According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research in Australia, around 1 in 7 people almost always or occasionally watch the Rugby World Cup on TV—but in New Zealand, the viewership rate is 2 in 5. John La Rosa, General Manager Client Services – ANZ, Roy Morgan Research explained that the research showed that…
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Ice Age Live! A Mammoth Adventure coming to Australia
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TEG Live, Stage Entertainment Productions and Twentieth Century Fox announced recently that it will bring the critically acclaimed smash hit Ice Age movies to life with Ice Age Live! A Mammoth Adventure to Australian audiences in March and April 2016. Ice Age Live has delighted audiences of all ages in its global, five-year tour visiting…
Good Mourning Mrs. Brown Tour Extra Shows Added
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Mrs. Brown’s Boys is returning to Australia in 2016 in the hilarious play Good Mourning Mrs. Brown. It’s the second play in the Mrs. Brown five part trilogy. Starring Brendan O’Carroll as Agnes Brown along with the original TV cast, doing the stuff they weren’t allowed to do on TV! “Australia was feckin’ amazing. Who…
Netflix Still on the Rise
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The number of Australian homes with a Netflix subscription rose again in September to 968,000 (10.5%), up another 113,000 from 855,000 in August, the latest subscription video on demand data from Roy Morgan Research. “Netflix service adoption in households continues to grow at a rate in the double digits month to month. These latest September…
One in Ten Australians have slept rough
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A staggering one in 10 Australians have been forced to sleep rough at some stage in their lives, with new research by RMIT University revealing the true plight of the homeless. The study found about 1.4 million Australians have slept rough while homeless, with 13 per cent of currently housed Australians experiencing homelessness during their…
Eat an Apple
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Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, called on the community to support Australian farmers and choose an Australian apple to snack on. “Australians eat an average of 8.9kg of apples per person per year—that generously equates to about 60 apples each a year. Imagine the boost it could give our orchardists if we each actually ate…
Capital City Holidays can be Costly
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In the year to June 2015, almost 12 million Australians aged 14+ took at least one domestic holiday, with the average cost per head/per night of their last domestic trip being $150. Without exception, this figure was higher for people whose last holiday was spent in a capital city — but with some striking differences…
Aussie Girls and Boys Sevens take Gold and Silver at Commonwealth Youth Games
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The Australian Sevens boys and girls teams representing the country at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa have earned a gold and silver medal. The girls team were in scintillating form as they added to their Youth Olympics title from 14 months ago to clinically dispose of Canada 36-5 while the boys lost to…
4 Episodes of Brazilian Telenovela Totalmente Demais to be filmed in Australia
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Tourism Australia has teamed up with Brazil’s leading TV network Globo to produce Australian episodes of its new TV drama – Totalmente Demais which translates to ‘Totally Awesome’ – helping to further boost Brazilian’s growing desire for holidaying in Australia. The visit, which is being conducted in partnership with Destination New South Wales and Tourism…
Australia #1 export market of UK cricket and polo equipment
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With the Australian Cricket team’s performance in England on the current Ashes tour, I thought that this was really interesting. Recent trade figures show that Australia has maintained its position as the UK’s largest export market for cricket and polo equipment in 2014, with exports worth £1.1 million; an increase of 13% on 2013 figures.…