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The QLD government is proposing an ammendment to the Liquor Licencing laws which means club/bar patrons will not be permitted to enter the premises after 3am. An online petition has been setup (by the govt) for opposition to the ammendment to be recorded. It states, "Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House our objection to any amendment to the Liquor Act 1992 which would impose a lockout on entertainment venues preventing entry by patrons to the premises after 3 am. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to reject the proposed amendments to enable all interested parties to come up with a fair and equitable approach to issues (if any) associated with late night entertainment in Queensland's licensed premises."

QLD residents, please sign the petition at http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/EPetitions_QLD/cgi-bin/Petitions.cgi?PetNum=457 and have your say! Signatures close 14/04/05. Read more for good arguments put forward by the Fusing Brisbane crew.

Public Talk @ RMIT Story Hall and Weekend 'Sacred Fire' Cultural Gathering & Sharing @ OPOEIA Eco-Arts Retreat. Indigenous Woman Elders will visit Melbourne to speak frankly and profoundly about spiritual law, peace, tolerance, genocide and
Aboriginal Sovereignty. This is a unique opportunity to experience the wisdom and profound spiritual culture of Australian Aboriginal people. Each of these woman have there own stories to tell and share, of there struggles to live in two worlds, their resolution to claim their birth rite as spiritual custodians of this continent, their quest for sovereignty, but most of all their vision for the future. visit http://www.aboriginaltentembassy.net/ for more details

ABC New Media and Digital services is looking to acquire video art under five minutes in duration for screening on our new digital channel ABC2 and broadband website. ABC2 recognises video art as a dynamic art form and Australia as a leader in new media arts. Our role as a national broadcaster enables us to showcase this to a diverse audience. License fees will be offered for selected works. ABC2 features a broad range of new and time-shifted ABC programming - children's, regional, arts, public policy, social commentary, international news, music and information. It's a complementary service offering another chance to see programs from the main channel. New content for ABC2 and the ABC Broadband Channel is mostly short, interstitial content such as animations, music videos and kids programs. Read more for details on how to submit or visit http://abc.net.au/abc2 and http://abc.net.au/broadband

We would like to annouce a new web site dedicated to dark / industrial music and media for artists / musicians and followers at http://www.tidalportal.com/DEMUS. This is a community and platform for all creators, followers and fans of dark electronic music. Based in Melbourne Australia (but catering to everyone), our aim is to deliver a community site which: supports and nourishes musical artists, distributes and exposes the art of others, xxcites fans of the genre.

South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE, Outreach Unit, Granville College, Hype-in-Ackshun & Information & Cultural Exchange (ICE) present "scratch sessions with sarah love". All the way from London, Sarah Love has worked as a DJ for the past four years, setting new standards for aspiring DJ's, female or otherwise! Her musical accomplishments include composition, arranging, song writing, engineering and production. She has supported some of the best UK hip-hop acts, including JEHST, THE EXTENDED PLAYERS, MYSTRO and ROOTS MANUVA. She is an official 'MTV SOUNDSYSTEM' DJ, with whom she has toured across Europe. Sarah Love is making waves in the British music scene and internationally. She is taking time out of her music tour to run some workshops with young people. Visit www.ice.org.au for details

Terra Australis Incognita is a new series of releases from Shame File Music. The series seeks to document notable Australian experimental artists (both established and lesser known) by commissioning them to produce an EP of material that will then be made available for free downloading online, as well as on CDR. Promotional copies will also be produced and distributed. The series consists of 6 EPs around 20-30 minutes in duration, released approximately 2 months apart. The first EP will be released mid-2005. Shame File will invite some select artists to participate, and unsolicited demos/proposals are also invited at this time. visit http://ShameFile.tripod.com for more details

MusicAustralia is a new online service to help you find, access and navigate a rich store of information on Australian music, musicians, organisations and services from a single access point. MusicAustralia networks the Australian musical landscape, providing researchers with a comprehensive online service for Australia's music. You will find Australia's printed music, sound recordings, multimedia and audio-visual materials, artist websites, pictures, manuscripts and books, together with information on thousands of musicians and organisations - across multiple genres and musical styles, heritage and contemporary. The service is free to users. Visit www.musicaustralia.org for details

It'll be a night to remember for lovers of underground music in Melbourne
Saturday 16 April Got Funk? returns for 2005 with the opening of its new monthly night UPTOWN UNDERGROUND

Opening night brings you a fresh mix of our city's most legendary DJs & brightest rising stars in breakbeat, electro & techy beat music
Feigan Rowie LilStormer DJ Ides & GKS

slappin down the funk @Deep 11

pspcasting : Wired is calling it the next big thing in mobile porn, but perhaps the videoblogging community will port their vids to mobile devices such as the new PSP from Sony. http://www.pspvideo9.com/pspcasting.html has software and instructions on how to convert your videos to psp format. check it out.

Yahoo! Seach has created a new search engine which scans the net for content covered by Creative Commons licence. Useful if you're looking to build your own content and want to reuse. http://search.yahoo.com/cc to search and for more details

"Dressed as a British pensioner, over the last few days Banksy entered each of the galleries [The Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,The Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Natural History] and attached one of his own works, complete with authorative name plaque and explanation.

He says - "This historic occasion has less to do with finally being embraced by the fine art establishment and is more about the judicious use of a fake beard and some high strength glue." Banksy continues -"They're good enough to be in there, so I don't see why I should wait"

the Amoureux Artists Register
The Amoureux Artists Register targets the community of art enthusiasts.
Amoureux features original works and commission artists and acts as the meeting point for craftspeople, artists and Art Galleries.
Advertise yourself and your art or craft completely for FREE.
Use the Amoureux Artists Register as your personal web page complete with direct email and live links.

EarthCore is the world's first podcast-only novel: you can't find it in stores, you can't download the full audio, and the only way to find out what happens is to subscribe to the podcast. The author's goal is to generate 5,000 subscribers to this book, which will demonstrate the power of Podcasting and generate attention from publishers. The novel is a cross between episodic modern-action fare like "24" and classic sci-fi movies like Predator and Starship Troopers.

CCDNSW's Diploma in Community Cultural Development (online) provides participants with the competencies needed to work in community cultural development at a project and program management level. In particular this flexible diploma course is designed for cultural workers, organisers, artists, as well as people working in fields allied to community cultural development, including: environment, health, youth work, social work, Indigenous, and cultural diversity. Read more for details or visit http://www.ccdnsw.org/ccdnsw/training/405_dip.php

Cyclic Defrost Magazine is compiling a CD of independent Australian electronic music, avant rock, experimental sound and oddball local hip hop. It will be released in June between issue 11 (end April) & 12 (August). The CD will be made available for FREE at the following European festivals - Sonar 2005 (Barcelona, Spain), Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria) and Popkomm (Berlin, Germany). Limited quantities will also be given to distributors, promoters, music media, magazines and radio in Tokyo and London. Any left will be distributed locally to media in Australia. If your music fits into the Cyclic Defrost mode (check past issues as a guide), read more for details on how to submit your song/s or visit http://www.cyclicdefrost.com