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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
triple j Announces ‘Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs' For 50th Anniversary
triple j have revealed plans for a special-event Hottest 100, in which they plan to count down the Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs for the very first time – as voted by the station's listeners. The announcement comes as the youth broadcaster is celebrating its 50th year on air, having originally been launched as the Sydney-only station 2JJ back in January of 1975. The countdown is set to take place on Saturday, July 26th from 10am AEST, and will be simulcast on both triple and Double J. 'It's a big year for the triple j family, so what better way to toast our deep history than by doing our favourite thing: wringing our hands over trying to pick only 10 of our favourite songs released by Australian artists and bands,' the station shared in a statement. 'Nah, it'll be a breeze, right?' Any song released before January 19th, 2025 – triple j's 50th birthday – is eligible. The station has clarified, however, that Like A Versions performed by Australian artists are ineligible, as are songs where more than 50% of the featured artists are Australian. The station noted Mullumbimby native Iggy Azalea's 2014 chart-topper 'Fancy' (featuring the English Charli XCX) would be eligible, for instance, but 'Lose Control' by Young Franco (featuring US acts Earthgang and Jafunk) would not. The Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs will mark the 42nd Hottest 100 overall, as well as the 10th countdown to not focus on the year of music just passed. It follows on from 2023's Like A Version Hottest 100, which was conducted to celebrate 20 years of the station's flagship segment. The Hottest 100 of 2024 took place in January, and was topped by Chappell Roan's 'Good Luck, Babe!'. Voting is officially open for the Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs, and can be voted for here. Voting closes on Thursday, July 17th at 5pm AEST. triple j's Hottest 100 of Like A Version: 100-1 All The Trivia, Facts, And Broken Records Of Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2022 Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Team Up with triple j's Concetta Caristo on 'The Song I Wrote When I Was 11' The post triple j Announces 'Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs' For 50th Anniversary appeared first on Music Feeds.
ABC News
18-05-2025
- General
- ABC News
Landlord ordered to pay tenant compensation amid calls for landlord register
A cloud hovers over rental life. Step a foot wrong and you can end up on a national renter "name and shame" list. But what happens when landlords behave badly? In one recent case in New South Wales, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) ordered a landlord to pay a Mullumbimby renter $7,684 for causing "stress, constant frustration and continued intimidation". The tenant, Stephanie Humble, says it was never about the money. "It's about justice, holding someone accountable for what they put me through," she says. "The past year has been nothing short of despair and frustration. I have ongoing health problems because of the stress." Ms Humble, a single mother-of-four, was looking forward to living in a rental house at Mullumbimby to secure stability for her children after the recent death of their father. She says, a couple of days before she was due to move in, the self-managing landlord changed the lease from one year to six months. "I felt like I had to sign under duress, we simply had nowhere else to go," Ms Humble says. Three days after moving in, Ms Humble says harassment from her landlord began. "We didn't have hot water in the bathroom, and I advised [the landlord] that we had to boil the kettle for the bath." NCAT found the hot water issue was not addressed during the tenancy. Ms Humble said communication with the landlord became impossible, but the situation escalated when a pandanus tree fell over in the backyard during a storm, preventing access to her backyard. "The landlord did not respond for a week, then she accused me of trying to steal the tree, that my guinea pigs had caused the tree to fall down, and then it was the fault of my kids from swinging on it." Ms Humble employed a horticulturist who found that the tree had root rot, which was likely present for a few years. NCAT accepted the tree had, more probably than not, fallen due to problems with the root system and moisture. After five weeks of no backyard access, the landlord removed the pandanus tree but stepped up communication. "This particular person became extremely obsessive about my life and my past, especially about my [deceased former partner]," Ms Humble said. "I received constant emails from the landlord. "It caused me so many panic attacks, detrimental to my emotional and mental health, when I am just trying to mother four children who had recently lost their father." The landlord issued Ms Humble with a termination notice and Ms Humble lodged a counter claim against the landlord. In April, NCAT found the landlord had breached Ms Humble's right to quiet enjoyment: "I am satisfied that the constant communications, un-notified visits and very negative interactions caused by the landlord, particularly the public denigration on her ex-partner and children, caused stress, constant frustration and continued intimidation and was retaliation at the more serious end of the compensation spectrum. In addition, instead of an award of a separate amount for economic losses such as moving costs and lost income I have included in my compensation finding, the stress and frustration that arose from actions of the landlord at the end the tenancy." Ms Humble is waiting to be paid the compensation by her previous landlord. The ABC contacted the landlord but did not get a response. Ms Humble's tenancy was terminated on a no-grounds eviction basis. Changes to rental laws in New South Wales that take effect on May 19 require landlords to provide reasons to end a lease. NSW Rental Commissioner Trina Jones said removing "no-grounds eviction" corrected the power imbalance between renters and landlords while still protecting landlords' rights. "Renters didn't have the ability to assert their rights under the law and now we're bringing that scale up so they can live in their home with certainty," she said. Ms Jones said not having to provide a reason for eviction meant it was difficult to tell which evictions had a reasonable justification and which were unreasonable. The government estimated there were between 5,000 and 15,000 no-grounds evictions per year in NSW. Tenants' Union of NSW chief executive Leo Patterson Ross says this month is a significant tenancy milestone for NSW. "We are really happy and it will make a significant difference, but the [NSW] government has left loopholes," he says. Source: NSW government Real Estate Institute of New South Wales chief executive Tim McKibbin believes more regulation will drive investors away from the rental market. "These reforms coming through we have predicted will discourage further investment," he says. "In support of that view we look at some of the other states where rental reforms have been implemented and they have seen investment leave the market." Stephanie Humble welcomes the new rules for NSW but says ultimately, she would like there to be a register warning about unscrupulous landlord behaviour. "We are trusting these people, and we are putting our faith in them to do the right thing," she says. Mr Patterson Ross says his days are filled with rental horror stories. "The people who veer into really unscrupulous, dangerous behaviour tend to be self-managing [landlords]," he says. "We have seen some shocking instances — electricity sparking in the walls, water running down from the ceiling." In Australia, only Victoria offers a "landlord non-compliance register". Introduced in 2021 by the state government, it currently has an official list of just 18 landlords and agencies. Out of frustration with the system, content creator Jordan van den Lamb has made a website which lists rental properties that tenants do not recommend. He says about 5,000 people a month use the website. But Mr van den Lamb says it should not be his job. "This is a core government responsibility; these are the government's own laws that they are not enforcing," he says. In NSW, the concept of a landlord register was recently raised in a parliamentary committee review of tenancy legislation. Greens MP Jenny Leong headed up that committee and believes a register would create a fairer system. "We know that there are blacklists that exist for tenants that have done the wrong thing," she says. The NSW government has noted the recommendation and is considering it.
