In a David-and-Goliath battle over a slice of Papua New Guinea paradise, Joe Moses, leader of the Paga Hill Settlement, struggles to save his 3,000 people before they are evicted. Battling it out in the courts, Joe may find his community replaced with a five star hotel and marina. The Opposition is an investigative documentary…
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Pitt to Morrison: Don’t Short Change Queensland
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Queensland’s Treasurer Curtis Pitt says Queenslanders will have their chance at the coming federal election to pass judgement on any attempt to short-change the state on infrastructure spending in tomorrow night’s Federal Budget. “If NSW and Victoria receive the lion’s share of a suggested $5 billion for public transport infrastructure in the Federal Budget, then…
Budget 2016: Retaining Super Breaks for Women and Low Income Earners
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Industry Super Australia strongly welcomes reports today in the Australian Financial Review that the Budget will re-target high end super tax concessions to preserve savings incentives for women and other lower income earners. Robbie Campo, Deputy Chief Executive of Industry Super Australia, says if the reports prove correct then it will be a major win…
Women’s Health Victoria Celebrates Safe Access Zones
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Women’s Health Victoria is celebrating the commencement of safe access zones in Victoria today. We congratulate the Victorian Government on introducing this important and long awaited reform and thank all the parliamentarians involved in the passing of this legislation. Rita Butera, Executive Director of Women’s Health Victoria explained that the legislation creates safe access zones…
Captain America: Civil War
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Director Anthony Russo & Joe Russo Staring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson Rated M Score 5/6 Political interference in the Avengers’ activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man. As you should all know by now is that I’m not the biggest comic book fan (so I am in…
Watership Down reinterpreted into a four-part animated mini-series
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Beloved novel Watership Down will continue its adventure as today BBC One and Netflix announce the classic tale will be reinterpreted into a four-part animated mini-series set to air in 2017. The series will premiere on BBC One in the UK; and worldwide, outside of the UK, on Netflix. Set in the idyllic rural landscape…
Turner Launching Movie Streaming Service FilmStruck
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Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the Criterion Collection will be collaborating to develop Turner’s first domestic direct-to-consumer streaming product, launching in the fall of 2016. Peter Becker, president of the Criterion Collection explained that this brand new subscription video on-demand service for film aficionados, developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in collaboration with…
Backtrack gets Limited Cinematic Release
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New Australian psychological thriller, Backtrack Adrien Brody and Sam Neil will screen exclusively for one week across select Palace Cinemas from 16-22 June. The strictly limited one-week cinema release will be followed by digital and disc releases on August 3. Producer Jamie Hilton explained that Backtrack is a spine-chilling psychological thriller that follows psychologist Peter…
Bottled Water on the Rise
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According to research released by Roy Morgan in 2015, some 5.3 million people (or 27.1% of Aussies 14+) drank bottled water in any given seven days — an increase on 2014, when 4.9 million Australians drank it in the same period. The most popular brand by far is Mount Franklin, consumed by nearly 40% of…
St Kilda Film Festival Program Announced
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The St Kilda Film Festival has revealed its exciting ten-day calendar for the 2016 event; running from Thursday 19 to Saturday 28 May 2016. Proudly produced by the City of Port Phillip, the Festival will kick off with Opening Night on Thursday 19 May, where the Palais Theatre will welcome 3,000 industry guests and film-lovers…