Australia’s only film festival programmed for film lovers aged 60 and up which is in its 11th year, Young at Heart, has revealed a stellar program that will roll out in April to Palace Cinemas across Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and for the first time in 2016, Brisbane. Festival Director Mathieu Ravier explained that the program…
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New era for Queensland schools with digital curriculum
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Queensland Education Minister Kate Jones has announced the arrival of the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies in Queensland schools as the start of a new era of opportunity for students. Ms Jones told state parliament the introduction of the curriculum in 2016 was part of the Advancing education: An action plan for education in Queensland launched…
ACT Govt Launches Active Streets Program
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Minister for Transport and Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris and Minister for Road Safety Shane Rattenbury recently joined Latham Primary School students on their walk to school for the launch of the Active Streets pilot program. Minister Fitzharris explained that the Active Streets builds on ACT Health’s Ride or Walk to School initiative and is designed…
Free Buses to the Footy and to The Canberra Show
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ACTION, in partnership with relevant event organisers, can take you to and from the AFL, Super Rugby and the ACTEWAGL Royal Canberra Show this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “ACTION passengers attending the NAB Challenge and the Royal Canberra Show can travel to and from the events for free by simply showing a match ticket…
DC All Access App launched
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DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Entertainment announced today the launch of a new mobile app, DC All Access, bringing together the entire DC Universe of films, TV, video games, comics and more in a new, interactive environment built specifically for DC fans. DC All Access offers exclusive news and reveals, original videos, official DC news…
Cheaper Food at GIO Stadium
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With the Rugby Union and Rugby League seasons set to get underway shortly, the ACT Government has announced that the prices of popular food items at GIO Stadium will be reduced in 2016. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said that we know that the price of food at GIO stadium can be a restricting factor…
Ancient fossil DNA discovered at Naracoorte Caves
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Ancient fossil DNA dating back to the last ice age has been discovered at the Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area –and scientists hope there might be even older material to unearth. Rare Ancient DNA (aDNA) has been recovered from very few cave – fossil sites in Australia, including Kelly Hill Caves on Kangaroo Island. South…
Warner Bros. to Acquire DramaFever
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Warner Bros., a Time Warner Company, has signed an agreement to acquire DramaFever, a U.S.-based company that operates subscription and on-demand video services, including its flagship DramaFever channel, which offers hundreds of Korean television and film dramas, as well as programming from other countries, to subscribers in the U.S. and around the world. Craig Hunegs,…
New Series for The Coroner, Father Brown and Doctors
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BBC One has recently confirmed that it has commissioned a second series of investigative crime drama The Coroner, a fifth series for Father Brown and the drama Doctors has been has been recommissioned for a further two years. “It has been a fantastic year for original British drama in BBC Daytime and our main supplier…
Perfect Bones to Premiere on Netflix
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Netflix has announced a deal that sees the upcoming original Anime series Perfect Bones to premiere only on Netflix. This marks the first ever original Anime title to debut all episodes simultaneously in 190 countries around the world. “We are incredibly excited to work with Production I.G, who have worked on hit series such as…