Victorian Minister for Environment, Lisa Neville recently launched Parks Victoria’s new Parks Discovery App. Ms Neville explained that Parks Discovery is packed with interesting facts and stories along with a directory of Victoria’s most popular parks. “Victoria has so many great parks and waterways ready to discover. This new app is designed to encourage everyone…
ACCC liquid laundry detergent capsule risks
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With two deaths and over 16,000 ingestion cases reported every year worldwide the ACCC, in partnership with international regulators, is urging parents to be careful when using and storing laundry products so they don’t accidentally harm children. “The product has only been widely available in the market recently and its risks are not necessarily well-known.…
25 years for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music
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The Minister for the Arts, Senator George Brandis announce a grant of $80,000 to the Australian Festival of Chamber Music to support three community-based arts projects in 2015. Senator Brandis commented that this investment demonstrates the Government’s commitment to making the arts accessible to all Australians and to maintaining the excellent standard of classical music…
Assault on Wall Street
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Director Uwe Boll Staring Dominic Purcell, Erin Karpluk, Edward Furlong Rated MA Score 5/6 Jim, an average New Yorker, lives with a sick but loving wife. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes and causes him to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim goes to seek revenge for the life taken from him.…
Uptake in British made vehicle components
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According to a recent report released by the UK Automotive Council British cars are being made with more British sourced components as the UK automotive industry’s renaissance continues apace. The figures revealed that that domestic component makers sold 19% more products to UK vehicle producers last year than in 2013. Business Secretary Vince Cable explained…
ABC ANZAC Day programing
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Ahead of the 2015 Anzac Day commemorations which mark the marks the Centenary of Gallipoli. The ABC is once again honoured to help all Australians reflect on this historical moment, with the recent announcing of its programing for Anzac Day. ABC managing director Mark Scott commented that across our radio, television, digital and online platforms…
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
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Director Craig Moss Starring Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, Andrew Divoff Rated MA Score 1.5/6 Frank Vega teams up with grumpy old agoraphobic Bernie Pope to kick ass and clean up the streets of L.A. For those of you who have come late to this franchise (yes there is a proper trilogy for these movies) the…
Marianne Leitch new Executive Producer for Foreign Correspondent
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Marianne Leitch has been appointed Executive Producer of ABC TV’s international current affairs flagship program Foreign Correspondent. “Marianne is an exceptionally experienced and capable journalist and Foreign Correspondent will be in terrific hands.” ABC Head of Current Affairs Bruce Belsham said. Mr Belsham pointed out that Leitch was a member of the original team that…
Time-Zone Change for South Australia?
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The South Australian Government has received a tremendous response to the first month of consultation on the merits of changing South Australia’s time-zone. The Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith who is leading the consultation process said the State Government has been inundated with hundreds of submissions. “It has been encouraging to read the…
States call for 15 hours of Kinder
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Meeting at the Education Council, state and territory Ministers said Australian children should receive 15 hours of quality, affordable kindergarten per week in the vital year before school. The Productivity Commission found that 15 hours of kindergarten is essential to boosting preschool participation, supporting children’s development and improving school readiness, and recommended the Federal Government…
NSW and ACT Sign Initiative to Move Scrap Metal
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Minister for Planning, Mick Gentleman has recently announced a new transport initiative to move freight from Canberra by rail. The ACT Government and the NSW Government have signed up to a two year trial whereby scrap metal will be transported to Sydney on rail via an arrangement between the Rail Infrastructure Corporation (now John Holland…
2014 ACT Book of the Year Announced
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Minister for the Arts Joy Burch recently announced that local author Gordon Peake’s book Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles and Secrets from Timor-Leste has triumphed over a record field of 48 nominations to win both the 2014 ACT Book of the Year Award and the inaugural People’s Choice Award. The ACT Book of the Year Award…
Australian Mint strikes new circulating coin for Cook Islands, Tonga & Vanuatu
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History has been made with three Pacific Island nations marking the introduction of their own brand new circulating coins at the official coin striking ceremony at the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint). Mint CEO Mr Ross MacDiarmid explained that with the Mint’s assistance and expertise, Cook Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu have embarked on the important…
Report shows a quarter of Australian households are lone person households
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According to a new demographic trends paper recently released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies a quarter of all Australian households are now lone person households. AIFS’ Senior Research Fellow, Professor David de Vaus said that the percentage of one-person households had increased in Australia from 8 per cent in 1946 to 24 per…
Gallipoli Letter recognised by UNESCO
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One of the National Library of Australia’s greatest treasures, the 8000-word Gallipoli Letter, written by Keith Murdoch to Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was recently inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register. Murdoch, a journalist, wrote the letter on 23 September, 1915, after a brief visit to Gallipoli. A frank report of a…
Jupiter Ascending
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Directors The Wachowskis Staring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne Rated M Score 2/6 In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by the ruthless son of a powerful family, who lives on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the…
ACT loose fill asbestos buy back scheme passes milestone
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Chief Minister Andrew Barr recently announced that the ACT Government’s Buyback Program for houses affected by loose fill asbestos has passed the milestone of 100 homes owned by the ACT Government. The government now owns 104 homes. “I remain confident that the current program is the fairest, most responsible and affordable response available to the…
#REINSTATESAILING for the 2020 Paralympics
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In a recent decision the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) not to include sailing on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sports programme shocked the international sailing community. The news was an enormous disappointment for the sport of sailing worldwide, in our country and for our Australian Sailing Team and Squad athletes who are working hard, not…