St Michael’s Uniting Church | Melbourne, Australia
[FILMED ON July 30, 2017] St Michael’s is one of the church that is classified by the National Trust of Australia in the heart of the city. It was the focal point for Congregationalism in Victoria in 1977 and was originally called the Collins Street Independent Church. The church was designed by leading architects at the time, Joseph Reed, who also designed Wesley Church, Melbourne Town Hall, Scots Church, Royal Exhibition Building and the State Library.
The external design of the building was constructed using multi-coloured Hawthorn bricks. It is described as Lombardic style with Romanesque features. Meanwhile, the interior of the church was strongly influenced by the minister at the time, Reverend Henderson’s. It was designed in accordance with the principles of the Congregationalist Church, to be such that the preacher would be clearly audible and visible to all members of the congregation.
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Borce Ristevski due to face court for murdering wife Karen
Karen Ristevski's (pictured) body was discovered in bushland in 2017 The husband of slain Melbourne woman Karen Ristevski is due to face a court hearing charged with murdering his wife.Borce Ristevski is accused of killing his 47-year-old wife on June 29, 2016, the morning she went missing from the couple's Avondale Heights home.Ms Ristevski's remains were discovered in bushland in the Mount Macedon Regional Park almost eight months later in February 2017.Ristevski has been in custody since he was charged with murder in December and he is due to face a mention in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday. His lawyer previously told the court that Ristevski would plead not guilty. Ristevski has maintained his innocence since the charges were laid. Ristevski was one of the pallbearers at a private funeral service for his wife at Essendon's St John's Uniting Church.
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Jeanne Beale - Building Community Through Chaplaincy (Part Two)
Part Two of an interview with Uniting Church chaplain Jeanne Beale at Aitken College. Jeanne discusses the worship life of the Aitken College community, frustrations in dealing with the structures of the church, and the desire for worshiping communities that can embrace young people after leaving the Christian community at the college.
Taxpayers will fund accused wife killer Borce Ristevski's defence
Karen Ristevski's (pictured) body was discovered in bushland in 2017 The husband of slain woman Karen Ristevski will have his defence funded by taxpayers after he obtained legal aid to fight murder charges. Borce Ristevski is accused of killing his 47-year-old wife on June 29, 2016, the morning she went missing from the couple's Avondale Heights home. Ms Ristevski's remains were discovered in bushland in the Mount Macedon Regional Park almost eight months later in February 2017. Ristevski appeared in Melbourne court on Wednesday via video link from prison. The court heard a brief of evidence against Ristevski was more than 20,000 pages long. Evidence reportedly includes CCTV footage and audio recordings from telephone conversations, 3AW reported. Detectives used listening devices and tapped phone calls as they investigated Borce Ristevski over the murder of his wife Karen Ristevski in Melbourne. About 100 witnesses could be called to testify, the court heard on Wednesday. The murder case was adjourned to May 16, when Ristevski is expected to front court in person. Defence lawyer Sam Norton sought the adjournment to analyse the vast brief of evidence.'I have done a lot of work on this case already and I have got a reasonable sense of it,' defence lawyer Sam Norton said.'One of the things that will take a lot of time is the CCTV footage.'There is one particular witness who talks about tracking a particular vehicle.'On top of that, we have the listening device material and the telephone intercept material.'Magistrate Suzanne Cameron noted there was a large volume of evidence that covered a range of 'topics'. A tentative date of July 2 was set for a four-week committal hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. Ristevski's lawyer previously told the court that Ristevski would plead not guilty to murder.The Melbourne man has maintained his innocence since the murder charges were laid in December 2017.Ristevski was one of the pallbearers at a private funeral service for his wife at Essendon's St John's Uniting Church.He was pictured crying as he led the prosession from the church.
Mass Civil Disobedience Planned Against Refugee Deportations
Openly breaking the law, preventing refugee deportations from Melbourne's two detention centres and hiding refugees in churches, private homes and the Trades Hall building are just some of the actions planned at an emergency protest rally held in response to the High Court ruling, the day before, that asylum seekers can be detained in off shore dention centres. The court ruling means that up to 270 asylum seekers,who are currently in Australia for medical treatment, can be deported to Naura.
54 of the asylum seekers are children, including 36 who are attending Australian schools. There are also 37 babies who were born in Australia.
