The Prime Minister, the Minister for Regional Communications, Senator the Hon Fiona Nash, and the Minister for Communications, Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, announced that the Coalition Government’s $60 million investment in Round 2 of the Mobile Black Spot Program will deliver another 266 new and upgraded mobile base stations in regional Australia, covering some…
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Quickflix is re-launching
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Quickflix is re-launching its streaming and DVD services this week with an emphasis on bringing the newest Hollywood movies and exclusive entertainment to movie fans in Australia. Quickflix Access and Quickflix Red Carpet programs are launching in sync with Quickflix’s release of mega-blockbuster, “Finding Dory,” which the service claims is available many months before its…
Special Edition of The Horizon released for World AIDS Day
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Cobbstar Productions, has announced that it will release a special edition, full length TV pilot of The Horizon online, directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), to coincide with World AIDS Day – 1 December 2016. A percentage of proceeds from all digital downloads during the month of December will…
THE MONSTER FEST 2016 AWARDS
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Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest wrapped its most successful edition to date recently in Melbourne with Official Closing Film The Greasy Strangler (with actors Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo in person) followed by its annual awards ceremony acknowledging the best of this year’s impressive line-up. “There were huge waves of emotions running…
Peppa Pig My First Cinema Experience: Peppa’s Australian Holiday
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For the first time in her twelve year history, one of the world’s biggest and most-loved preschool stars, Peppa Pig, will make her big screen debut when PEPPA PIG MY FIRST CINEMA EXPERIENCE: PEPPA’S AUSTRALIAN HOLIDAY, opens in Australian cinemas nationally on March 16, 2017. This special cinema event will feature nine brand new episodes,…
Rare Fledgling Parrot sighted in Pullen Pullen Reserve in Queensland
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Scientists have sighted a fledgling Night Parrot for the first time at Bush Heritage Australia’s Pullen Pullen Reserve in Queensland, confirming the 56,000-hectare nature refuge is successfully protecting a breeding population of one of the world’s rarest birds. A young fledgling appeared from a hummock of spinifex in the late afternoon, and University of Queensland…
Monster Fest Announces Changes to To Guest Line-up and #GREASYDOWNUNDER Tour
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Monster Fest, which kicks off at Lido Cinemas this week (Nov 24-27) has announced today a change to its guest line-up and subsequent ‘Greasy Downunder National Tour’ featuring two stars of Sundance Film Festival sensation, “The Greasy Strangler”. Michael St. Michaels who plays Big Ronnie in The Greasy Strangler will no longer be in attendance,…
New VJunior experience
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From December 1 Village Cinemas Southland will boast six unique cinema concepts, allowing patrons to choose their own experience, making Village Cinemas Southland the most diverse movie destination for patrons of all ages in Australia. Gold Class, Village Cinemas introduced the first premium cinema offering to the world in 1997. The luxurious movie experience includes…
New film on Citizenship in Sweeden
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A new film showcasing how Sweden celebrates its new citizens with coffee and cinnamon rolls, served in the Golden Hall of the Nobel banquet venue, was launched recently. It features Swedish symbols, like the national anthem and ’fika’, as well as the personal reflections of Mexico-born Diego on his new home and identity. “We wanted…
Ray Martin to Host Prime7 Special
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Respected journalist and television presenter, Ray Martin, has joined PRIME7 NEWS to present a major public affairs special on ice addiction. The special Ice: The Scourge of Regional Australia, exposes the dramatic public consequences of an increasing ice epidemic in regional and rural Australia. The special will air in December. “Ice use in regional Australia…