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…
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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…
Rare Rock Wallaby sighted in Kalbarri National Park
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Rare black-flanked rock wallabies have been sighted at Kalbarri National Park, in the Mid-West, after being considered extinct in the area since the mid-1990s. Western Australian Environment Minister Albert Jacob said a rock climber photographed and filmed two of these wallabies in a gorge in the Promenade area of the park in August. “Despite extensive…
Air China Freighting Victorian Produce
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Freight exports of premium Victorian food and fibre products are set to soar, with Air China today revealing it will increase services to include daily direct flights to China with the introduction of an increase its four-times per week Beijing-Melbourne service to a daily service, this comes into effect from 25th of October 2015. “These…
Canberrans Embrace Solar Power
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A review of the territory’s roof-top solar Feed-in Tariff scheme has shown the scheme has successfully fulfilled its objectives and resulted in the emergence of a vibrant roof-top solar industry in the ACT. Minister for the Environment Simon Corbell said the review charts the rapid growth in solar installations in the ACT since the beginning…
The Walk Featurette
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Beckham Stars in his first short film
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David Beckham stared in his first short film starring alongside Harvey Keitel, Katherine Waterston and Cathy Moriarty. Shot on location in Mexico, the film is written and directed by Geremy Jasper. Outlaws is a surreal film within a film starring The Stranger, a mysterious drifter and motorcycle stuntman, haunted by memories of a beautiful Trapeze…
Putuparri and the Rainmakers
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A new feature length documentary Putuparri and the Rainmakers is scheduled for release at Event Cinemas on the 9th of October. The film takes audiences on a rare and emotional journey to meet the traditional rainmakers of Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. Ten years in the making, the film is an extraordinary eyewitness account of the…