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What Song has had a Positive Impact on your Mental Health?

TV and radio personality, podcaster and SANE Australia Board Director Osher Günsberg is calling for people to share their top song that’s had a positive impact on their mental health. The songs will be added to a playlist which will celebrate the power of music in improving moods. “As someone who used to play music…

Noomi Rapace Cast in Angel of Mine

Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus) has been cast in psychological thriller Angel of Mine directed by Kim Farrant (Strangerland). Adapted by Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter Luke Davies (Lion, Candy) and David Regal from the 2008 French film L’Empreinte, the film has secured major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Film…

Reserve Bank Reveals New $50 Design

The Reserve Bank of Australia has today revealed the design of the new $50 banknote. As with the existing banknote, the new $50 features portraits of Aboriginal writer and inventor David Unaipon and the first female member of an Australian parliament, Edith Cowan. The new banknotes will be released into general circulation in October 2018.…

Don’t Accidentally Lock Kids in Cars

The Andrews Labor Government is launching a new campaign to warn parents about the risk of accidentally leaving their child in a car due to short term memory failure. The Australian-first campaign is raising awareness about a phenomenon known as fatal distraction, which can affect any parent or carer experiencing extreme tiredness, stress or a…

Watch out Love Scammers on Valentine’s Day

The ACCC is warning people to be careful about who they ‘friend’ online this Valentine’s Day with stats showing people are most likely to be preyed upon by dating and romance scammers on social media sites. “Social media has overtaken online dating sites as the most common way for dating and romance scammers to contact…

Safer School Crossings

One week in our new School Crossing Supervisors are helping to make Canberra’s busiest school zones even safer by assisting children to cross the road at 20 crossings. Minister for Transport and City Services Meegan Fitzharris said feedback from the new program has been overwhelmingly positive, with principals, teachers and students loving the added safety…

Filming Begins on Motherless Brooklyn

Principal photography has begun on location in New York City on the noir thriller “Motherless Brooklyn,” for Class 5 Films and MWM Studios. Three-time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton will direct from his own screenplay and produce with his Class 5 Films producing partner Bill Migliore MWM Studios’ Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane, whose collective…

Here’s my Five Cents

Okay, the reasons for writing this piece are as follows Australia Day is over for another year, a few days ago I turned my TV on to watch Rage Warumpi Band’s music video for My Island Home was on and I’ve got to much time on my hands so I’m trying to use it productivity.…

The Aussie Contingent Headed to the 2018 Berlinale

Screen Australia congratulates the cast, crew and creative teams behind the ten projects selected for the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). Projects include the highly anticipated drama series Picnic at Hanging Rock in Berlinale Series, and Tilda Cobham-Hervey’s directorial debut A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl. “Picnic at Hanging Rock continues to…