Victoria will host the opening match and opening ceremony of Australia’s biggest ever international football event, the AFC Asian Cup, when Australia take on a former Asian cup winner, Kuwait, on 9 January 2015. Minister for Sport and Recreation Damian Drum explained that ten of the sixteen teams competing in the AFC Asian Cup will…
Greens Present Anti-Cull Petition to Senate
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Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has today presented the Senate with a petition containing over 88,000 signatures of people opposing Colin Barnett’s cruel shark cull. “It is clear that there is huge opposition to the cruel Western Australian shark cull,” Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens marine spokesperson said today. “The fact that 88,160 people from…
Mixed Results for The Gliders at the Lakeshore Cup
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The Australian Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball team the Gliders have begun the 2014 Lakeshore Cup by splitting their opening two games of the tournament, going down to the USA before rebounding to defeat Japan on Wednesday. The Lakeshore Cup will see the Gliders face Japan and the USA three times each, playing a total of…
New HIV medicine to receive PBS listing on April 1st
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A new HIV medicine, Tivicay will receive a PBS listing on April 1st on the eve of the 30 year anniversary of the announcement that researchers had identified the virus responsible for the AIDS epidemic. “In April 1984, it was first announced that researchers had identified the virus responsible for AIDS – thus marking the…
Burch launches Let’s Read program to help Canberra Families
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Minister for Children and Young People Joy Burch has recently launched Let’s Read, a program that supports Canberra parents to read with their children starting from birth. “This initiative, developed by Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital Centre for the Community Child Health, was founded on the basis that reading with children from birth is an important…
Cheaper Public transport for Melbourne from 1 January 2015
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Premier of Victoria Denis Napthine has recently announced reforms to Melbourne’s public transport system announcing that Tram travel in Melbourne’s CBD and Docklands will be free and Zone 1 fares will apply across the entire metropolitan network. “For a full-fare commuter who currently buys a Zone 1 + 2 daily fare there will be a…
$1.44 Mill funding announced to fight human trafficking and slavery
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Minister for Justice Michael Keenan has today announced $1.44 million in funding for organisations that work to detect and prevent human trafficking and slavery. “This funding will be used for detection activities, direct support for individual victims of trafficking and slavery, and cutting-edge awareness programs to push our community to expose suspected exploitation,” Mr Keenan…
Traveling Overseas for Anzac day?
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With Anzac Day approaching, all Australians planning to travel to commemorative services in Turkey, France or Belgium are urged to read the new Anzac Day Smartraveller bulletin issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this should be read in conjunction with the travel advisories for Turkey, France and Belgium. A spokesperson for the…
I, Frankenstein
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While watching this you might want to play spot the Australian actor Director Stuart Beattie Starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto Rated M Score 3/6 Frankenstein’s creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries old war between two immortal clans. If you are going to go see I, Frankenstein expecting an Academy Award worthy…
Greens introduce bill to end WA Shark Cull
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The Australian Greens have today announced they will introduce a private members bill in the Senate to end WA’s shark cull. “Our Bill ends the exemption to the EPBC Act that has allowed Colin Barnett’s cruel cull to go ahead. It will also prevent the Federal Environment Minister from granting any future exemptions to the…