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2.2 Million Households Shopped Online During Cyber Sales

Australians have shopped online like never before as 2.2 million households around the country clicked ‘add to cart’ and bagged a bargain in the four days to Cyber Monday. Online shopping growth was up more than 42 per cent for the same period, beating the record set in 2019. Australia Post Executive General Manager Business,…

Stuck on What to Buy – Think Books

Sometimes at this time of year you can get to the point where you just don’t know what to get your young Niece or Nephew, Cousin, Uncle or even your Dad. Here are a couple of suggestions for possible books to give. New Holland Publishers Australia have announced its new “Happy Little VEGEMITES” Children’s Publishing…

Pentridge Open-Air Cinema Coming December 26

Pentridge Open-Air Cinema will launch at Melbourne’s historic prison site located in the Pentridge Precinct, providing an intimate yet COVID-safe platform for Melbournites to celebrate the joy of the big screen again. Pentridge Cinema will open on December 11, 2020 by Palace Cinemas and Pentridge Open-Air Cinema will be an extension of this offering a…

A Frenchman – Russian Film Festival

Director Andrey Smirnov Starring Anton Rival, Evguenya Obraztsova, Evgeniy Tkachuk Score 5/6 In 1957 French student Pierre Durand comes to Moscow to do an internship at Moscow State University. Here he meets ballerina Kira Galkina and photographer Valera Uspenskiy. With them he discovers the cultural side of Moscow – not just the traditional one, but…

Australia Post set for Biggest Delivery Day Ever

In the midst of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, Australia Post expects today to be its biggest parcel delivery day ever, with more than three million parcels set to be delivered. Australia Post Executive General Manager Deliveries, Rod Barnes said that since Friday morning, more than 3 million parcels have been delivered across…

Arracht – Irish Film Festival

Director Tom Sullivan Starring Dónall Ó Héalai, Saise Ní Chuinn, Dara Devaney Rated MA Score 6/6 Set in Connemara in 1845 on the eve of the Famine. Colman Sharkey, a fisherman, father and husband takes in a stranger at the local priest’s behest. Apparently Arracht is writer/director Tom Sullivan’s first feature and the movies is…

Australia Post Forecasting Record Purchases during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales

Australians are expected to spend more online this weekend than ever before with Australia Post forecasting a 30 per cent increase in online purchases during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales weekend. Last year, Australians spent more than $3.5 billion online in November alone, with Australia Post data revealing more than 2.5 million households purchased something during…

Total Control Returning for Second Season

ABC and Screen Australia have announced that in 2021, two of Australia’s most popular stars Deborah Mailman and Rachel Griffiths, return to the corridors of power, in a new series of the hit drama Total Control. Guided by the ambitious vision of Blackfella Films, with Wayne Blair signing on to direct and a talented team…