";s:4:"text";s:5553:" Glenn Shorrock, Beeb Birtles & Graeham Goble are the three core original singer/songwriters of the real Little River Band (LRB). What happened next was unprecedented, writes Bill Birtles.A high-profile Australian television anchor for the Chinese Government's English news channel, CGTN, has been detained in Beijing in a highly sensitive case posing a fresh challenge to Australia-China relations. Donald Trump's efforts to blame China and the World Health Organisation for the US's tragically inadequate preparation for the virus was inevitable — China and the WHO's legacy on COVID-19 are already deeply intertwined, writes Bill Birtles.It has taken 76 days, but the city where the devastating coronavirus pandemic all started is finally ending its lockdown. Birtles Shorrock Goble are an Australian pop/rock group composed of the three original singers and songwriters of Little River Band, namely Beeb Birtles, Glenn Shorrock and Graeham Goble.The members are known for their extensive writing and performance of hit songs and distinctive vocal harmonies.
China's Government now has a legal weapon to put him behind bars for life, writes Bill Birtles. In another blow to Australia's wine export sector, China confirms it is launching an investigation into alleged subsidies.Since bungling the initial coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China's Government has used compulsory smartphone tracking systems, constant promotion of masks and targeted lockdowns to snuff out outbreaks when they emerge. An Australian man sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking was made to wait five years in prison between his two-day trial and sentencing, his Guangzhou-based lawyer confirms.Friends of Karm Gilespie, the Australian sentenced to death in China, are organising a public appeal, with some saying they had no idea he was locked in a Chinese prison for the past six-and-a-half years.China's Education Bureau issues a warning to students about studying in Australia when campuses are set to resume classes in July due to "racist incidents against Asians" during the coronavirus pandemic. 77 talking about this. Here's why it would be hugely important to China's Government if a domestic company prevails.Chinese animal rights activists who have sounded the alarm for years about the risks of the country's live animal trade fear new coronavirus rules will push the wild meat industry underground.
Beeb Birtles, the original bass player for Zoot and then later guitarist for Little River Band, has issued about the death of his former bandmate Darryl Cotton. In 1966 after high school Beeb Birtles, initially on lead guitar and harmony vocals, formed his first group, Times Unlimited, with his school mate, John D'Arcy on guitars and vocals; they were joined by Ted Higgins on drums and a bass guitarist. But this is not a return to normal and residents aren't exactly celebrating just yet.Wuhan residents have taken their first glimpse of normal life since the lockdown, but experts say it's unclear how long it will take for ground zero — and the world — to recover from a crisis of this scale.If you have inside knowledge of a topic in the news, And five of them involve Chinese companies or government research institutes. They are sometimes referred to by the initials BSG. After seven Chinese State Security police officers arrived at my door at midnight, I realised the concerns about my safety were real. NASA is set to launch its fourth Mars rover mission today, while China launched their own Mars mission last week. But with a World Health Organisation team headed to China to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, Beijing now faces an unusual challenge, writes Bill Birtles.If similar 'national security education' activities on the mainland are anything to go by, China's Government now has the legal basis to begin patriotic classes for Hong Kong's next generation, writes Bill Birtles. So far, only eight COVID-19 vaccine efforts have moved to clinical trial stage. When the bass guitarist left, Birtles took over that instrument and soon they asked Darryl Cotton to join on lead vocals. Bill Birtles is the ABC's China correspondent and has been based in Beijing since 2015, covering some of the biggest stories of recent years, including the rise of Xi Jinping, the US-China trade war, the Hong Kong protests and upheaval in the Australia-China relationship. But with two global superpowers looking to explore other planets, does this mark the beginning of a new space race?For months the coronavirus has exacerbated global tensions, but it's been a particularly rough week for China with diplomatic rows exploding on multiple fronts, writes China correspondent Bill Birtles.For months Chinese officials have sought to portray the virus as originating abroad. Almost one year to the day when thousands of young protesters smashed their way into Hong Kong's local government building over plans for closer legal integration with mainland China, Beijing is moving to finalise a law far more expansive and restrictive, writes China correspondent Bill Birtles.China's Government uses state media to launch an extraordinary attack on Australia, claiming Australian spies are waging an intensifying espionage campaign.Victoria is a few weeks behind Beijing in experiencing a new spike in coronavirus cases.