Residents returning to bush fire damaged homes warned to be aware of asbestos dangers. NSW and Queensland residents returning to homes and properties damaged by recent catastrophic bushfires are being warned of the risk of stirring up deadly asbestos fibres as they sift through damaged or destroyed homes. The Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia has…
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A Toilet for Your Christmas List?
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Move over Marvel action figures, Rainbocorns and novelty socks. This year, you might be getting a toilet for Christmas.That’s at least what international water and toilet not-for-profit WaterAid is hoping Australians will embrace this festive season. “Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to show our love for our family and friends, and nothing says ‘I love…
New Shaun Micallef Documentary On the Sauce
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ABC and Screen Australia has announced a new 3 x 60’ documentary, Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce, to be hosted by award-winning ABC favourite, Shaun Micallef, and produced by CJZ. Shaun Micallef drank neither wisely nor well back in his university days and swore off it in his mid-twenties. Now his sons have hit drinking…
Craig Reucassel Presenting Two Documentaries in 2020
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Craig Reucassel returns to ABC in 2020 hosting two new documentaries funded by Screen Australia. The Fight for Planet A: The Climate Challenge will shine a spotlight on the nation’s growing climate change concerns, while Big Weather (and how to survive it) explores Australia’s unpredictable and extreme weather conditions. Craig Reucassel, host of the two…
The Void & SPVR Announce Jumanji: Reverse the Curse
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The VOID and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) announced recently Jumanji: Reverse the Curse, a one-of-a-kind, fully immersive virtual reality experience. The all-new interactive experience is available this holiday season exclusively at select VOID locations starting November 27, 2019. In advance of the upcoming film Jumanji: The Next Level, arriving in U.S. theaters December 13,…
Nominate a Location for a New Tree
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Canberrans can nominate locations for the Government to plant 17,000 new trees across the city. Community consultation begins as an additional 750 trees are being planted as part of the spring tree planting program. “One of the things Canberrans most treasure about our city is its urban forest. We want to ensure the tree canopy…
Gift Cards: three-year minimum expiry date
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Gift cards now will need to have a three-year minimum expiry date, and expiry dates will need to be prominently displayed. Together with other state and territory Consumer Affairs Ministers, ACT Minister for Consumer Affairs Shane Rattenbury recently agreed to implement a national scheme for the regulation of gift cards, no matter where in Australia…
Airlie Dodds The Furies Interview
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A big thank you to Airlie Dodds for taking the time to answer some questions about her upcoming movie The Furies. The Furies hits Australian Cinemas November 7th What are some of the other projects that you have worked on? I’ve worked across Film, TV and Theatre and recently just did Heath Davis’s sophmore feature…
2020 Australian Women’s Health Diary
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With National Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming to an end next week, now is the time to help save lives by supporting the 2020 Australian Women’s Health Diary. The diary has become a much-loved addition to the lives of many thousands of women and last year raised $950,000. All proceeds support breast cancer trials research…
Oggy Oggy Netflix’s First French Animated Original Series
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Netflix and French production company Xilam Animation today announced that Xilam will produce an original CGI animated preschool series Oggy Oggy, based on the global hit franchise Oggy and the Cockroaches, which has reached 800 million households around the world over the last 20 years. In the new series, Oggy is freed from the ceaseless…