Mooloolaba speakeasy gives non-drinkers the full show

Mooloolaba speakeasy Hid Den is serving its mocktails with the same liquid nitrogen, foams and colour-changing theatre as its cocktails, as more young Australians choose not to drink. The latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare figures, from 2022-23, show nearly one in four Australians aged 18 to 24 don’t drink, up from about one…

The first Vinnies van in the Hawksbury

The Premier Communications Group (‘Premier Communications’) has welcomed the incredible success of the recent Celestino charity golf day, which has raised over $30,000 to help fund a new Vinnies Van mobile outreach service for the Hawkesbury region from early next year. The Vinnies Van service provides essential food, hot drinks, blankets and crucial human connection…

GoFundMe Surpasses $50 Billion Raised

GoFundMe today announced that its global community has surpassed $50 billion raised to help individuals and nonprofits around the world. More than 200 million people have donated through GoFundMe, and nearly 40% have given more than once, reflecting the extraordinary scale of people showing up for one another – and continuing to come back to…

Santa Mail is back – Australia Post

Santa Mail is back for the festive season, inviting kids across Australia to share their Christmas wishes with Santa at over 3,300 participating Post Offices across the country. Australia Post is encouraging families to join in the much-loved tradition by helping little ones write a letter to Santa, seal it in an envelope (no stamp…

The North Sydney New Year’s Pool Party

Celebrate the arrival of 2027 at North Sydney Olympic Pool, with the iconic harbourside venue set to host a special New Year’s Eve celebration in its first year back open to the community. Up to 1,000 ticket holders will spend New Year’s Eve swimming and celebrating at North Sydney Olympic Pool. The North Sydney New…

Coffee, culture and careers

Coffee, culture and careers come together at Brisbane’s award-winning Murri School, where a new student-run café is serving up much more than a good flat white. There’s something special brewing at Brisbane’s Murri School, and while the coffee is good, it’s the confidence, leadership and future career opportunities being served up that are making the…

Palm Beach Ferries Crew Industrial Action 

Today crew onboard Palm Beach Ferries commenced a campaign of industrial action in an attempt at achieving pay parity for crew and fare parity for passengers on the Central Coast. “these privately run ferries survive on fare box revenue alone and are hanging by a thread.  This means crew are paid 30% less than ferry…

BAE Systems completes 1,000th KC-135 repair

BAE Systems recently reached a major sustainment milestone completing its 1,000th U.S. Air Force KC‑135 Stratotanker repair. This milestone, completed at BAE Systems’ facility in Endicott, New York, underscores a decades‑long role to keep the Air Force’s primary refueling aircraft fleet flying strong and operationally ready for more than 40 years.   “Reaching this milestone for…

National Pickle Day – November 14

Grillo’s, the pickle company known for taking National Pickle Day celebrations to the next level each year on Nov. 14, launched an unhinged merch collection today in anticipation of the holiday! If you’re not surprising a pickle lover in your life with a pickle gift and treating yourself too, you’re not doing National Pickle Day…

P.F. Chang’s & Harry Shum Jr. Team up for “Bright Nights. Festive Flavors.” campaign

Award-winning actor Harry Shum Jr. is bringing his irresistible positivity to the holiday table as the star of P.F. Chang’s latest campaign, “Bright Nights. Festive Flavors.” Inspired by Japan’s famous winter illuminations, the campaign celebrates the people who brighten our lives and the simple joy of sharing a meal with them. It arrives alongside a…

2026 Norton Insights Report

According to the 2026 Norton Insights Report: Holiday Scams, nearly half of Americans (48%) are more worried about online scams this holiday season than last. And for good reason: 30% of Americans say they have been targeted by a scam while holiday shopping online, and more than half of them (54%) fell for it. Key…

Fox Acquires Roku

Fox Corporation (“FOX” or the “Company”) has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Roku, Inc.With this acquisition FOX has entered a new transformational era – creating an innovative scaled media and technology company with superior reach, engagement and monetization capabilities. The combination of FOX’s premium live sports, news and local programming with Roku’s…

A Shakespearean List

I know I usually score things out of six so I suppose in most cases when I make a list I should have a top six list. But with one of the Shakespearean speeches that I constantly come back to, The Henry V St Crispin’s Day Speech. Here is my top three individuals who gave…

Well….??

What is one thing you can’t live without? I suppose it depends on how you define ‘live without’ in that question. There is the biological need for food and water and then there’s my pesky addiction to oxygen. Oxygen, the one addiction I’m not giving up on. But I suppose this more of a psychological…