Among the speakers and interviewees at the rally were:
Dr. Heather Wearne, Anti-deportation advocate
Nazir Yousifi, Former Afghani refugee
Chris Breen, Rufugee Action Collective
Mohammad Ali Baqiri, Former Nauru detention centre child detainee
Alex Bhatnal, Greens candidate for federal seat of Batman
Michelle O'neill, State secretary, TCFUA, Textile, Clothing & Footwear Union
Pamella Curr, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Colin Long, State secretary, NTEU, National Tertiary Education Union
Jenny Ginsberg, Grandmothers For Refugees
Reverend Mark Dunn, Minister, St James Uniting Church, Essendon
Tenaia Setter, Refugee rights activist
Arnold Zable, author & human rights advocate
Kristalo Hrysicos, Refugee rights activist
Rebecca Winter, Anarchist
Con Karavias, Socialist Alternative
Lucy Honan, Refugee Action Collective
The rally was held in the Melbourne CBD on Thursday, February 4, 2016.
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Victoria (Australia) | Wikipedia audio article
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Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia. Victoria is Australia's most densely populated state and its second-most populous state overall. Most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city, Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. Geographically the smallest state on the Australian mainland, Victoria is bordered by Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south,New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea to the east, and South Australia to the west.
The area that is now known as Victoria is the home of many Aboriginal people groups, including the Boon wurrung, the Bratauolung, the Djadjawurrung, the Gunai, the Gunditjmara, the Taungurong, the Wathaurong, the Wurundjeri, and the Yorta Yorta. There were more than 30 Aboriginal languages spoken in the area prior to the European settlement of Australia. The Kulin nation is an alliance of five Aboriginal nations which makes up much of the central part of the state.With Great Britain having claimed the entire Australian continent east of the 135th meridian east in 1788, Victoria formed part of the wider colony of New South Wales. The first European settlement in the area occurred in 1803 at Sullivan Bay, and much of what is now Victoria was included in 1836 in the Port Phillip District, an administrative division of New South Wales. Named in honour of Queen Victoria, who signed the division's separation from New South Wales, the colony was officially established in 1851 and achieved self government in 1855.
The Victorian gold rush in the 1850s and 1860s significantly increased both the population and wealth of the colony, and by the time of the Federation of Australia in 1901, Melbourne had become the largest city and leading financial centre in Australasia. Melbourne served as federal capital of Australia until the construction of Canberra in 1927, with the Federal Parliament meeting in Melbourne's Parliament House and all principal offices of the federal government being based in Melbourne.
Politically, Victoria has 37 seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 12 seats in the Australian Senate. At state level, the Parliament of Victoria consists of the Legislative Assembly (the lower house) and the Legislative Council (the upper house). The Labor Party led Daniel Andrews as premier has governed Victoria since 2014. The personal representative of the Queen of Australia in the state is the Governor of Victoria, currently Linda Dessau (in office since 2015). Victoria is divided into 79 municipal districts, including 33 cities, although a number of unincorporated areas still exist, which the state administers directly.
The economy of Victoria is highly diversified, with service sectors including financial and property services, health, education, wholesale, retail, hospitality and manufacturing constitute the majority of employment. Victoria's total gross state product (GSP) ranks second in Australia, although Victoria ranks fourth in terms of GSP per capita because of its limited mining activity. Culturally, Melbourne hosts a number of museums, art galleries, and theatres, and is also described as the world's sporting capital. The Melbourne Cricket Ground, the largest stadium in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The ground is also considered the spiritual home of Australian cricket and Australian rules football, and hosts the grand final of the Australian Football League (AFL) each year, drawing crowds of approximately 100,000. Victoria has eight public universities, with the oldest, the University of Melbourne, dating from 1853.
