From this Friday, recreational fishers with opera house nets can swap them for wildlife friendly open-top lift nets for free at any one of 45 tackle stores throughout Victoria. Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford announced the buy-swap initiative today in Ballarat, which will help raise awareness of the impending ban on opera house nets in…
Royal Melbourne Show Getting the Okay from Safety Inspectors
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Product safety experts have examined 341 show bags set for the Royal Melbourne Show and removed dangerous items to ensure there are no nasty surprises for show-goers. Minister for Consumer Affairs Marlene Kairouz was joined by students from St Margaret Mary’s Spotswood Primary School today, who were given the chance to road test the show…
Short film Armour apart of Woolmark’s New World Wool Campaign
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Natasha Liu Bordizzo stars in Armour, a short film written and directed by Ben Briand as part of The Woolmark Company’s ‘New World Wool’ campaign, marking 50 years of successful Australian wool trade with China. Filmed primarily in the iconic landscape of rural Tasmania, well-known as a top producer of Merino wool, beautiful romanticism collides…
Australian Cast Announced for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Producers Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions are delighted to confirm the cast of the Australian premiere production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The Australian cast of 42 performers will be led by Gareth Reeves as Harry Potter, Paula Arundell as Hermione Granger, Gyton Grantley as Ron Weasley, Lucy Goleby…
Netflix to Stream The Rise of Phoenixes
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Netflix has announced that it will stream new Mandarin series The Rise of Phoenixes in over a dozen languages to members around the world starting 14 September 2018. The series features iconic names in the Mandarin movie industry including Shen Yan and Liu Haibo (Chinese Style Relationship) as directors, William Chang (The Grandmaster, In the…
2018 Hear For You Film Festival Winners Announced
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The winners of Australia’s first film festival by deaf teenagers, the Hear For You Film Festival, have just been announced. The inaugural national Film Festival, supported by Australian Hearing, is the first of its kind in Australia and is an opportunity for any deaf or hard of hearing secondary school students to script, shoot and…
Recycling Coffee into Coffee Cups
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A Macquarie PhD student believes he’s come up with a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups. He’s developed a method to turn coffee grounds into lactic acid, which can then be used to produce biodegradable plastics, and is now refining the process as he finishes his PhD. “Australians consume six billion…
Mission Impossible: Fallout
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Director Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames & Vanessa Kirby Rated M Score 4.5/6 Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong. Following the 6 mission impossible movies has required a similar investment of time that is necessary with the marvel…
Underworld Wrestling Launches on Amazon Prime
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Underworld Wrestling (UW) officially launches its first episode on the worldwide streaming platform, Amazon Prime Video. With this launch, UW becomes the first Australian pro wrestling promotion to achieve international distribution: streaming to over 100 countries. UW episodes will incorporate high-impact action presented through unique storytelling and spectacular athletic violence. UW showcases diverse wrestling talent…
L’ascension aka The Climb
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Director Ludovic Bernard Starring Ahmed Sylla, Alice Belaïdi, Kévin Razy Rated M Score 5/6 A young man from the suburbs with no mountaineering experience decides to climb Mt Everest to show a woman he’d do anything for her. For those of you who might be interested L’ascension is the first fictional film to be shot…
WBIE and Scopely announce “Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.”
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Leading mobile entertainment network Scopely have announced the development of “Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.” Licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem” is a new mobile multiplayer role-playing game that brings an entire world of Looney Tunes characters together to do battle on your mobile screen with anvils, boulders and other…
Canberra Cat Containment Areas Expanded
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New suburbs Macnamara and Strathnairn in Ginninderry and Gungahlin Town Centre east will from Wednesday 15 August 2018, become cat containment areas as new legislation comes into effect. “The new suburbs of Macnamara and Strathnairn in Ginninderry are close by to the Woodstock Nature Reserve where there is an abundance of native wildlife that we…
NRL & AFL Fix Returns and Refunds Policy
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Twenty-one Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) clubs have made changes to their returns and refunds policies in relation to merchandise sales following an investigation by the ACCC. “The changes made by the AFL and NRL clubs in question follow a review of returns and refunds policies of various professional sporting clubs…
Cast Announced for Network Ten’s Mr Black
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AFI Award-winning actor and much-loved comedian Stephen Curry (The Castle, The King) stars as Mr. Black, in the hilarious new Australian comedy series, which has received principal production investment from Screen Australia. As a larrikin former sports journalist whose mortality is staring him in the face, Mr. Black (Stephen Curry) strives to fulfill one last…
ACT Rolling Out Green Waste Bins
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Delivery of the first green waste bins has started in Belconnen with households that have registered to use the service receiving their bin on Monday August 13th. “First collections in Belconnen will start on 3 September 2018, providing a convenient fortnightly service to help residents keep their gardens clean, tidy and looking amazing,” Member for…
Rampage
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Director Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman Rated M Score 3/6 When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago. I did not catch this one when it had its run at the cinema though for the record…
National Missing Persons Week
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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is providing Australians insight into the emotional pain faced by loved ones of missing persons, with a short film launched today marking the 30th anniversary of National Missing Persons Week (NMPW). The week will run from 5-11 August 2018. AFP Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan said he hoped the short film…
FOX Announces Mental Samurai
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FOX has ordered “Mental Samurai,” a thrilling new competition series that pushes every aspect of human intelligence and mental agility. Hosted and produced by Rob Lowe, the show is the first-ever obstacle course…for the mind. “Mental Samurai” is produced by Warner Horizon Unscripted & Alternative Television (“Ellen’s Game of Games,” “The Voice”) and Arthur Smith’s…