WA Heritage Minister David Templeman has announced the finalisation of Perth’s iconic Barrack Square and Jetties in the State Register of Heritage Places. “So many of us will have wonderful memories of visiting Barrack Square and Jetties to catch a ferry to Perth Zoo, enjoy a meal with friends, cycle along the river or visit…
Canberra’s Electric Bike Library Continues
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Canberrans will have another year to trial electric bikes and accessories for free, to help them make the switch to zero emissions transport and take real action on climate change. Since launching in September 2020, 82% of people who have borrowed a bike from the Electric Bike Library have said they see themselves purchasing an…
ACT Single Use Plastic Bag Ban
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The ACT’s single use plastics ban has started with Canberrans already stepping up to protect our local environment and reduce harmful waste going to landfill. “With strong support from the Canberra community, we have taken action to ban the sale, supply and distribution of single use plastic cutlery, drink stirrers and polystyrene containers,” Minister for…
Wage Theft a Crime in Victoria
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Wage theft is now a criminal offence in Victoria, and employers who deliberately underpay or don’t pay their workers now face fines of up to almost $1 million for companies and up to 10 years’ jail or up to $200,000 for individuals. Under the Wage Theft Act 2020, which took effect today, it is a…
Netflix Options Rights to Ivy & Bean Book Series
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Netflix has optioned the rights to Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling book series Ivy & Bean and will adapt into one-hour family films. Elissa Down (Feel the Beat, The Honor List) is set to direct, Ivy & Bean reunites Netflix with Down after she directed the hit dance-comedy film Feel the Beat starring Sofia…
Hard Cell in Production for Netflix
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Hard Cell, a six-part series is in production now and will launch on Netflix in 2022, written and directed by Catherine Tate set in a women’s prison. Tate plays multiple characters as a documentary crew follows the inmates and staff of HMP Woldsley capturing the penal system at its brutal humorous best. “We cannot wait…
MDFF 2021 Kicks off July 1
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The 6th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival runs from the 1st -31st July 2021 Online and the 21st – 31st July 2021 In-Cinema at Cinema Nova as part of Documentary Month. The festival showcases the very best documentaries from: Venice, SXSW, Slamdance, CPHDOX, Doxa, Hot Docs, VIFF, Shanghai Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Chicago International…
Roll with Me
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Director Lisa France Starring Gabriel Cordell, Christopher Kawas, Lisa France Rated M Score 4/6 After hitting rock-bottom, a newly sober paraplegic attempts to save his gang-banger nephew’s life by bringing him along on a 3,100-mile wheelchair trek across the United States. Okay, there is probably going to be a string of reviews over the next…
Amblin & Netflix Announce Partnership
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Amblin Partners, the film and television studio led by Steven Spielberg, and Netflix have announced a partnership that will cover multiple new feature films per year. “At Amblin, storytelling will forever be at the center of everything we do, and from the minute Ted and I started discussing a partnership, it was abundantly clear that…
The Upshaws Renewed for Second Season
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Netflix’s acclaimed comedy series The Upshaws has been renewed for a second season. The new season will feature 16 half-hour episodes, an increase from 10 in the first season. “We are so excited we get to bring this amazing show back for a second season. And thankful that Netflix saw and felt all the love…