ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher recently invited Canberra women to join her in making a difference in women’s heart health by signing up for this year’s Healthy Heart Challenge. “The Healthy Heart Challenge asks women to choose a small, realistic goal for 10 weeks, including being active every day, improving their nutrition, or quitting smoking,…
Happy Feet 2
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Directed by George Miller Staring Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vegara, Pink and Commom Rated G Score 6/6 Mumble’s son, Erik, is struggling to realize his talents in the Emperor Penguin world. Meanwhile, Mumble and his family and friends discover a new threat their home — one that will…
Libraries ACT moving to send more library notices by email or SMS
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Libraries ACT are encouraging Canberrans to register their email address and mobile phone number to receive their library notices by email or SMS. Currently there is around 226,000 registered library members in the ACT, with only 61% per cent having registered their email address and 43% their mobile phone number. “For those people who have…
Garrison
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Directed by Kerry Valderrama Staring James Barnes, Elizabeth Ingalls and Kerry Valderrama Rated MA score 3/6 An A.W.O.L soldier who is being searched for by his fellow troops. The story of Garrison was inspired by the events of the Fort Bragg killings of 2002. Considering that Garrison is director Kerry Valderrama’s feature film I cannot…
King of the Avenue
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Directed by Ryan Combs Staring Simon Rex, Ving Rhames and Esai Morales Rated MA Score 3/6 A young drug dealer sells his soul to the devil in order to become the #1 seller on the block. Anyway you look at it the plot point of having somebody making a deal with the devil is always…
The Avengers
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Directed by Joss Whedon Staring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Ruffalo Rated M Score 5/6 Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki & his army Finally, we…
The Wolverine to be filmed in Australia
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It was recently announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Arts Minister Simon Crean, that The Wolverine will be filmed in Sydney. It was noted that to attract the movie to Australia the Gillard Government granted the producers a one-off payment of $12.8 million which will result in over $80 million of investment in Australia…
Dame Edna embarks to be fighting fit for farewell tour
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With Dame Edna Everage and her adoring manager Barry Humphries about to embark on their farewell tour they have both pledged to lose fifteen kilos each by joining Jenny Craig. “I have a wardrobe full of breathtaking gowns but I have to hold my breath to wear them …only three gowns fit me these days.…
A Warrior’s Heart
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Directed by Michael Sears Starring Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Adam Beach and Gabrielle Anwar Rated PG Score 4/6 In shock and denial over his Marine father’s death in battle, star Lacrosse player Conor Sullivan, always a maverick and a hothead, starts acting out in self-destructive ways that have his mom, Claire, at her wit’s end.…
Attack The Block
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Directed by Joe Cornish Staring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Alex Esmail Rated MA Score 6/6 A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. Attack the Block, is a brilliant movie and I am kind of bummed out that it took me so long to get around to watching it.…
Australian Rising Sun badge set of Stamps Released
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Australia Post has honoured the contribution around the globe of Australia’s Army personnel both past and present. When a set of five stamps where released depicting the changes in the Rising Sun badge design since it was first issued in 1902. Keith Payne VC OAM, congratulated Australia Post for its ongoing recognition of Australia’s military…
ACTSmart Business and Office recycling program expanded
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Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell recently announced that several Queanbeyan businesses have signed up to the ACT Governments’ ACTSmart Business and Office recycling program. “The expansion of the ACTSmart Business and Office program to include Queanbeyan follows an agreement between the Queanbeyan City Council and the ACT Government and furthers the…
Battleship
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Directed by Peter Berg Staring Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Taylor Kitsch and Josh Pence Rated M Score 2/6 The navies of the world are pitched against an invading alien force set on taking over the world in order to access its water supply. Trapped inside a 300-mile wide alien force field with no…
Foxtel and AUSTAR set to Merge
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It has been announced that Foxtel and Austar will merge to form a national subscription television service. The merger is subject to decision by ACCC, and pending approval by the Federal Court of the shareholder vote. “The new national FOXTEL will be one of Australia’s most progressive and dynamic media companies, it will directly employ…
Acion Bus Trial to Improve accessibility for Visually Impaired people
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A three-month trial of bus hailing kits to improve accessibility to bus services for vision impaired passengers was recently announced by ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Katy Gallagher. “The bus hailing kit is a pocket-sized set of numbered cards that are printed with large-text and Braille numbers designed for use…
Freerunner
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Directed by Lawrence Silverstein Starring Sean Faris, Danny Dyer and Amanda Fuller Rated MA Score 2/6 With a ticking bomb locked to his neck, a young freerunner races against the clock and all types of baddies to get from one end of the city to the other to save himself and his girlfriend. Freerunner is…
A Further Nine more World War I diggers identified
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Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, recently announced that nine Australians among the 250 Australian and British WW1 soldiers who were recovered from Pheasant Wood in France in 2009 by a Joint Identification Board held on 23 March 2012. Mr Snowdon commented that current identification brings the total number of Australians identified to…
Red State
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Directed by Kevin Smith Staring John Goodman, Melissa Leo & Michael Parks Rated MA Score 6/6 Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda. It is clear from the start that with Red State that Kevin Smith has…