BBC One has commissioned Dracula from the co-creators of multi-award-winning hit BBC drama Sherlock. It will be produced by Hartswood Films and is a co-production between BBC One and Netflix. The 3×90’ mini-series is written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Three feature length episodes will…
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Australia’s Oldest Motor Museum: York Motor Museum
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The oldest motor museum in Australia flourishes in the heart of the Avon Valley, attracting motor enthusiasts from around the world. Western Australian Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman recently visited the York Motor Museum, which showcases more than 100 years of global motoring history. “The York Motor Museum is a key regional tourist…
Tilda Cobham-Hervey & Danielle Macdonald to star in Helen Reddy Biopic
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Screen Australia, Goalpost Pictures and Cowlick Entertainment have announced that, Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Hotel Mumbai) and Danielle Macdonald (PattiCake$), will headline the major new Australian feature film I Am Woman the story of Australian singing superstar Helen Reddy, which begins filming next month in Sydney. Produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight (Top End Wedding, The Sapphires),…
Antarctic Drama coming to Television Screens
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The first television drama series set at an Australian Antarctic research station will be developed this summer as part of the Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship. Leading TV screenwriter Jane Allen (Cleverman, Janet King, Wentworth, Love Child) and award-winning novelist Dr Jesse Blackadder (Sixty Seconds, Chasing the Light) have been jointly awarded the 2018 Fellowship. During…
Remember Slow down to 40km/h Around Schools on Monday
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Canberra motorists are being reminded to slow down around schools, with 40km/h school zones coming back into effect for the new school term from Monday. Minister for Road Safety Shane Rattenbury said that school zones are there to protect Canberra school children and urged all motorists to slow down and be vigilant during the new…
The Opposition Banned from PNG Human Rights Film Festival
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Editor’s Note We have posted articles about the legal trouble The Opposition has. For those of you who want their memories refreshed Here are the links our past articles: Court Battle Surrounding Documentary The Opposition Documentary The Opposition wins first court battle The Opposition was due to screen Saturday afternoon 12th October at the PNG…
40 Years of Helicopter Rescue Service in Queensland
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has praised RACQ LifeFlight for 40 years of service to the Queensland community, describing the organisation as ‘one of our great institutions’. Speaking at a function to celebrate the launch of the anniversary, and to mark 25 years of RACQ sponsorship, the Premier said LifeFlight provided one of Queensland’s most important services.…
Why Slavery? Season on BBC
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The BBC has today announced a series of powerful films about slavery in the modern age for the Why Slavery? season. Timed for International Anti-Slavery day on 18 October, and in collaboration with The Open University, the BBC has commissioned and produced six new films for BBC Two, BBC Four and BBC iPlayer and has…
Unpaid Work Inequality in Victoria
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Victorian women are doing most of the state’s unpaid work, at a cost of more than $205 billion, new data has revealed. Preliminary analysis by Deloitte Access Economics has revealed unpaid work is equivalent to 50 per cent of Victoria’s Gross State Product (GSP) in 2017/18. Victorian Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins explained that the…
Blue Planet Live in March 2019
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Across a week in March 2019, BBC One will celebrate marine life great and small, as we take the audience on a deep dive into the world’s oceans in Blue Planet Live. Broadcasting live from three different locations across the planet: East Coast, USA; the Bahamas; and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. “Blue Planet Live will…