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…
Mercy and Justice International Short Film Festival
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Istanbul’s Cekmekoy Municipality has launched a mercy and justice-themed international short film contest. The Contest was launched on 10th December 2015, by Ahmet Poyraz, the Mayor of Cekmekoy who announced that the contest was open to all countries of the world with entries open until April 8th, 2016 with a prize pool of 99.000 TL…
Mister Maker and the Shapes New Australian Tour
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Mister Maker is coming back with his brilliant, fun and interactive live show. Featuring brand new songs and makes, Mister Maker is returning to Australia following his sold out 2015 tour with his new show that promises once again to be the hottest family ticket for 2016! Packed full of arty adventures there’ll be a…
Jarhead 3 : The Siege
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Director William Kaufman Staring Charlie Weber, Scott Adkins, Tom Ainsley Rated MA Score 1/6 A group of Marines must protect a US Embassy in the Middle East when it suddenly comes under attack from enemy forces. Okay, it’s never the best of signs when Scott Adkins is given a starring role in a movie and…
Foxtel Subscriber Channel Habits
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According to recent research released by Roy Morgan in 2015, of the 5.3 million Australians over the age of 14 with Foxtel 24% said there are between six and 10 channels that they especially choose to watch. Another 15% of subscribers cite 11-15 channels, 9% cite 16-20, and 6% have an extensive must-watch list comprising…
Eurovision Voting Overhauled
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The voting in the Eurovision Song Contest is set to be radically transformed in 2016. In previous years the results of the professional juries and viewers have been presented as a combined result, each accounting for 50 percent of the final score. From 2016, the professional juries and televoters from each country will each award…
OBSERVANCE SET TO TERRORISE AUSTRALIA THIS APRIL
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Sterling Cinema has revealed its internationally acclaimed feature film OBSERVANCE has a new trailer and poster as they announced the film will be released in Australia by Umbrella Entertainment with its Australian Premiere set for Sunday the 3rd of April as a FilmInk Presents screening at the Randwick Ritz followed by a limited theatrical run…
Coburg Drive-in goes to the dogs
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On Sunday, March 13 the whole family (even the four legged family members) will be able to experience the launch of Coburg Cinemas Doggy Drive-In with an advance screening of Disney’s Zootopia to boot. “We are thrilled to be working together with RSPCA to offer our customers and their beloved pets this unique experience at…
Eddie Izzard 27 Marathons in 27 Days for Sports Relief …… Again
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Eddie Izzard has announced that he will attempt to complete a staggering 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa for Sport Relief 2016. This gruelling challenge will see Eddie aim to run over 700 miles in temperatures of up to 30°C. The new BBC Three will exclusively cover Eddie’s journey, from his first marathon…
Chain of Command
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Director Kevin Carraway Staring Michael Jai White, Max Ryan, Steve Austin Rated MA Score 1/6 After finding his brother murdered after returning from duty, Webster searches for the perpetrators, but discovers a conspiracy that cuts deep inside the U.S. government. Okay, considering that the lead actors of this ‘movie’ could easily bend my body into…
Record Crowds for St Kilda Festival
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With record crowds of 440,000, the 2016 St Kilda Festival has proven to be one of the most successful years in the Festival’s rich history. The 11th annual Yalukit Wilum Ngargee opened the St Kilda Festival program last Saturday 6 February in O’Donnell Gardens where crowds enjoyed an all-star line up of Aboriginal and Torres…