This is what young Labour voters really think of Keir Starmer
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Voters in Hartlepool elected a Conservative MP in yesterday’s by-election. It marked the first time Labour haven’t held the “red wall” seat since its creation in 1974.
Depending on what you thought beforehand, the result is either confirmation that Labour’s red wall is crumbling and never coming back, or that the Conservatives got lucky off the back of a successful vaccine rollout. It’s either proof that Jeremy Corbyn ruined the Labour party so badly it’ll take years to recover, or firm evidence that Keir Starmer is an insipid, uninspiring leader who is personally responsible for the situation.
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Kevin Parker of Tame Impala poses for The 2021 GRAMMY Awards on March 14, 2021 in Fremantle, Western Australia.
The Kid LAROI is growing up before our very eyes. The teenage Sydney born-and-raised singer, songwriter and producer earned his first APRA Award nomination this year, becoming the youngest nominee of his crop. He converted that chance into gold, taking out breakthrough songwriter of the year.
It s the latest industry accolade for an artist who s apparently on a rocket to the top. LAROI (real name Charlton Howard) recently set the record as the youngest ever leader (age 17) on the ARIA Albums Chart with
APRA Awards to honour country music legend Joy McKean, announce full lineup
Plans for this month’s APRA Awards are ramping up, with the association announcing that country music matriarch Joy McKean OAM will be honoured on the night, and unveiling a host of live performances from new and established writers.
McKean will be the second recipient of the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music in 2021, alongside the late Helen Reddy, who was announced earlier this year. Her 70-year career began with writing songs in her early teens, before performing, recording and broadcasting with her sister Heather in the 1940s and ’50s.
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Premium Content  As her feminist anthem I Am Woman rings out around the world today on International Women s Day, Helen Reddy s profound musical and activist legacy is back in the spotlight. Australia s songwriting community chose this day to announce Reddy would be posthumously honoured at the 2021 APRA Awards next month with the prestigious Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music. Think of it as a lifetime achievement award, the Music Olympics medal decades in the making. Reddy was meant to receive it last year but the advent of COVID-19 forced the 2020 APRAs into a truncated virtual ceremony.