Lifeline Data Reveal Cost-of-Living Pressures Increasing
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Data released today reveals around 500 calls to Lifeline each day are related to financial management, employment, or housing insecurity. Of this number, around 50 are focused on concerns related to homelessness. Lifeline Australia CEO Colin Seery said it was important for anyone struggling to know that the organisation is available 24/7 to provide support.…
Coles Fundraising With ANZAC Biscuits
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Coles has enlisted the help of Richmond Football Club’s very own ‘top guns’ Jack Graham and Seth Campbell to encourage customers to get behind military charity Bravery Trust in the lead up to Anzac Day. Graham and Campbell put their baking skills to the test by making their own batch of Anzac biscuits under the…
Embrace Your Slow Cooker
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With grocery prices on the rise and the ACCC investigating supermarket pricing practices, Australians are looking for ways to get creative and save money on food. Feeling the squeeze at the supermarket? You’re not alone. With grocery prices on the rise and the ACCC investigating supermarket pricing practices, Australians are looking for ways to get…
Casper (1995)
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Director Brad Silberling Stars Bill Pullman,Christina Ricci & Cathy Moriarty Rated PG Score 5/6 An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits. Okay I was a little surprised to find out that Christina Ricci doesn’t like…
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Wilson’s Promontory to Newcastle NSW to Raise Money for Lifeline
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On the 5th April a local man from Wallsend, Ian Kidd, embarked on an 1800km solo bike ride from the southernmost part of the Australian mainland in Victoria, Wilson’s Promontory, to Newcastle along the East coast of Australia. He aims to raise much-needed funds for his local Lifeline centre as well as create a greater…
Shooshfest – silent short film competition
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In a bold leap for Australian cinema, Shooshfest stakes its claim as Australia’s first-ever silent short film competition. Far from your run-of-the-mill festival, Shooshfest invites creators from all walks of life – not just filmmakers – to weave cinematic magic without uttering a single word. No verbose monologues, no whispered secrets, no foley – just…
Border Invasion an American Crisis Released on DVD
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Stan and Donna Fitzgerald have been in the retail end of the movie industry since 1999 and are now getting involved with documentary film making. The couple are some of Georgia’s most high profile conservative grassroots activists so their first two films are geared for the conservative consumer in line with their personal values. In…
$2.3 Mill In Documentary Funding
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Screen Australia has announced nine documentaries that will share in over $2.3 million of production funding.Among the projects is Our Medicine, an NITV series that follows First Nations professionals working on the medical front-line as they try to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and communities; The Kimberley explores the…
ACT Government Hiring More qualified Teacher Librarians
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The ACT Government is hiring more qualified teacher librarians across the ACT public school system. Qualified teacher librarians support students, classrooms and whole schools by enhancing digital and information literacy and helping students become critical, creative and collaborative thinkers. To date, eight ACT public schools have benefited from this initiative.“We know how important teacher librarians…
Dance For Sick Kids
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Dance for Sick Kids, the ultimate feel-good fundraiser, returns this May, as people of all ages and abilities join the 7-day challenge to raise critical funds for families supported by Ronald McDonald Houses in Greater Western Sydney, Victoria and Tasmania. And this Thursday 18 April, Jessica Raffa from Dancing with the Stars is getting into…
Freestyle Digital Media North American VOD rights Action Feature 6 HOURS AWAY
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Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the action feature 6 HOURS AWAY, which will be available to rent/own on all digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms worldwide, as well as on DVD, starting on April 19, 2024, through Freestyle…
‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings Documentary Releases in Cinemas in May
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Tom Haramis’ compelling, inspirational doco Fight to Live – a dazzling portrait of Australian UFC and Bare Knuckle Fighting champion and domestic abuse survivor “Rowdy” Bec Rawlings – will play The Gold Coast Film Festival and Inner West Film Fest before releasing around Australia on May 15, coinciding with Domestic Violence Awareness Month. From Hoop…
The Blood Run – Melbourne Premiere
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In June 2022, the remarkable ultra-marathon runner, Callan Gates, arrived at Sydney Harbour after running a massive 250kms from Newcastle along the Great North Walk (GNW), in one single go (without sleep), to raise funds for a charity close to his heart – the Leukaemia Foundation. Despite those around him doubting that he could complete…
Expend4bles
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Director Scott Waugh Stars Jason Statham, 50 Cent & Megan Fox Rated MA Score 0/6 The Expendables – original and new – are on a mission, this time to Qadhafi’s old chemical weapons plant in Libya to intercept Suharato Rahmat, on his own solo operation to steal nuclear missile detonators for his wicked client, Ocelot.…
Comedy Series Top End Bub Goes into Production in May 2024
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Screen Australia, Prime Video, Goalpost Pictures, ZDF Studios, Screen Territory and South Australian Film Corporation have announced that new romantic comedy series, Top End Bub, will be going into production in May 2024. Top End Bub sees Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires, The Artful Dodger) and Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great) return to…
MIFF’s 37°South Market
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Australia’s only screen content co-financing market to occur in the context of a major festival, 37°South Market brings the global screen content financing marketplace to Melbourne. The selective four-day event spans individually scheduled meetings, screenings for films seeking marketplace attachment, B2B meetings and panel discussions; presenting a unique opportunity for industry stakeholders to build valuable…
Gettin’ Square Gettin’ a Sequel
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Screen Queensland has announced the commencement of filming for SPIT, the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Australian comedy Gettin’ Square. As with the original, the story will mostly centre in and around the Gold Coast, with filming also taking place in Toowoomba and Brisbane through to May 2024. Written by Gold Coast-based writer and…