New research from the department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education shows that 220,000 University offers have been made this year. That number is up 4% on the same time last year. Minister for Tertiary Education, Senator Chris Evans commented that in 2012 the Gillard Government expects to fund more than 500,000 undergraduate…
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Little Murder
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Directed by Predrag Antonijevic Staring Josh Lucas, Terrence Howard and Lake Bell Rated M Score 6/6 In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer. There is odd yet very creative premise to this movie. Both the writers and director should be…
Mulan ( Hua Mulan )
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Directed by Jingle Ma, Wei Dong Staring Wei Zhao, Jaycee Chan and Rongguang Yu Rated M Score 5/6 The epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father. In watching this particular version of Mulan you need to know that you are entering a Disney free zone. That means you will…
Small Grants for Small Rural Communities Program Open
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The latest round of the Small Grants for Small Rural Communities Program is open and not-for profit, incorporated organisations in small communities have until 30 March 2012 to apply. The Small Rural Communities Program offers $400,000 worth of grants per round. Each grant is worth up to $5000. To be eligible for a grant projects…
Season 2 of Rake starts shooting in April
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The second series of Rake staring Richard Roxburgh as criminal defence barrister Cleaver Greene, will begin shooting in April in Sydney. “It’s great to be back in production on Rake. Once again we have an opportunity to channel our various depravities into Cleaver – rather than exercise them ourselves. This is a considerable relief for…
Smile for change campaign to help the Smith family
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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 605,700 Australian children are living in jobless families and are unable to take advantage many of the educational, health and life opportunities many of us take advantage of every day. Colgate in association with the Smith Family has launched the Smile for Change campaign. The Campaign’s Ambassador swimming…
World Cancer Day
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Considering that today is world cancer day here is a couple of facts and something to think about. It is estimated that one third of cancer cases are potentially preventable, one in two Australian men and one in three Australian women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. It should also be noted that…
Economic cost of Sleep Disorders in Australia
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It should be noted that current statistics show that 1.5 million Australian adults, 9% of the adult population. The Sleep foundation has recently a report, titled ‘Re-awakening Australia – The Economic Cost of Sleep Disorders in Australia’ that revealed sleep disorders cost the Australian economy more than $5.1 billion a year in health care and…
Bunraku
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Directed by Guy Moshe Staring Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson Rated MA Score 6/6 In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins. Bunraku is an amazing movie to…
Middle Men
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Directed by George Gallo Staring Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht Rated M Score 5/6 Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby are drugged out geniuses with lots of ideas but they can never seem to get their act together. When they come up with the idea to create a porn site – and charge for…