Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety, Shane Rattenbury, has announced changes that mean e scooters and similar e-mobility devices will be legal to ride in the ACT by Christmas. “Many ACT residents are keen to take advantage of e-scooters and similar e-mobility devices. I’m pleased to announce that these devices will be legal…
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Funding for Regional Victorian Performance Tours
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A smorgasbord of creative events and performances are set to tour Victoria’s regional cities and towns in 2020, including hip-hop, ballet, theatre, orchestras and children’s shows. Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley has announced the latest round of the Andrews Labor Government’s Touring Victoria program, with nearly $600,000 helping nine grant recipients take 160 creative…
Increased Funding for Victoria’s Botanic Gardens
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The Andrews Labor Government is preserving and improving Victoria’s precious botanic gardens with more than $1.4 million for gardens across the state. “Victoria is blessed with beautiful gardens and these grants will help them remain healthy for future generations.” Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio commented “Botanic gardens are the lifeblood…
Netflix Orders New Korean Sci-Fi Series
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Netflix has announced a new Korean original series The Silent Sea (working title) and confirmed actor Jung Woo-sung serving as an executive producer of the show, which is set in a precarious future where Earth is running out of water. The Silent Sea is a mystery sci-fi thriller that follows a story of elite scientists…
Larissa Manoela’s Airplane Mode to premiere on Netflix in January
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Netflix has revealed the key art of Airplane Mode, Brazilian feature starred by Larissa Manoela and Erasmo Carlos. The movie, which marks the first role of Larissa in a Netflix original production and is due to premiere on January 23, 2020. Airplane mode tells the story of young digital influencer Ana (Larissa Manoela). Addicted to…
Tough New Penalties for Tossing Lit Cigarettes from Car Windows
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From 17 January 2020, motorists caught tossing a lit cigarette will be penalised five demerit points. This is the first time a demerit point penalty has been imposed on this type of offence. If a motorist commits the offence during a total fire ban, the penalty will double to 10 demerit points and a fine…
TAC Christmas Road Safety Campaign
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The heartbreaking moment that a family member is told a loved one has been killed is at the centre of the Transport Accident Commission’s pre-Christmas safety push. Minister for Roads, Road Safety and the TAC Jaala Pulford joined the TAC and Road Safety Victoria to urge Victorians to think about their loved ones and the…
10000 Downloads for SharkSmart app
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Western Australian ocean users have got behind the McGowan Government’s new SharkSmart WA app with more than 10,000 people downloading the app in just over a month. WA Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly said the app is being promoted as part of the McGowan Government’s new Sea Sense campaign, which is raising awareness of personal water…
WA’s Newest Bridge Dedicated to World War 1 Hero
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Premier Mark McGowan and Transport Minister Rita Saffioti joined representatives from the Throssell family and the Returned Services League (RSL) recently to officially announce the State’s newest bridge has been named the Hugo Throssell VC bridge. Situated along Armadale Road and over Nicholson Road, the bridge is part of $145 million Armadale Road duplication project,…
High in the Clouds to be Adapted into Animated Feature
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Netflix and Gaumont are producing a new animated feature from iconic songwriter, author and filmmaker, Paul McCartney titled High in the Clouds based on the popular children’s adventure novel of the same title by McCartney and Geoff Dunbar, and Philip Ardagh. An imaginative teenage squirrel named Wirral finds himself pulled into a ramshackle gang of…