
Delayed crypto ETFs expected to launch on Cboe Australia this Thursday
Cboe Australia said that the downstream issues that had caused the delay have been resolved EFT Securities, in collaboration with 21Shares, will launch a Bitcoin and ETH spot ETF Cosmos Asset Management will debut a Bitcoin ETF Late last month, it was expected that Australia would debut three crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that were set for listing on Cboe Global Market’s Cboe Australia. Two of the three ETFs were a Bitcoin and Ether spot ETF by 21Shares (in collaboration with ETF Securities), and the third was a Bitcoin EFT offered by Cosmos Asset Management. However, cutting it late, near the day of launch set for April 27, the Cboe exchange announced that the three ETFs had been delayed. Back on this Thursday Cboe Australia has now provided an update and says the three ETPs w...
Weekly Report: New York resolute on blocking PoW mining
Planned launch of EFT Securities and Cosmos ETPs delayed Volt Capital’s Imran Khan predicts DAOs will touch $1 trillion in AUM by 2032 New York is closer to endorsing a two-year moratorium on PoW mining Ethereum layer two Optimism seeks to embrace governance structure EPL Club Liverpool reportedly eyeing a crypto shirt sponsor Launch of three crypto ETFs in Australia dealt with a delay Last week, three exchange-traded funds and the first of their kind in Australia were scheduled to list on the Cboe Australia. However, hours before going live on April 27, the securities and derivatives exchange said that products would be delayed pending prior checks. Cboe Australia held back in detailing the delay, only promising an update in the coming days. According to a report by the Australi...
Weekly Report: Coinbase unveils NFT marketplace in beta, Binance chasing regulatory compliance
Coinbase NFT allows waitlisted users to join a beta program of the NFT marketplace Kadena Eco launches a $100 million grant to empower developers to build on the Kadena network a16z has established an academic crypto-research focused lab to solve important problems in the blockchain scene Binance recruits two former regulators to its compliance and surveillance team Australia defines a policy roadmap toward the regulation of crypto assets Here are the top cryptocurrency headlines you might have missed last week: Coinbase NFT launches in beta plans to add users over the coming weeks progressively Coinbase announced mid last week that it started allowing a few members on the waitlist of Coinbase NFT to start using the platform, which is currently in a limited beta stage. Coinbase says t...
ETF Securities ties up with 21 Shares to launch BTC and ETH EFTs in Australia
EBTC and EETH would be the first spot ETFs tracking Ether and Bitcoin via the Australia Dollar Both ETFs are expected to go live on April 27 on the CBOE Australia exchange Exchange-traded products (ETPs) specialist firm 21Shares has joined hands with ETF Securities to launch two exchange-traded funds (EFTs) tracking the two largest digital tokens. The two would be named the ETFS 21Shares Bitcoin ETF – EBTC and the ETFS 21Shares Ethereum ETT – EETH. They would be novel EFTs to track Bitcoin and Ethereum-native Ether using the Australian Dollar directly. The exposure to cryptocurrencies that the two products will offer customers will be entirely backed by Bitcoin and Ether held in cold storage at the Coinbase crypto. The tickers will go live on April 27, listing on the CBO...
Jack Harlow’s ‘First Class’ Flies High For Second Week on Australia’s Chart
Jack Harlow’s “First Class” (Atlantic/Warner) stays in the fast lane as it enters a second week at No. 1 in Australia. The U.S. rapper’s first leader in the land Down Under is lifted from his forthcoming sophomore album, Come Home the Kids Miss You, due out May 6. In a slow week for new releases, Canadian singer and songwriter Lauren Spencer-Smith has the only debut in the ARIA Top 50, as “Flowers” (Island/Universal) blooms at No. 42. It’s Spencer-Smith’s second appearance following “Fingers Crossed”, which cracked the Top 10 in January, with a peak oft No. 8. “Fingers Crossed” dips 44-47 on the latest frame, for the week commencing April 25, 2022. The national albums chart is dominated by modern classics, as Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (Warner) returns to No. 1 for a third non-consecutive...
