Screen Australia, Goalpost Pictures and Cowlick Entertainment have announced that, Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Hotel Mumbai) and Danielle Macdonald (PattiCake$), will headline the major new Australian feature film I Am Woman the story of Australian singing superstar Helen Reddy, which begins filming next month in Sydney. Produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight (Top End Wedding, The Sapphires),…
Antarctic Drama coming to Television Screens
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The first television drama series set at an Australian Antarctic research station will be developed this summer as part of the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. Leading TV screenwriter Jane Allen (Cleverman, Janet King, Wentworth, Love Child) and award-winning novelist Dr Jesse Blackadder (Sixty Seconds, Chasing the Light) have been jointly awarded the 2018 Fellowship. During…
Remember Slow down to 40km/h Around Schools on Monday
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Canberra motorists are being reminded to slow down around schools, with 40km/h school zones coming back into effect for the new school term from Monday. Minister for Road Safety Shane Rattenbury said that school zones are there to protect Canberra school children and urged all motorists to slow down and be vigilant during the new…
The Opposition
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Director Hollie Fifer Rated PG Score 6/6 An indigenous community in Papua New Guinea is forced to fight back before they are cruelly evicted from their land in favour of a five-star tourist hotel. I know this is not the kind of subject matter to making jokes with connections to other, and maybe if you…
To Sir, with Love II
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Director Peter Bogdanovich Starring Sidney Poitier, Christian Payton, Dana Eskelson Rated PG Score 5/6 After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of reaching kids in an inner-city school proves to be too much to resist. Considering To Sir, with Love II was the second in…
40 Years of Helicopter Rescue Service in Queensland
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has praised RACQ LifeFlight for 40 years of service to the Queensland community, describing the organisation as ‘one of our great institutions’. Speaking at a function to celebrate the launch of the anniversary, and to mark 25 years of RACQ sponsorship, the Premier said LifeFlight provided one of Queensland’s most important services.…
Why Slavery? Season on BBC
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The BBC has today announced a series of powerful films about slavery in the modern age for the Why Slavery? season. Timed for International Anti-Slavery day on 18 October, and in collaboration with The Open University, the BBC has commissioned and produced six new films for BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC iPlayer and has…
The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell
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Starring Mick Ignis, Adam Mayfield, Christine H. McConnell, Michael Oosterom & Colleen Smith Rated M Score 5.5/6 Wickedly talented baker and artist Christine McConnell fills her home with haunting confections, creepy crafts — and wildly inappropriate creatures. Yes, I am a fan of cooking shows and I find it very easy to spend an entire…
Varsity Blues – Revisited
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Director Brian Robbins Starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight & Paul Walker Rated M Score 3/6 A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured. We have a post revisit on our hands, its been a while since I have last revisited a movie…
Unpaid Work Inequality in Victoria
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Victorian women are doing most of the state’s unpaid work, at a cost of more than $205 billion, new data has revealed. Preliminary analysis by Deloitte Access Economics has revealed unpaid work is equivalent to 50 per cent of Victoria’s Gross State Product (GSP) in 2017/18. Victorian Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins explained that the…
To Sir, with Love
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Director James Clavell Starring Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts Rated PG Score 5/6 Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London’s East End. I think I may have watched To Sir, with Love a couple of times, but only really thought that…
Blue Planet Live in March 2019
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Across a week in March 2019, BBC One will celebrate marine life great and small, as we take the audience on a deep dive into the world’s oceans in Blue Planet Live. Broadcasting live from three different locations across the planet: East Coast, USA; the Bahamas; and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “Blue Planet Live will…
BBC Acquires Second Series of Killing Eve
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BBC has acquired the second series of the critically acclaimed female-led spy thriller Killing Eve. Series one made its debut on BBC One and as a boxset on BBC Three on BBC iPlayer last month and has become a massive hit with audiences – there have been over 26 million requests for the series so…
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Played In World’s Darkest Room
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England and Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli marks the launch of the highly anticipated Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4, by playing the game in the ‘world’s darkest room’. Call of Duty® boasts over 200 million global players. The latest game in the series, Black Ops 4 delivers the deepest, most engaging Black Ops game that…
Love Simon
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Director Greg Berlanti Starring Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel Rated M Score 3.5/6 Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity. Sorry for taking so long to get…
Girls are Taking Over WA Parliament for the Day
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Today on International Day of the Girl Child, 19 Girl Guides will take over the Parliament of Western Australia as part of a unique program that aims to give young women a voice and encourage them to pursue leadership roles. “Women bring a diversity of ideas and perspectives, and we need that diversity to solve…
Swarovski Australia announced as ARIA Red-Carpet Sponsor
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Swarovski Australia is proud to be announced as the official Red-Carpet sponsor for the second year running at the ARIA Awards, taking place at The Star in Sydney on 28 November 2018. To mark the ongoing success of the partnership, Swarovski will also be offering their customers a chance to win exclusive VIP tickets to…
On Sharks & Humanity Coming to Australian National Maritime Museum on December 11
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This summer the Australian National Maritime Museum will welcome the internationally-acclaimed contemporary art exhibition On Sharks & Humanity, featuring works by more than 30 artists from China and around the world – all united by the need to protect sharks. This exhibition will now open on 11 December 2018 (instead of its previously advertised opening…