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Coin released to celebrate Royal Christening

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

New Laws to protect Canberra from substandard builders

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…