Tag Archive for Australia

Culture Club Touring Australia with Thompson Twins

International superstars Culture Club have announced they will be touring Australia later this year. Culture Club are led by front man, Boy George, currently endearing himself to new Australian audiences as their favourite coach on TV’s top rated show The Voice. Special guests will be Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey, who will play hits live for…

Puppetry of the Penis to Tour Australia

The much-­loved hilariously nuts spectacle that is Puppetry Of The Penis, is returning down-­under for an action packed tour across the country. The show will stop at 24 cities across Australia from 2nd February through to 28th April. Simon Morley, Creator & Puppeteer said that the latest incarnation of the show comes fresh from Sin…

Aquaman to be filmed in Australia

The Turnbull Government has announced $22 million to secure Australia as the filming location for the blockbuster feature film Aquaman, the next DC superhero movie by Warner Bros Pictures. The funding secures a major investment in Australia that will create more than 1000 jobs and inject over $150 million into the economy. The Palaszczuk Government…

Australiens

Director Joe Bauer Staring Rita Artmann, Tamara McLaughlin, Lawrence Silver Rated MA Score 5/6 Extra-terrestrials launch a nation-wide assault on Australia, much to the bafflement of the rest of the world. This awkward and just that little bit stupid (maybe more than just a little but I’ll leave that to you to decide how much)…

Just a Thought

I’m not a politician and probably never will be, we all know that. This is just one of those stupid ‘what if …’ ideas that I’ve thought about off and on for the past few years. I’m sure you all have them from time to time. Immigration more specifically ‘illegal immigration’ isn’t a bad thing…

Pitt to Morrison: Don’t Short Change Queensland

Queensland’s Treasurer Curtis Pitt says Queenslanders will have their chance at the coming federal election to pass judgement on any attempt to short-change the state on infrastructure spending in tomorrow night’s Federal Budget. “If NSW and Victoria receive the lion’s share of a suggested $5 billion for public transport infrastructure in the Federal Budget, then…

Australians that BBQ

According to recent research from Roy Morgan in 2015, 5.8 million Aussie households had a barbecue (63.7% of total households), an increase of some 400,000 households since 2011, when 63.2% of households had one. In country SA —Australia’s barbecue heartland — the figure rises to 75.6% of households, followed closely by the ACT (73.5%) and…

Renewed Confidence in Australian Made Products

According to recent research released by Roy Morgan in the 12 months to September 2015, 89.2% of Australians aged 14 and over said they’d be more likely to buy products made in Australia — an improvement on 2013, when it was 85.6%. But while Australia remains the population’s hands-down number one preference, several other countries…