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Producer of Fat Pizza and Cedar Boys Releases Book ‘YES YES YES: The Playbook of Persuasion’

You have seen this before. Two people say the same thing in a meeting. One lands. One does not. It is not intelligence. It is timing. Influence inside modern organisations is shifting. In environments shaped by information overload, hybrid work, declining institutional trust and increasingly sceptical stakeholders, traditional models built on authority and pressure are…

Special Screening of Pelverata at Melbourne’s Eclipse Cinema

The chilling new Aussie folk horror flick Pelverata will screen at Melbourne’s Eclipse Cinema with director Mark Lipkin in attendance for a special Q&A session. “Pelverata finds its sense of place through disorienting reverberations of past trauma…confronting us with Australia’s sacred, sullied soil, and the restless ghosts that demand an audience.”  – Anton Bitel, Projected…

Three Months to go Until MIFF 37°South Market

With just three months to go until MIFF 37°South Market, the global screen co-financing marketplace returns to Melbourne this August with early confirmed international financiers and two new initiatives making 2026 another landmark edition. Now in its 19th year, 37°South runs from 6–9 August during the opening weekend of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF),…

Faith Housing Australia Welcomes Key Housing Measures 

Faith Housing Australia has welcomed key housing measures announced in the 2026–27 Federal Budget, describing the package as a significant step toward broader housing system reform. The Budget combines major changes to investor tax settings with new investment in housing enabling infrastructure and targeted support for young people at risk of homelessness. The reforms include…

Hoyts Mother’s Day weekend Record

HOYTS has achieved its biggest Mother’s Day weekend on record, driven by the continued strong performances of The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Michael. The result was further boosted by a record-breaking opening for Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour, alongside solid debuts from Mortal Kombat II and The Sheep Detectives,…

Give Disabled Young Australians a ‘Fair Crack’

Children and young people with disability have been sidelined in a disappointing Federal Budget that promised to give younger generations a ‘fair crack’. Major cuts to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and a failure to invest in education, employment and social supports, raise questions about whether disabled young Australians are part of the government’s…

CEDA: Federal Budget Seeks to Build Resilience From Reform

This year’s Federal Budget makes real reform progress, even as the global economy throws curveballs daily, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says.The budget delivers modest savings, with decisions to provide near-term support for households and businesses partially offsetting higher revenue from commodity prices, inflation and a still strong labour market. Against a…

A Win for Medical Research and for Australians’ Health

Australian researchers not only save lives — they drive economic growth and deliver vital innovation that benefits our region and the nation. After running a national campaign to remind the Albanese Government that ‘Medical Research Matters’, Dr Monique Ryan has celebrated tonight’s announcement that an additional half a billion dollars in new funding has been…

Dr Ryan Welcomes Albanese Government’s response to ‘State of Diabetes Mellitus in Australia’ report after 678 Day Wait 

Dr Monique Ryan, Independent Member for Kooyong and Deputy Chair of the House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability, has welcomed the Albanese Government’s belated response to the ‘State of Diabetes Mellitus in Australia’ report, while lashing the Government for cynically tabling its reply as Parliament is pre-occupied with today’s Federal Budget. The…

Four in Five Australians on social media say they want the Government to take strong action to ban predatory social media advertisements 

A compelling four in five Australians on social media say they want the Government to take strong action to ban predatory social media advertisements which entice people to move their super into riskier products. An Ideally survey of more than 1,000 people for the Super Members Council also found a shocking 45% of Australians surveyed…