Our end of the year record release schedule is looking hot! To start things off, we have a fine album produced by a talented artist, new to the Little Rascal Records label. Introducing anonymi, a digital producer and percussionist with a fine upcoming album of electronica, drum’n'bass and downtempo music.

Check out more on anonymi and sample some of the tracks on the upcoming album, Monkeybotherer plus some of his earlier digital releases: more anonymi

Monkeybotherer is scheduled for a early August release. It will be released initially as a exclusive digital download at www.digital-tunes.net, shortly followed by physical release at a good record shop near you and worldwide digital distribution via IODA..

The 2008 Envirofiesta sees the Dub Rascals carry on where they left off at the Kuranda Roots Festival, with the ‘little rascal’ and Symonard mixing up a dubby storm of mostly dubstep music on the DJ decks and percussion. They will be joined in collaboration for his first ever Dub Rascals performance by internationally renowned drummer/percussionist, Ben Hakalitz on the electronic skins and traditional percussive things.

Ben is from Bouganville, PNG (currently living in Cairns) and is one of PNG’s most accomplished musicians. He is currently the drummer for Australian Indigenous band Yothu Yindi. Ben has a great knowledge of traditional music from different areas of PNG, especially log drum rhythms of Manus and Sepik. He has travelled the world for the past 7 years as a professional freelance musician. In this time he has worked with artists such as Sanguma, Tambaran Culture, Telek, Not Drowning Waving, Yothu Yindi, Edou, Toni Nation and more.
These guys will be taking dub where no dub has gone before at Envirofiesta 2008, don’t miss out!.

Envirofiesta is a major part of CAFNECs yearly fundraising program and helps support our work towards a sustainable future for Queensland’s Far North.

Each year has a different theme. The theme this year is “Visioning the Future”. The future is yours, what do you want the future to be? check it out

Are you one of the majority of Australians who urgently want our country to cut our greenhouse pollution? Most Australians don’t have time to read Professor Garnaut’s shocking 600-page climate report, so we’ve created a quick clip that summarises it fast, what it means for Australia - and what it means for you.

Garnaut is already under fire from a “scare campaign” being waged by the polluting industries’ lobby groups and the Opposition. That is why it’s so important that you can pick a good climate solution from a bad one. Cut the spin with a click:

www.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionNow

The GetUp community has spoken out strongly on this issue in the past, because we know that solving climate change is a top priority for Australia. We marched for it, at the ‘Walk Against Warming’ rallies. We voted for it, in last year’s election. We signed petitions for it - over 100,000 calling for strong emission reduction targets. And we take action in our daily lives for it too - consuming less, saving energy, using less water, and recycling.

If we go silent now, the Opposition and the industries campaigning for a weak emissions trading scheme that protects their profits rather than the climate, will win the debate ahead of the government’s upcoming Green Paper on climate. After you’ve seen the clip, make your voice heard too - and armed with our Information Sheet write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

www.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionNow

The Garnaut Review found that Australia will be hit hard by climate change. If we do nothing, our grandkids will be living in a very different Australia, one where agriculture in the Murray Darling Basin has all but ended, the Great Barrier Reef has been destroyed, snow-based tourism in Australia is no longer viable, and 5.5 million Australians will be exposed to Dengue fever.

That’s why it’s important that you understand the climate solutions being proposed to solve the crisis ahead as the PM looks to the Australian public in formulating his response to Garnaut on July 16.

For the climate,
The GetUp team

The Kimberley wilderness coast is internationally recognised as one of the last great unspoiled marine and terrestrial environments in the world.

The Kimberley’s clean seas, countless islands, coral reefs, mangroves, rainforests and rivers are home to an astonishing variety of wildlife including endangered humpback whales, 5 species of marine turtles, dugong, crocodiles, rare snubfin dolphins, and the northern quoll. The Kimberley coast also has outstanding cultural values for the region’s many Indigenous communities.

From June to November each year, endangered humpback whales make their way to calving grounds just north of Broome, where they stay for four months with their calves. This special whale nursery area needs to be protected from the damaging impacts of industry.

The urgent reality is that right now several companies, including Inpex (a Japanese energy company) and Woodside Ltd, have submitted proposals to develop the Browse Basin gas field to the State and Commonwealth governments. The impacts of industrialisation, including proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, would destroy one of the last large and remote coastal wilderness areas left in the world.

This government needs to commit to:

* science-based regional conservation planning and management using whole-of-landscape principles
* strong involvement of the Traditional Owners and Indigenous communities in land and sea management programs
* ruling out incompatible large scale industrial activity

Some proposed forms of industrial activity, such as gas processing (LNG) plants on the wilderness coast, huge bauxite mines on the Mitchell Plateau, and large scale irrigated agriculture in the Fitzroy valley, should be ruled out straight away as incompatible, destructive, and inherently unsustainable.

Please make your voice heard and send a message to the Premier Carpenter now!

Thanks for taking action!

Peter Robertson
WA State Coordinator

Get down to Ravizza Park Edmonton on Saturday 5 July for the Battle of Edmonton – a huge night of music and dance mayhem! A massive line-up of the best local bands and dance crews in the Cairns region will come together at this free gig, as they battle it out for the mantle of supremacy and awesome prizes on offer. Headlining bands including City Bomb and Shub, with headlining dancers Three Six Five Crew and Stylin’ Techniques. Plus there’ll be freaky visuals, information stalls, food and drinks available. ? The Battle of Edmonton is an all-ages evening of cranking music and stomping dance moves. A drug and alcohol free event, it kicks off at 6pm and runs ‘til 10pm. More information contact Lisa Capon on 4032 6604 or email l.capon@cairns.qld.gov.au