Vision Australia will recognise eight handlers and Seeing Eye Dogs who have been successfully paired this year at its annual graduation on Wednesday, October 12. Held in the lead-up to World Sight Day, the Queensland Parliament event celebrates the life-changing bond of assistance animals and people who are blind or low vision. “Training can take…
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Outback Queensland Town Cloncurry Film Incentive
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On the back of being the spectacular location for Channel 10’s Survivor in 2021, this small Outback Queensland town of some 3,000 people is currently starring in The Bank Manager, a short film about the legendary robbery by Quamby Studios’ Luke and Madeleine Chaplain. Filmmakers, writer, producers and actors, Luke and Madeleine, grew up on…
Guide Dogs Australia Recognises Top Collection Dog
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Guide Dogs Australia has today revealed Coles’ “top dogs” with Coles Mackay in Queensland taking out the honour of having the top fundraising coin Collection Dog in the country. The much loved and iconic Collection Dog at Coles might not bark or move but it’s been changing lives one coin at a time with the…
Screen Queensland Announces $1 Million Funding For Gaming
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In the lead up to this week’s Gamescom (the globe’s largest digital games conference in Germany) the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland has announced seven digital games projects to be supported with more than $1 million total in development funding. Screen Queensland CEO Kylie Munnich said the sunshine state is emerging as Australia’s most innovative…
Time For More Avocado Toast?
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Australia will need to both consume and export more avocados as the nation’s growers navigate a period of soaring production growth over the coming five years, specialist agribusiness bank Rabobank says in a new report. This year alone, ‘per capita (person) supply’ of avocados is estimated to be up 26 per cent on the previous…
Netflix Adaptation Of Boy Swallows Universe To Be Filmed in Brisbane in August
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The adaptation of Trent Dalton’s international best-selling novel Boy Swallows Universe will film in Brisbane from August this year. The highly anticipated eight-part series will be produced by Sydney-based Brouhaha Entertainment and screen on Netflix. Boy Swallows Universe follows working-class Brisbane teenager Eli Bell in a whirlwind story about drug addiction, ex-cons, poverty, violence and the discovery…
Australia Post Celebrates CWA Centenary
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Australia Post has released a new stamp to celebrate 100 years of advocacy and community work by Country Women’s Associations across Australia to improve the lives of rural and regional women, children and communities. “The celebration of our centenary is an important milestone for our association and our members, marking 100 years of advocacy on…
The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers Success for Toowoomba and Region
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The first ever month-long program of the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, a change from the traditional 10-day event, has reaped significant rewards for Toowoomba and the surrounding region. Chair of the Toowoomba Regional Council Environment and Community Services Committee Cr James O’Shea said data from Tourism and Events Queensland showed more than $22 million in…
Andersens – Project Green
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Andersens, an Australian based flooring and interior decor company, is the brand behind 100 000 trees that are now greening the planet. The company was founded in the late 1950s in the town of Gatton in Queensland. “We believe environmental credibility should be assessed like a silent movie. Words matter far less than actions. So,…
Victoria Justice and Adam Demos to Star in Untitled Romcom for Netflix
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Victoria Justice (Afterlife of the Party, California King, Victorious) and Adam Demos (Sex/Life, Falling Inn Love) are set to star in an untitled Romantic Comedy for Netflix directed by Stuart McDonald (Summer Heights High, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and written by Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy (Love, Guaranteed, Falling Inn Love). The film is about how a…