Melbourne | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:11 1 History
00:03:20 1.1 Early history and foundation
00:06:49 1.2 Victorian gold rush
00:10:29 1.3 Land boom and bust
00:13:19 1.4 De facto Capital of Australia
00:14:03 1.5 Post-war period
00:17:33 1.6 Contemporary Melbourne
00:19:09 2 Geography
00:21:16 2.1 Climate
00:24:32 2.2 Environmental issues
00:28:11 3 Urban structure
00:31:32 3.1 Housing
00:32:37 4 Architecture
00:35:32 5 Culture
00:41:16 5.1 Sports
00:45:56 6 Economy
00:50:24 7 Demographics
00:54:03 8 Education
00:56:47 9 Media
01:00:04 10 Religion
01:01:58 11 Governance
01:03:10 12 Infrastructure
01:03:31 12.1 Health
01:04:52 12.2 Transport
01:11:41 12.3 Utilities
01:13:57 13 Crime
01:14:28 14 Sister cities
01:14:56 15 See also
01:15:11 15.1 Lists
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
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Melbourne ( (listen) MEL-bən) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,992.5 km2 (3,858.1 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of approximately 5 million (19% of the population of Australia), and its inhabitants are referred to as Melburnians.The city was founded on 30 August 1835, in what was the British colony of New South Wales, by free settlers from the colony of Van Diemen’s Land. It was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837 and named in honour of the British Prime Minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. It was declared a city by Queen Victoria in 1847, after which it became the capital of the new colony of Victoria in 1851. In the wake of the 1850s Victorian gold rush, the city entered the Marvellous Melbourne boom period, transforming into one of the most important cities in the British Empire and one of the largest and wealthiest in the world. After the federation of Australia in 1901, it served as interim seat of government of the new nation until Canberra became the permanent capital in 1927. Today, it is a leading financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region and ranks 20th in the Global Financial Centres Index.The city is home to many of the best-known cultural institutions in the nation, such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the National Gallery of Victoria and the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building. It is also the birthplace of Australian impressionism, Australian rules football, the Australian film and television industries and Australian contemporary dance. More recently, it has been recognised as a UNESCO City of Literature and a global centre for street art, live music and theatre. It is the host city of annual international events such as the Australian Grand Prix, the Australian Open and the Melbourne Cup, and has also hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Due to it rating highly in entertainment, tourism and sport, as well as education, health care, research and development, the EIU currently ranks it the second most liveable city in the world.The main airport serving the city is Melbourne Airport (also referred to as Tullamarine Airport), which is the second busiest in Australia, and Australia's busiest seaport the Port of Melbourne. Its main metropolitan rail terminus is Flinders Street station and its main regional rail and road coach terminus is Southern Cross station. It also has the most extensive freeway network in Australia and the largest urban tram network in the world.
Melbourne | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:19 1 History
00:04:28 1.1 Early history and foundation
00:09:12 1.2 Victorian gold rush
00:14:09 1.3 Land boom and bust
00:18:03 1.4 De facto Capital of Australia
00:18:59 1.5 Post-war period
00:23:47 1.6 Contemporary Melbourne
00:25:55 2 Geography
00:28:45 2.1 Climate
00:33:11 2.2 Environmental issues
00:38:14 3 Urban structure
00:42:49 3.1 Housing
00:44:16 4 Architecture
00:48:26 5 Culture
00:56:19 5.1 Sports
01:02:40 6 Economy
01:08:43 7 Demographics
01:13:26 7.1 Religion
01:15:57 8 Education
01:19:43 9 Media
01:24:12 10 Governance
01:25:50 11 Infrastructure
01:26:15 11.1 Health
01:28:06 11.2 Transport
01:37:47 11.3 Utilities
01:40:55 12 Crime
01:41:44 13 See also
01:42:01 13.1 Lists
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Speaking Rate: 0.7150937144209051
Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Melbourne ( (listen) MEL-bərn) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,992.5 km2 (3,858.1 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of approximately 5 million (19% of the population of Australia), and its inhabitants are referred to as Melburnians.The city was founded on 30 August 1835, in the then-British colony of New South Wales, by free settlers from the colony of Van Diemen’s Land (modern-day Tasmania). It was incorporated as a Crown settlement in 1837 and named in honour of the British Prime Minister, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. In 1851, four years after Queen Victoria declared it a city, Melbourne became the capital of the new colony of Victoria. In the wake of the 1850s Victorian gold rush, the city entered a lengthy boom period that, by the late 1880s, had transformed it into one of the world's largest and wealthiest metropolises. After the federation of Australia in 1901, it served as interim seat of government of the new nation until Canberra became the permanent capital in 1927. Today, it is a leading financial centre in the Asia-Pacific region and ranks 15th in the Global Financial Centres Index.The city is home to many of the best-known cultural institutions in the nation, such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the National Gallery of Victoria and the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building. It is also the birthplace of Australian impressionism, Australian rules football, the Australian film and television industries and Australian contemporary dance. More recently, it has been recognised as a UNESCO City of Literature and a global centre for street art, live music and theatre. It is the host city of annual international events such as the Australian Grand Prix, the Australian Open and the Melbourne Cup, and has also hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Due to it rating highly in entertainment, tourism and sport, as well as education, health care, research and development, the EIU currently ranks it the second most liveable city in the world.The main airport serving the city is Melbourne Airport (also referred to as Tullamarine Airport), which is the second busiest in Australia, and Australia's busiest seaport the Port of Melbourne. Its main metropolitan rail terminus is Flinders Street station and its main regional rail and road coach terminus is Southern Cross station. It also has the most extensive freeway network in Australia and the largest urban tram network in the world.