Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) and award-winning writer/director/producer Ava DuVernay are developing a high-end serialized animated family television series based on the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling book series Wings of Fire, from author Tui T. Sutherland. The Studio secured the exclusive rights to the sought-after publishing phenomenon for DuVernay in a highly…
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Financial Support for Emergency Service Volunteers
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ACT Rural Fire Service (ACTRFS) and the ACT State Emergency Service (ACTSES) volunteers will be able to claim financial support for loss of income from service during the recent bushfires season. “Our volunteers work tirelessly and professionally to help the Canberra community and ask for nothing in return,” Minister for Police and Emergency Services Mick…
Fresh From Cell 53 the Bad Boys Podcast
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A new irreverent and impacting podcast called Bad Boys launched in January on Apple and Spotify and amongst the humour, is highlighting certain major issues that seem to exist within the Queensland Prison System. Episode 2 of the Bad Boys Podcast entitled “Keep the Car Running Jim” brings to light things that are covered up…
Australians under 25 lost over $5 million to scams in 2019
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Australians under 25 lost over $5 million to scams in 2019 and reports made from this age group are increasing faster than older generations. In 2019, around 12,000 (7.15 per cent) reports made to Scamwatch were from people under the age of 25, an increase of 11 per cent compared to 2018 figures. Reports from…
Cat Shit One Kickstarter Campaign Launched for Packy & Botasky Figures
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Editor’s Note, When I originally reviewed this last year in October, I watched Cat Shit One multiple times over a couple of days after stumbling across it on You Tube and iTunes. The only reason why I am mentioning this Kickstart campaign is because of those multiple viewings. Cat Shit One Review. Junya Okabe has…
Witness Documentaries Announced
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Screen Australia and Al Jazeera English (AJE) have announced the winners of the Witness pitching competition held at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) in Melbourne. Three of the five projects pitched at the conference secured a $100,000 commission each, with 50/50 funding from Screen Australia and Al Jazeera English to make a 25-minute documentary…
St Kilda v Port Adelaide Round 12 Shanghai Game Relocated to Marvel Stadium
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Victoria has secured the AFL Round 12 game between St Kilda and Port Adelaide which has been relocated from Shanghai and will harness the occasion to celebrate the local Chinese community. The match had been scheduled to take place on 31 May, but due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, the St Kilda home…
Quezon’s Game’s Premiere VIP Sydney Screening
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Quezon’s Game premiered in Australia last week at a VIP screening featuring the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney, the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, Sydney Jewish Museum and SBS Filipino as well as foreign dignitaries and historians, hosted by Norman Seligman, Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Jewish Museum, who commended Quezon as…
Guns Akimbo
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Director Jason Lei Howden Starring Samara Weaving, Daniel Radcliffe, Rhys Darby Rated MA Score 5/6 Miles Harris’ mundane existence of scrolling through the same three apps is turned upside-down when he’s enrolled in a dark social media movement that forces strangers to fight in a citywide game of death. I’d be surprised to learn that…
Steps Taken Towards Bushfire Recovery in ACT Parks
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The Orroral Valley bushfire resulted in one of the biggest ecological disasters in the Territory’s history, and the ACT Government is committed to working with experts to support the recovery of the Namadgi National Park and Tidbinbilla. ACT Minister for the Environment and Heritage Mick Gentleman explained that a Rapid Risk Assessment Team (RRAT), including…