Minister for the Arts Joy Burch recently announced that local author Gordon Peake’s book Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles and Secrets from Timor-Leste has triumphed over a record field of 48 nominations to win both the 2014 ACT Book of the Year Award and the inaugural People’s Choice Award. The ACT Book of the Year Award…
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Australian Mint strikes new circulating coin for Cook Islands, Tonga & Vanuatu
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History has been made with three Pacific Island nations marking the introduction of their own brand new circulating coins at the official coin striking ceremony at the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint). Mint CEO Mr Ross MacDiarmid explained that with the Mint’s assistance and expertise, Cook Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu have embarked on the important…
Report shows a quarter of Australian households are lone person households
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According to a new demographic trends paper recently released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies a quarter of all Australian households are now lone person households. AIFS’ Senior Research Fellow, Professor David de Vaus said that the percentage of one-person households had increased in Australia from 8 per cent in 1946 to 24 per…
Gallipoli Letter recognised by UNESCO
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One of the National Library of Australia’s greatest treasures, the 8000-word Gallipoli Letter, written by Keith Murdoch to Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was recently inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register. Murdoch, a journalist, wrote the letter on 23 September, 1915, after a brief visit to Gallipoli. A frank report of a…
Seventh Son
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Director Sergei Bodrov Staring Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges Rated M Score 2/6 Young Thomas is apprenticed to the local Spook to learn to fight evil spirits. His first great challenge comes when the powerful Mother Malkin escapes her confinement while the Spook is away. Before I get too far into things there is…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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Director John Madden Staring Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere, Judi Dench Rated PG Score 5/6 As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals – Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel. As we all know, a…
Jupiter Ascending
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Directors The Wachowskis Staring Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne Rated M Score 2/6 In a bright and colorful future, a young destitute caretaker gets targeted by the ruthless son of a powerful family, who lives on a planet in need of a new heir, so she travels with a genetically engineered warrior to the…
ACT loose fill asbestos buy back scheme passes milestone
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Chief Minister Andrew Barr recently announced that the ACT Government’s Buyback Program for houses affected by loose fill asbestos has passed the milestone of 100 homes owned by the ACT Government. The government now owns 104 homes. “I remain confident that the current program is the fairest, most responsible and affordable response available to the…
#REINSTATESAILING for the 2020 Paralympics
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In a recent decision the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) not to include sailing on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sports programme shocked the international sailing community. The news was an enormous disappointment for the sport of sailing worldwide, in our country and for our Australian Sailing Team and Squad athletes who are working hard, not…
The Interview
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Director Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen Staring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park Rated MA Score 1.5/6 Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to…