This year Australia Post is working with Planet Ark, and ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’ campaign Ambassador Layne Beachley, to collect more than 23 million cartridges. “Since the program started in 2003, 9,800 tonnes of plastics, metals, ink and toners have already been recycled.” said Layne. Beachley explained that these cartridges contain valuable metals such as…
Budget: $100 million announced to Support Students with a Disability
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An extra $100 million was announced for the Government’s More Support for Students with Disabilities program as a part of the Budget. Parliamentary Secretary for School Education Jacinta Collins explained that the $100 million would extend the program to the end of the 2014 school year, the Senator added that a further $14 million would…
Star Trek: Into Darkness
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Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana & Benedict Cumberbatch Rated M Score 5.5/6 After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. I was…
Canberrans to use Fix my Street
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Canberrans are able to contact the ACT Government via their smart phones and upload location data and photos to the popular ‘Fix My Street’ service, thanks to a new mobile interface for the Canberra Connect website. “By enhancing mobile access to the Canberra Connect website and Fix My Street service, people will be able to…
Drought Relief for the Marshall Islands
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Foreign Minister Bob Carr has announced $100,000 for the emergency supply of desalination units for the Marshall Islands, following continued severe droughts which have severely reduced agricultural capacity and risk endangering local lives. Senator Carr explained that an estimated 5,000 people in the northern atolls are experiencing severe drought conditions with an additional 11,000 people…
Battle of Beersheba Stamp Release
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Australia Post and Israel Post are marking the Battle of Beersheba through the release of a commemorative issue of two stamps. The Battle of Beersheba is a significant event in the history of both countries and one of Australia’s greatest and least-known military triumphs, the battle took place on 31 October 1917 as part of…
9-Ball
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Director Anthony Palma Starring Jennifer Barretta, Jennifer Butler, Kurt Hanover Rated – not rated – Score 0/6 A young woman aspires to become a 9-ball professional and champion but her hustling uncle has other plans for her skills. Tony Palma you made a movie, congratulations. Now for the love of god go to film school…
Parents able to access Child care standards
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Early Childhood and Child Care Minister Kate Ellis has announced that the first National Quality Standard ratings for child care centers will now be available on the Australian Government’s MyChild website. “Parents deserve to have the peace of mind knowing the place where they drop off the young children before they go to work is…
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
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Director Kathrine Windfeld Staring Mikael Persbrandt, Seba Mubarak, Pernilla August Score 4/6 Rated MA Special agent Hamilton goes undercover and joins a Russian mafia organization that smuggles swedish weapons to terrorists. Suddenly they are attacked by unknown group of heavily armed men who kill everybody except Hamilton and take the weapons. It seems that the…
Redfern Now season 2 starts filming
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The ABC has announced that the second season of the television series Redfern Now started filming in and around Redfern on May 1st. Series producer Miranda Dear announced that season 1 characters portrayed by Wayne Blair, Deborah Mailman, Ursula Yovich, Lisa Flanagan, Stephen Curry, Dean Daley Jones will be returning in season 2. They will…