Brisbane ferry workers have taken 24-hour protected industrial action after RiverCity Ferries refused to properly negotiate over wages, fatigue, meal breaks and basic workplace conditions. Members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Australian Maritime Officers Union (AMOU) took 24-hour protected industrial action on Thursday 27 August, with further industrial action to follow. The…
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A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is headed to Brisbane
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In news set to send Queenslanders into a Sweet Caroline singalong for the ages, the smash-hit Broadway musical A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is headed to Brisbane, following its blockbuster Australian premiere and extraordinary audience response in Melbourne. The spectacular production will open at QPAC’s Lyric Theatre on 20 March 2027 bringing the…
Zip and the Tiny Sprouts Headed to ABC Kids
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Queensland-based Fade In Studio and its premier 2D animation division, K Love You Bye, and global children’s education and media company Tiny Souls Media are celebrating a major milestone for Australian animation today. The Kidscreen Award-winning and AWG-nominated digital-first series Zip and the Tiny Sprouts (52 x 7’), distributed by industry leader WildBrain, announces a…
Calls for a koala vaccination roll out in South East Queensland
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In what’s been hailed as a “massive breakthrough”, a chlamydia vaccine implant has been administered to a wild koala for the first time.This is the only koala chlamydia vaccine that uses two doses. Now thanks to the implant it can be applied in one examination. She might not know it, but the recipient a young…
Filming Starts on Tearepa Kahi’s Jump
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Screen Queensland has announced that filming has commenced on Jump, a high-stakes survival thriller from acclaimed New Zealand director Tearepa Kahi (Muru, Mt. Zion). Filming on Queensland’s Gold Coast, including Tamborine Mountain, the gripping feature stars rising talent Bella Shepard (Star Trek: Starfleet Academy) and Luciane Buchanan (The Night Agent, Chief of War, Evil Dead…
LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s to 1950s Exhibition
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The Delegation of the European Union to Australia and HOTA, Home of the Arts are proud to bring to Queensland an exhibition that celebrates humanity and love in all forms. LOVING: Photographs of Men in Love 1850s to 1950s invites viewers to experience a rare collection of vintage images depicting male couples between the 1850s…
Brisbane-based Steve Young Taking Novella Hells Kitchen: A New York Mafia Story to the US
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Brisbane-based actor, filmmaker and writer Steve Young has published Hells Kitchen: A New York Mafia Story — a crime thriller novella now available globally through Amazon and the IngramSpark distribution network, reaching over 40,000 retailers and libraries worldwide including Barnes & Noble, Booktopia and beyond. The book is the latest chapter in a deliberately constructed…
Production has Wrapped on Headless
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Screen Queensland has announced that production has wrapped on the action-horror feature Headless, a contemporary reimagining of the Headless Horseman mythology. Directed by acclaimed filmmaking duo The Spierig Brothers (Daybreakers) and produced by Queenslanders Chris Brown (Beast of War) and Diana Le Dean (Sting), Headless brings together local creatives, crew and post-production companies from across…
Filming completed in Queensland on Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro
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Screen Queensland has confirmed that filming recently wrapped in Brisbane on Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro hosted by Robert Irwin. The ABC (US) series produced by BBC Studios features the Queensland-born wildlife conservationist and Dancing with the Stars season 34 champion as host, while 12 up-and-coming dancers live together and vie for the…
Honeymoon with Harry Filming Starts in April
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Screen Queensland has announced that filming begins in April on Amazon MGM Studio’s Honeymoon with Harry starring Kevin Costner and Jake Gyllenhaal, the latest in a steady slate of Queensland-made projects for the studio. Shooting in Brisbane and The Whitsundays, the feature is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and is based on the…