The Melbourne International Comedy Festival will not go ahead in 2020. It is the first time in over 30 years…
Popular Underground
New Trends in Music and Cultural Harmony Popular Underground is a Scandinavian alternative pseudo-jazz-folk band with a socio-nihilistic twist. The…
The Absurdity Of Noise Rules
There is a busker on the streets of Melbourne who brings his kitchen to work. No amplification, no traditional musical…
Justin Bailey
Violin Noise – A Conversation I met Justin on one of those days when the sky was falling. It was…
Noise Regulations
If a traffic monitoring helicopter passes your house who do complain to? The current guidelines of the World Health Organisation…
The Metro Tunnel Project
It is appropriate to begin with an acknowledgement for the commitment of the government to improve public transport. I don’t…
Rifle Noise
Below is a summary of correspondence with the council in regards to gunfire noise complaint – The council didn’t know…
Resources
City of Melbourne https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/residents/home-neighbourhood/noise/Pages/noise.aspx EPA https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/about-us/legislation/noise-legislation The Health Effects of Environmental Noisehttps://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/A12B57E41EC9F326CA257BF0001F9E7D/$File/health-effects-Environmental-Noise-2018.pdf World Health Organisation http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/noise WorkSafehttps://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/noise
Musical Influences
“Music is a sort of noise, it whiles away for the odd half hour but if lasts for any longer…