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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

Director Craig Moss Starring Danny Trejo, Danny Glover, Andrew Divoff Rated MA Score 1.5/6 Frank Vega teams up with grumpy old agoraphobic Bernie Pope to kick ass and clean up the streets of L.A. For those of you who have come late to this franchise (yes there is a proper trilogy for these movies) the…

Marianne Leitch new Executive Producer for Foreign Correspondent

Marianne Leitch has been appointed Executive Producer of ABC TV’s international current affairs flagship program Foreign Correspondent. “Marianne is an exceptionally experienced and capable journalist and Foreign Correspondent will be in terrific hands.” ABC Head of Current Affairs Bruce Belsham said. Mr Belsham pointed out that Leitch was a member of the original team that…

Time-Zone Change for South Australia?

The South Australian Government has received a tremendous response to the first month of consultation on the merits of changing South Australia’s time-zone. The Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith who is leading the consultation process said the State Government has been inundated with hundreds of submissions. “It has been encouraging to read the…

States call for 15 hours of Kinder

Meeting at the Education Council, state and territory Ministers said Australian children should receive 15 hours of quality, affordable kindergarten per week in the vital year before school. The Productivity Commission found that 15 hours of kindergarten is essential to boosting preschool participation, supporting children’s development and improving school readiness, and recommended the Federal Government…

NSW and ACT Sign Initiative to Move Scrap Metal

Minister for Planning, Mick Gentleman has recently announced a new transport initiative to move freight from Canberra by rail. The ACT Government and the NSW Government have signed up to a two year trial whereby scrap metal will be transported to Sydney on rail via an arrangement between the Rail Infrastructure Corporation (now John Holland…

2014 ACT Book of the Year Announced

Minister for the Arts Joy Burch recently announced that local author Gordon Peake’s book Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles and Secrets from Timor-Leste has triumphed over a record field of 48 nominations to win both the 2014 ACT Book of the Year Award and the inaugural People’s Choice Award. The ACT Book of the Year Award…

Gallipoli Letter recognised by UNESCO

One of the National Library of Australia’s greatest treasures, the 8000-word Gallipoli Letter, written by Keith Murdoch to Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was recently inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register. Murdoch, a journalist, wrote the letter on 23 September, 1915, after a brief visit to Gallipoli. A frank report of a…

Seventh Son

Director Sergei Bodrov Staring Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges Rated M Score 2/6 Young Thomas is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while the Spook is away. Before I get too far into things there is…