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Supermarket loyalty

Australia’s 14.2 million grocery-buyers would prefer to island-hop than stick to the one place. In fact, the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research reveal that more than three-quarters (77%) of the nation’s grocery-shoppers visit at least two different supermarkets in an average four weeks. “As our data has confirmed many times and in many different…

Netflix growth slowing

855,000 Australian homes (9.3%) now have Netflix—that’s over 2.2 million people 14+ with access to the US streaming giant, the August video on-demand household subscription data from Roy Morgan Research shows. “These latest incoming subscription numbers, with a simple assessment at the change in growth rates since April, suggests Netflix is on track to reach…

Future secured for SA Volunteer Firefighters Museum

South Australian Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan has announced that the future of the South Australian Volunteer Firefighters Museum has been secured with a 50-year lease on State Government land in Naracoorte. “The museum has been located in a temporary sheds and shipping containers at the Naracoorte Show grounds since 2004,” Mr. Mullighan said Emergency Services…

NZ uping humanitarian support to Syria

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced a further $4.5 million to help refugees displaced by fighting in Syria, bringing New Zealand’s total humanitarian contribution to the refugee crisis to $20 million. “To date New Zealand has provided $15.5 million to support people affected by on-going violence in Syria and Iraq,” Mr. McCully commented…

NZ to welcome 750 Syrian refugees

New Zealand Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse has announced that New Zealand will welcome 750 Syrian refugees over the next two and a half years in response to the ongoing conflict in Syria. Mr. Woodhouse explained that of the 750 places, 600 will be by way of a special emergency intake above New Zealand’s annual refugee…

Hitman: Agent 47

Director Aleksander Bach Starring Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto Rated MA Score 3/6 An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry. This is an adaption of a video game series first released in 2000 and a reboot of the 2007 movie starring…

The Transporter: Refueled

Director Camille Delamarre Starring Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson Rated MA Score 1.5/6 In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin. Questions about whether or not The Transporter needed…

Dead Rising: Watchtower

Director Zach Lipovsky Staring Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Virginia Madsen Rated MA Score 3.5/6 A group of people fight to survive in a zombie infested town. This digital feature, released via the website Crackle is an adapted from a game franchise of the same name that was first released back in 2006. Not being the…