In an effort to make it easier to get to the 2015 AFL Grand Final Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone will be extended to stops near the MCG for four days. Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan, joined General Manager – Clubs & AFL Operations, Travis Auld, recently announce that services from the CBD to stops…
New Series starring Stellan Skarsgård airing in October
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A new series River starring Stellan Skarsgård will air on BBC One from Tuesday 13 October. Nicola Walker and Adeel Akhtar will star alongside Skarsgård. Skarsgård stars as Detective John River who lives among the dead and dying victims and killers from the murder cases he’s trying to solve. River’s vulnerabilities and eccentricities are brought…
Perth International tees off in February 2016
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Australia’s richest golf tournament, the Perth International, returns to Lake Karrinyup Country Club in February 2016. Tourism Minister Kim Hames said the men’s event had moved from October to the last weekend in February to help attract the best possible player field. “For the past three years the Perth International has been held in October,…
School Uniforms in ACT Public High School from 2017
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Minister for Education and Training Joy Burch today visited Calwell High School to announce that ACT public schools will move to adopt more traditionally styled school uniforms from 2017. “Calwell High School’s new uniform is a practical demonstration of the growing school pride and sense of identity that students have in their school, and I…
Rollerball (2002)
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Director John McTiernan Starring Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J Rated M Score 2/6 The big thing in 2005 is a violent sport which can have some pretty serious consequences… like dying. For those of you out there who might not of realized it but this (was first released in 2002) and the 1975…
Big Game
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Director Jalmari Helander Staring Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson Rated M Score 3/6 A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite. It should be noted that there is a tie novel for the movie written by…
The Longest Ride
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Director George Tillman Jr. Starring Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda Rated M Score 3.5/6 The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man, as he reflects back on a past love. The Longest Ride is another addition to the growing list of movies that have been adapted from a Nicholas Sparks…
Queenslanders and their Rum
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According to recent figures released by Roy Morgan Research Queenslanders are more than twice as likely to drink rum in any given four weeks the rest of the country 8.3% to 4%. The research also showed that Tasmania is only state in the commonwealth that has a fondness for rum that comes close to Queensland…
Rare Rock Wallaby sighted in Kalbarri National Park
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Rare black-flanked rock wallabies have been sighted at Kalbarri National Park, in the Mid-West, after being considered extinct in the area since the mid-1990s. Western Australian Environment Minister Albert Jacob said a rock climber photographed and filmed two of these wallabies in a gorge in the Promenade area of the park in August. “Despite extensive…
Air China Freighting Victorian Produce
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Freight exports of premium Victorian food and fibre products are set to soar, with Air China today revealing it will increase services to include daily direct flights to China with the introduction of an increase its four-times per week Beijing-Melbourne service to a daily service, this comes into effect from 25th of October 2015. “These…