Documentary Australia in partnership with Screen Queensland have announced applications are now open for SheDoc, a grants program aimed at giving women and girls a stronger and more equal voice in documentary storytelling. “We want to hear more stories to be told by women about women, while at the same time strengthening and elevating the…
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Aussie Shoppers & Christmas gifts
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Consumer retail trends for this holiday season show some interesting changes according to the annual survey by Monash Business School’s Australian Consumer and Retail Studies (ACRS). The Christmas Retail Trends Report, now in its fourth year, confirmed that like previous years the majority of Australian shoppers intend to purchase Christmas gifts this year. Leading this…
AIDC 2024: FRONTLINES
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The Southern Hemisphere’s premier gathering and marketplace for documentary and factual content – the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) – have announced the first confirmed guests and theme for the 2024 conference. Thanks to the support of Principal Partner VicScreen, Presenting Partners ACMI and Screen Australia, and Major Partners ABC and SBS, AIDC 2024 will take place…
2023 Letters to Santa
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There’s only 49 days to Christmas, which means one very important thing at Australia Post: Santa Mail is back! It’s time to pick up those pens and sharpen those pencils, with sacks of letters already arriving at the North Pole from excited kids. To help ensure everyone gets the present they want under the Christmas…
Daisy Ridley to Star in We Bury the Dead
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Screen Australia and Screenwest have announced Daisy Ridley (Star Wars sequel trilogy) is set to star in Zak Hilditch’s new horror film, We Bury the Dead, to be filmed in Western Australia. We Bury the Dead is a terrifying yet moving story about grief, loss and the undead, written and to be directed by Hilditch…
Special Olympics Australia Announces First Champions of Inclusion Awards
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Special Olympics Australia celebrated its athletes and started fundraising for the 2027 World Games at its annual Gala Dinner, which took place Saturday 21 October 2023 for the first time after a three-year hiatus during COVID. To help celebrate athletes’ achievements and encourage more people living with an intellectual disability or autism to take up…
Calls for Feedback on a dual name for Macdonald River
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The Geographical Names Board (GNB) is seeking community feedback on a proposal to dual name the Macdonald River as Ganangdayi. Macdonald River starts on the eastern slopes of Mellong Range, about nine kilometres northwest by west of Kindarun Mountain. It flows for approximately 120 kilometres into the Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry. Chair of the…
Australian Koala Foundation Announce Sponsorship of Benjamin Wenzel
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The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is very excited to announce a multi-year sponsorship of the skilled junior wheelchair sportsman, Benjamin Wenzel. Ranked number six in the world and number one in Australia in junior boy’s wheelchair tennis, Benjamin brings his exceptional talent and unwavering commitment to the cause of saving the Koala. Sport has the…
Coles rolling out 47 Reverse Vending Machines across Victoria
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Coles is helping its customers recycle more plastic, glass and aluminum drink containers by rolling out 47 Reverse Vending Machines across its Victorian stores as the state launches its Container Deposit Scheme today. The Container Deposit Scheme (CDS) allows Victorians to earn a 10-cent refund when they return any eligible can, bottle or carton, such…
The Wrap up on the 2023 Koori Netball Tournament
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La Perouse Netball Club defeated #4 Voguey to win the Open Women’s A Division Final of the 2023 Koori Netball Tournament over the weekend. More than 1,000 Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal netballers from across NSW converged on Charlestown Netball Courts last weekend for the Koori Netball Tournament with #4 Voguey (Newcastle) Open Women’s A Division player…