Minister for the Arts Joy Burch has recently opened the 2014 ACT Book of the Year Award and is encouraging Canberra writers to nominate their works for the award. Ms Burch explained that the $10,000 prize is open to ACT writers who have had a contemporary work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry published in the…
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Double dissolution election?
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Tony Abbot’s controversial budget may not have been successful busted but the fire for a double dissolution election may have been already lit. This is because the Australian Greens Party have a reason to celebrate over the senate refusing to abolish Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which means that Tony Abbott has now twice failed to…
Remember the risks of undercooked chicken
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According to recent Data from Public Health England it shows that since the year 2000 there have been 1,595 people affected in outbreaks of food poisoning caused by the bacteria campylobacter. These were all associated with the consumption of poultry products and of these 1,282 (80%) had reported eating chicken liver dishes. This information is…
Australian Gliders looking to break 12-year drought
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With little over a month till the 2014 IWBF Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Toronto, Canada, expectation is high among the Australian Gliders, who are coming into the tournament looking to end a 12-year World Championship medal drought dating back to 2002. This expectation is seen more as a motivating factor for the experienced…
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries set to return for 3rd series
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ABC TV has announced that that it has greenlit the eagerly-anticipated third series of the hugely popular and award-winning Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Gold Logie nominated actress Essie Davis returns in the lead role of our stunning and thoroughly modern lady sleuth of the 1920′s. Filming is scheduled to begin in Melbourne in mid-October. “The…
Z Special Unit Soldiers Laid to Rest
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Lance Corporal Spencer Walklate and Private Ronald Eagleton, The final two Z Special Unit soldiers killed on Kairiru Island during World War II have been laid to rest at the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery in Papua New Guinea. The soldiers were buried with military honours in the presence of their families. Also attending was…
Nearly $90mill lost to scams in 2013
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Targeting Scams Report 2013 reveals that over 90,000 Australians reported scams to the ACCC last year, with $89,136,975 million reported lost, this figure was down on the $93 million that was lost in 2012. With the start of National Fraud Week the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce, led by the…
Doctor Who World Tour
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Ahead of the Doctor Who Series 8 that will premiere in Australia in August on ABC1 the incoming Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi, will be accompanied by his onscreen companion Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) on the upcoming Doctor Who: The World Tour. “It’s fantastic that so many people across the world love Doctor Who. After eight…
Thai Fighter
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Director Krissanapong Rachata Starring Akarin Akaranitimaytharatt, Kom Chauncheun, Anna Chuancheun Rated MA Score 3.5/6 John, a casino waiter, is having a bad day. He has fallen innocently into a major crime, is targeted by the Thai mafia, and must evade a trained fighter and deadly assassin. In possession of a microchip with dangerous pedigree, Jack…
The Book Thief
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Director Brian Percival Starring Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson & Sophie Nélisse Rated PG Score 5/6 While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.…