ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith has acknowledged the dedication of staff at Canberra Health Services’ Belconnen and Tuggeranong Walk-in Centres five years after they opened their doors. Canberra’s Walk-in Centres are one of the Territory’s stand-out public health success stories. The centres are led by a team of highly skilled advanced practice nurses and…
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NIDA Opens Applications for 2020
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Australia’s world-famous National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) has opened its applications to study in 2020 for the next generation of artists, technicians and creatives. Applications are open for all of NIDA’s Master, Bachelor and Diploma courses and all aspiring creatives are encouraged to apply. New in 2020, its highly competitive Bachelor of Fine Arts…
MIFF Announces Record-Breaking Program
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Celebrating its 68th year, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has unveiled its 2019 program – the largest in its history. Featuring 259 feature films, 123 shorts and 16 virtual reality experiences, MIFF 2019 will include 31 world premieres and 160 Australian premieres over 18 electrifying days of cinema. Unveiling his first program as MIFF’s…
NFSA Digitally Restores Bruce Beresford’s Black Robe
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Bruce Beresford’s 1991 film Black Robe, the first feature film co-produced by Australia and Canada, has been digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive’s NFSA Restores program. The new digital print will premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival on 17 August, followed by an In conversation session with Mr Beresford on the 18th.…
Greg Kading Speaking Tour of Australia
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Greg Kading, the lead detective of the investigative task force for the infamous Tupac and B.I.G case, is coming to Australia to embark on a world first live show. Greg is a veteran LAPD detective who specialises in gang, narcotic and homicide investigations. After his retirement in 2010, Greg authored the book Murder Rap which…
La Mama Theatre Rebuilding Fund Receives Boost
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Just over a year after the devastating fire, La Mama Theatre today announced that the million dollar contribution by State Government has been matched by a philanthropic alliance including, Sidney Myer Fund, John T Reid Charitable Trusts, Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, Gandel Philanthropy and an anonymous donation. Minister for Creative Industries, the Hon. Martin Foley,…
Warner Bros. Pictures Signs Distribution Deal with SF Studios in Sweden
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Warner Bros. Pictures has signed a film distribution agreement with SF Studios in Sweden that will complement the existing distribution agreement that Warner Bros. Pictures already has with SF Studios in Denmark, Norway and Finland, making SF Studios the Nordic partner of Warner Bros. Pictures. SF Studios has been handling the sales, marketing and distribution…
RSPCA ACT Receives Funding Boost
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The ACT Government has delivered over $300,000 of additional funding to the RSPCA ACT to boost animal management and welfare services with new equipment to better resource the shelter. “Each year funding is provided to the RSPCA for the delivery of animal management and welfare services and I am pleased that this year we are…
George Clooney to Direct Untitled Mark L Smith Project for Netflix
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Netflix has announced that Academy Award Winner George Clooney is in pre-production on an untitled feature project for Netflix that he will direct and star in. Mark L. Smith adapted the screenplay from the novel Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. Smokehouse Pictures’ Grant Heslov (Academy Award Winner) and Clooney will produce alongside Anonymous Content…
Disrupted Festival 2019 Program Announced
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The free Disrupted Festival of Ideas will take place at the State Library of Western Australia on the weekend of July 27-28, attracting visitors to the Cultural Centre and boosting economic activity. Keynote speakers, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Leigh Sales, Professor Geoff Gallop, Professor Tracy Westerman, Bri Lee, and a host of local and international guests…