Australia Post has just released the third stamp issue in a four-year series commemorating the centenary of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911-14. Australia Post Philatelic Manager, Michael Zsolt explained that the AAE left Hobart in December 1911 under the command of Douglas Mawson and returned to Adelaide in February 1914. Mawson was knighted…
White House Down
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Director Roland Emmerich Staring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal Rated M Score 3/6 While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. This is the second white house being…
Rock Reef to protect Macquarie perch at Cotter Dam
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Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell recently announced that Australia’s first fresh water rock reef at Cotter Dam will soon be submerged, a structure spanning seven kilometers will provide new habitat for the endangered Macquarie perch. “The rock reef is a significant example of the environmental responsibility ACTEW Water has embraced in…
Astérix et Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté
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Director Laurent Tirard Staring Gérard Depardieu, Dany Boon, Edouard Baer Rated PG Score 5/6 Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans. Believe it or not I actually have vague memories of being taken to see the original animated version when I was younger. One of the main…
34th annual Sydney Markets Mango Auction
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Sydney Markets, the largest distribution center in the Southern Hemisphere will celebrate the arrival of the 2013 mango season with the 34th annual Sydney Markets Mango Auction on 4 September. “Sydney Markets Limited is the traditional home of the mango auction and we are proud to be hosting this every year for the benefit of…
Holden releases ‘world record ute’ app
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Holden has released an app ‘World Record Ute’ where players have the chance to set their own record in the VF SS-V Redline Ute and pit their skills against Holden’s own world record driver, Rob Trubiani. Holden Marketing Manager Kristian Aquilina explained that fans can also race against their Facebook friends with customized ‘mates’ leader…
Coin released to celebrate Royal Christening
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In the lead-up to the Royal Christening of His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the first born son of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Royal Australian Mint has further extended its congratulations with a collectable coin celebrating the arrival of the third-in-line to the British throne. “The arrival of His Royal Highness…
District 9
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Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope Rated MA Score 6/6 An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. Yes, I watched this one because Neil Blomkamp also directed the recently released Elysium, which…
Elysium
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Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Rating MA Score 5/6 Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. Ok,…
The Host
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Director Andrew Niccol Staring Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel Rated M Score 2.5/6 When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. Once more into…
Rapture-Palooza
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Director Paul Middleditch Staring Anna Kendrick, Craig Robinson, John Francis Daley, Ken Jeong Rated MA Score 0.5/6 Two teens battle their way through a religious apocalypse on a mission to defeat the Antichrist. I seem to remember that in 1999 the release of Dogma was protested by such groups as the Catholic League. Considering the…
Oblivion
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Director Joseph Kosinski Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko Rated M Score 3.5/6 One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he believed about the war, and may even put…
Donate to the National political ephemera collection
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If you are being bombarded with 2013 election material and would prefer that it does not end up taking up space in the nearest landfill The National Library wants to collect an original copy of every published leaflet, poster, pamphlet, policy speech, press statement and other political ephemera from the September 7, 2013 federal election.…
New voting system for blind or low vision voters
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Now that early voting for the 2013 federal election, the Electoral commission has announced that voters who are blind or have low vision can now access a telephone voting service that enables them to cast a secret vote. “Blind or low vision voters can still vote with assistance at one of the several thousand polling…
Editor’s Note Video Number 2
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New Laws to protect Canberra from substandard builders
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Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell recently announced that there are that new laws will protect the public from substandard construction practices in the ACT. Mr. Corbell commented “Before today, the Construction Occupations Registrar could only consider whether an applicant would be eligible to be licensed based on training and competency, and…
Now you see me
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Director Louis Leterrier Staring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher & Dave Franco Rated M Score 5.5/6 An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. There is always something cool about watching a heist…
The World’s End
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Director Edgar Wright Staring Rosamund Pike, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman Rated MA Score 4.5/6 Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind’s only hope for survival. The thing that I love about Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s movies is that they…