Invasion Planet Earth is the sci-fi movie that 2020 deserves now arriving in Australia and New Zealand on iTunes and other digital platforms including Google Play. A passion project led by UK writer, director and editor Simon Cox, Invasion Planet Earth is an entertainingly cult cinema experience inspired by 1970’s science fiction classics including Star…
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Respect Nurses and Midwives
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The ACT Government has launched a new campaign to increase community awareness and understanding about acceptable behaviour towards nurses and midwives working in Canberra’s health system. Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the Be kind and respectful to our nurses and midwives campaign calls out violence and aggressive behaviour and aims to increase understanding of…
Canberra Spring Mowing Program is Underway
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With spring finally here Canberrans will start to notice our city maintenance crews out and about with the beginning of the annual mowing program which helps maintain the look and safety of the city. “Throughout the mowing program, suburbs will be mown every four weeks and arterial road areas mown every five weeks,” Minister for…
The Capitol and RMIT present In Fabric Online Event
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The Capitol and RMIT University present an exclusive online event for fashion victims, film fetishists and anyone with a haunting affection for department stores. The triple bill includes an online screening of Peter Strickland’s seductive, consumerist satire, In Fabric (2018), followed by a live conversation between the director and film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas on Saturday…
Helping to Protect Local Community Sector Jobs
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The ACT Government will help protect local jobs in the community services sector at a time when these jobs are most needed. Minister for Community Services and Facilities, Suzanne Orr explained that the end of the 2020-21 financial year will see Commonwealth supplementary funding cease for community sector employees under the historic Equal Remuneration Order…
Appian Way Productions Signs First Look Deal With Sony Pictures
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Appian Way Productions – the film and television production company founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and co-run by Jennifer Davisson – has closed a multi-picture, multi-year first look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce scripted feature films. The companies are already in development on two projects. “For over three decades in the business, Tom has…
Police Funding For Community Engagement
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Canberrans will be even safer as a new ACT Policing team focussed on crime prevention, problem solving, and crime disruption hits the streets this month. Minister for Police and Emergency Services Mick Gentleman said it was the first of three new proactive teams funded by the ACT Government as part of ACT Policing’s new Police…
Canberra Hospital expansion to Create 500 Local Jobs
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The ACT Government has taken another step towards delivering the Canberra Hospital expansion, partnering with experienced contractor Multiplex to design and build Canberra’s new emergency, surgical and critical healthcare building. ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith explained that the appointment of Multiplex marks a significant milestone for the Canberra Hospital expansion. Multiplex is a global…
Expanding Canberra’s free public Wi-Fi network
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Work is now underway to add additional suburbs to Canberra’s free public Wi-Fi network (CBRFree), protecting local jobs and making Canberra better connected. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said that the CBRfree network is being expanded to cover every Canberra town centre, 16 group centres and a number of popular community locations and businesses. The…
Sony Pictures Television Launches 24-Hour, Free, Spanish-Language Channels
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Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has announced that it has launched Sony Canal, a new free, ad-supported television (FAST) destination for Spanish speaking viewers in the US. Sony Canal’s portfolio of channels will feature original programming from SPT International Production’s robust library of premium content. Targeting the rapidly growing US Hispanic audience, the first offerings from…