~Editor’s Note thanks to the BBC for the Content~ Coming back to film your second series, how has the atmosphere been on set? It’s been lovely to be back and everything’s been very positive. I think everyone’s been happy to be on set in Cardiff and the scripts are very good and strong. Everyone’s become…
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Eagles Fans vs. Hawks Fans
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According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research 653,000 Australians 14+ support the West Coast Eagles, compared with 498,000 behind the Hawthorn Hawks. West Coast’s fan-base is also a bit more gender neutral, with women making up 44% compared with 40% of the Hawks’. The research also revealed that only around 1 in 5…
BBC Unveils Eurovision Song Search
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The BBC has announced its biggest ever Eurovision song search to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. “This year really will be the biggest song search for Eurovision the BBC has ever undertaken. With input from key industry figures and fan associations, plus with the public having the final say, we…
Renmark’s Chaffey Theatre receives $90k touch up
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The curtain will rise and fall again on performances at Renmark’s Chaffey Theatre after its jammed counterweight system was fixed thanks to State Government funding. South Australian Minister for the Arts Jack Snelling explained that the State Government committed $90,000 towards providing the curtain with a new lease on life. “Renmark’s Chaffey Theatre was built…
Canberra International Film Festival 2015
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The Chief Minister for the ACT, and Minister for Tourism and Events, Andrew Barr MLA launched the Canberra International Film Festival (CIFF) which is in its 19th year at the National Film and Sound Archive, Acton. The Chief Minister switched on the large neon film festival sign which was constructed this year to mark the…
Easier Public Transport to the 2015 AFL Grand Final
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In an effort to make it easier to get to the 2015 AFL Grand Final Melbourne’s Free Tram Zone will be extended to stops near the MCG for four days. Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan, joined General Manager – Clubs & AFL Operations, Travis Auld, recently announce that services from the CBD to stops…
New Series starring Stellan Skarsgård airing in October
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A new series River starring Stellan Skarsgård will air on BBC One from Tuesday 13 October. Nicola Walker and Adeel Akhtar will star alongside Skarsgård. Skarsgård stars as Detective John River who lives among the dead and dying victims and killers from the murder cases he’s trying to solve. River’s vulnerabilities and eccentricities are brought…
Perth International tees off in February 2016
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Australia’s richest golf tournament, the Perth International, returns to Lake Karrinyup Country Club in February 2016. Tourism Minister Kim Hames said the men’s event had moved from October to the last weekend in February to help attract the best possible player field. “For the past three years the Perth International has been held in October,…
School Uniforms in ACT Public High School from 2017
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Minister for Education and Training Joy Burch today visited Calwell High School to announce that ACT public schools will move to adopt more traditionally styled school uniforms from 2017. “Calwell High School’s new uniform is a practical demonstration of the growing school pride and sense of identity that students have in their school, and I…
Queenslanders and their Rum
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According to recent figures released by Roy Morgan Research Queenslanders are more than twice as likely to drink rum in any given four weeks the rest of the country 8.3% to 4%. The research also showed that Tasmania is only state in the commonwealth that has a fondness for rum that comes close to Queensland…