According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research 7,427,000 Australians over the age of 14 (37.9%) used Gmail in an average four weeks in the 12 months to March 2016—for the first time exceeding the 7,362,000 emailing through a Microsoft account (37.6%). “Nearly three quarters of Australians use one (or more!) of these big…
Pokémon’s popularity
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According to Roy Morgan’s Young Australians Survey Last year, just 1 in 5 Aussie kids aged six to 13 thought Pokémon was cool. “Last year around one in five Aussie kids aged six to 13 thought Pokémon was cool—around the same proportion as were giving the thumbs-up to Superman and Toy Story, and a touch…
Peter ‘Phoebe’ Freestone to tour Australia
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Peter ‘Phoebe’ Freestone – speaker, author, personal assistant and best friend to Freddie Mercury – will tour Australia in September 2016 Celebrating what would have been the iconic singer’s 70th birthday. You’re My Best Friend: An Evening With Peter Freestone will be an intimate evening of personal stories, rock anecdotes, rare photos, unheard audio and…
Documentary The Opposition wins first court battle
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Court Battle Surrounding Documentary The Opposition The Supreme Court of New South Wales today released the full judgment of 8th July 2016, unequivocally dismissing former Papua New Guinean politician Dame Carol Kidu’s claim for a permanent injunction preventing filmmaker Hollie Fifer, Media Stockade and Beacon Films from screening the documentary The Opposition. The Supreme Court’s…
Thank You, Thank You : People I have to Thank
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Ladies, Gentleman and followers of all ages last Tuesday night (July 12th) to borrow a line from well respected space-bums Arnold Rimmer and Dave Lister I had what could be considered to be an ‘oh smeg’ moment, actually to be more accurate it was more of a ‘oh-fuck-what-the-heck-am-i-going-to-do-I-really-don’t-want-to-sleep-in-my-car’ kind of moment. Actually they might be…
Why are you in a wheelchair? : That’s a Soup Question
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A couple of days ago on Facebook I saw a post from ABC TV about a show coming to iview called You Can’t Ask That and it was about 3 questions you should never ask someone in a wheelchair. Now two of the questions I guess I agree that you should never ask someone in…
Screen Australia Gender Matters Funding Announcement
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The Australian Government has revealed the 58 recipients of Screen Australia’s Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers. “Gender Matters is unashamedly providing express-lane access to female business ideas and stories. The funding boost provided by Screen Australia has been a game-changer, providing the industry with an opportunity to get behind some very commercial and…
Mercury Plains
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Director Charles Burmeister Staring Scott Eastwood, Angela Sarafyan, Nick Chinlund Rated MA Score 1/6 A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive. In this age of anti-trolls and anti-bullies at times it…
The Increased Popularity of Soy Drinks
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According to recent figures released by Roy Morgan in the 12 months to March 2016, 5.7% of Australians 14+ (or just over 1.1 million people) reported consuming at least one soy drink in any given seven-day period, ahead of those who consumed energy drinks (5.6%), sports drinks (5.6%), iced tea (4.7%) and breakfast drinks (4.7%).…
Interest in ACT Green Bin Pilot Scheme
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ACT Minister for Transport and City Services Meegan Fitzharris recently announced that more than 3,600 people have already expressed an interest in the ACT Government’s opt-in garden waste bin scheme, which will start early next year to help households keep their yards beautiful, and our streets neat and tidy. “Green bins for garden waste is…