Western Australian Sport and Recreation Minister Mia Davies has recently announced that Paralympic athletes are $150,000 closer to getting to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games thanks to funding from the State Government. “The Australian Paralympic Team is an important sporting team on the national landscape and they help shape community attitudes towards disability,” Ms Davies…
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ACT allows mobile phone GPS functions to be used while driving
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ACT motorists and riders are now able to use their mobile phones’ GPS systems when the phone is mounted correctly while driving and riding, following changes introduced by Minister for Justice, Shane Rattenbury. The GPS function found on most current mobile phones has previously been illegal to use while driving and riding in the ACT,…
Carnaby Street Christmas Decorations
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With just over a week till December it’s finally time to start thinking about Christmas, and if you are like me and need a little inspiration to really embrace the Christmas spirit here is something that might help you. Especially if you live in the City of Westminster in central London. Carnaby one of London’s…
Where do you by alcohol?
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According to the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research, some 4.8 million Australian adults buy alcohol in an average seven days, spending almost $296 million between them (an average of $61 per person per week). Enjoying the largest slice of this rather substantial pie is liquor megastore Dan Murphy’s–leader not only in terms of market…
Bowen Park Works Completed
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Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Shane Rattenbury, recently announced works have been completed ahead of schedule to upgrade a new path within Bowen Park along the Kingston and Barton Foreshore. “The $600,000 upgrades along a 510 meter section of path from Bowen Place car park to Eastlake Parade were completed this week following final…
Miles Davis Voted Greatest Jazz Artist of all time
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Miles Davis has been voted the Greatest Jazz Artist of all time out of a shortlist of 50 jazz musicians, beating names who made the top 10 such as Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane and Billie Holiday to the top spot. BBC Radio and Jazz FM listeners were invited to…
Centrelink Scam Alert
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning consumers to beware of scammers imitating Department of Human Services or Centrelink officers to trick you into handing over your money or personal details. “The ACCC has received a spike in contacts about fake rebate scams in which the scammer claims to be from Centrelink or the…
First Veterans Film Festival
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The first Veterans Film Festival will screen short films from around the world about serving and ex-serving military personnel, their families and the impact and influence of war on society. The Film Festival will be an annual event in Canberra on Remembrance Day November 11th coinciding with the annual commemoration of those who served. “We…
Gipsland Heritage Walk Opened
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Gippsland’s rich heritage was on show recently when Victorian Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford opened the Gippsland Heritage Walk in Morwell. “The completion of the heritage walk means Gippsland residents and visitors have yet another reason to take advantage of the recreational, educational and communal benefits that this park has to offer.” Mrs. Pulford…
Louis Theroux Making Jimmy Savile Follow up Documentary
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For three months from the end of 1999 until the beginning of 2000, Louis Theroux made one of his best known documentaries: When Louis Met Jimmy. Now 15 years latter Theroux who maintained a friendship with Jimmy Savile that continued until 2004 is setting out to understand the truth more fully by talking to the…