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La Cucina dell'Arte

Simplicity is the best antidote to over-complex artistic performance, says 720's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie




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Scattered Light and Grazia Toderi

Two Perth Festival light artists take us far beyond the incandescent glow of digitised art, says 720 cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie.



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Duck, Death and the Tulip

There is a lot of talk about death in my household. Given we are only out the other side of birth it has taken me quite by surprise.




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Side Effects - Jonathan Dawson Film Review

Side Effects is many things, and finally becomes a full throttle thriller moving ahead at great pace and no little intricacy.




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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

This comedy about battling magicians may not be incredible or magicial, but its grab bag of stupid jokes is enough to create some decent chuckles.




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Identity Thief

ID theft provides the basis for this unlikely, and largely disappointing, comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy.




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Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os)

This is Cotillard as you've never seen her, haunted, broken by life, and in the hands of a great director in Jacques Audiard, a visual wild man who takes no emotional prisoners!




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Review: Death of a Salesman

It's an American classic. A masterpiece of modern theatre. Written by one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century Arthur Miller.




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Choralfest hits right note with The Idea of North while NORPA unveils 2013 season

The Idea of North




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Filmage: The story of Descendents/All

Never mind melodic punk, here's where it all started.




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Family secrets and the 'me' generation in Other Desert Cities

Explosive drama and long held grievances come home for Christmas in this stylish drama.




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Behind the Candelabra

Steven Soderbergh's tale about Liberace works as both a serious drama and a fun addition to the ranks of camp cinema




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Adelaide Film Festival: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

12 hostages, 24 hours, 1 Partridge!




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Adelaide Film Festival: Charlie's Country

This quietly powerful examination of one man's life is a sad indictment on a modern nation struggling to reconcile with the customs and culture of the original custodians.




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Adelaide Film Festival: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa "OLD SCHOOL RADIO RULES!"

Clever dialogue and big British comedy talent make this compulsory viewing especially for radio lovers.







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Adelaide Film Festival: Sons and Mothers "An unfailingly honest portrait of a unique group of men"

Abner Bradley, Alirio Zavarce, Ben Wishart, Damien Turbin, Duncan Luke, Kym Mackenzie, Ryan Rowland, Richard Samai




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Deckchair Review: Jappeloup

Every week Drive sends a listener to the Festival Films to be their deckchair reviewer. Here's what our reviewer thought of Jappeloup.




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Deckchair Review: Mood Indigo

This week's Deckchair Review is from Robyn Westbrook for the film Mood Indigo.




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Deckchair Review: The Gilded Cage

It was a full house for the opening night of The Gilded Cage, Somerville's latest film, a thoroughly relaxing and charming adult family comedy.




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Deckchair Review: 12 Years a Slave

Deckchair Reviewer John Gilby reviews one of the year's most acclaimed films, 12 Years a Slave.




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Deckchair Review: A Hijacking (Kapringen)

Deckchair Reviewer, Denise, gives her review of 'A Hijacking', currently showing at Perth International Film Festival's Joondalup Pines.




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Deckchair Review: The Past

The latest film from Oscar winning director Asghar Farhadi is our Deckchair Review this week - The Past.




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Deckchair Review: All is Lost

One man's epic fight to stay alive is the premise of 'All is Lost'. Deckchair Reviewer Daniel tells us what he thought of the latest Robert Redford thriller.




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A Streetcar Named Desire

There was a palpable thrill of anticipation in the audience last night at the debut of Black Swan Theatre Company's Streetcar Named Desire. Whether you left the night sated would depend on how you like your Tennessee Williams like bourbon, dark and stormy or like Southern Comfort, a little lighter and sweeter.




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Australian theatre legend in Wollongong for Oscar Wilde classic

'The Importance of Being Earnest' rightfully sits in the list of classic plays, and a near full-house at Wollongong's Illawarra Performing Arts Centre on opening night of this touring production shows it's still one of our most loved.






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Black-skinned chicken breeders are developing genetics to entice Australian consumers

Australian consumers are slowly opening up to the idea of eating a different kind of poultry the black-skinned chicken.




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100kg shark head caught in NSW sparks debate over predator's grim fate

The gruesome remains of a shark caught on the NSW South Coast have sparked a debate about how the animal met its fate and highlighted the 'amazing healing powers' of the predators.




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Irrigators deny breaking official New South Wales pumping embargo after weekend rainfall

The water watchdog says it is investigating claims that irrigators in the Namoi Valley pumped water out of the river system during a recent embargo.




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'Deliberate attempt to choke' brumby, rendering it lame, sees Tamworth man fined for act of cruelty

A self-described experienced horse breaker has been fined and sentenced to a community correction order for a "silly decision" to use a lasso to strangle a brumby.




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New South Wales irrigators in the clear after watchdog finds no evidence of illegal pumping

The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has cleared New South Wales irrigators who were accused of illegal pumping during an embargo that was put in place after recent rain.




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Brisbane Broncos defeat Cronulla Sharks 29-6, Wests Tigers beat Gold Coast Titans 30-14 in NRL

The Broncos answer a number of their critics by ending a four-match losing streak with a convincing victory over the Sharks, while the Tigers snare a win against the Titans in Tamworth.




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Shenhua mining under fire after 'damning' report highlights flawed environmental modelling

A Chinese mining giant is being accused of underestimating the impact a proposed open cut mine will have on groundwater on the New South Wales Liverpool Plains.





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Cotton farmer defends water use in drought-hit Murray-Darling Basin, as ecologists warn of 'tipping point'

As a river runs dry in the northern basin, the blame game continues, and farmer Andrew Watson says irrigators are being unjustly targeted over water use.




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Regenerative agriculture for students launched in Australian-first curriculum to maintain healthy soils

A Tamworth teacher has developed the first Australian curriculum exploring regenerative agriculture.




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Federal election 2019 results deliver the Nationals a new sense of success and stability

Having retained all 16 of their seats, welcomed a record number of women to the party and consolidated under leader Michael McCormack, there could be a renewed sense of stability for the country-based party.




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New dams and pipelines 'urgently needed', says local government, as NSW water supplies run drastically low

With towns across New South Wales at risk of running out of water within months, there are renewed calls for an urgent upgrade of water storage infrastructure.




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Country kindergartens and schools struggle to pay bills and support families during drought

Communities in the grip of drought are doing everything they can to keep their local kindergartens from shutting down, but they fear they're running out of options.




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Model maker Russ French has some high-value clients




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Model-maker lands billion-dollar defence clients from his regional NSW workshop

Russ French's highly detailed military models have helped secure billion-dollar contracts, with one even landing at the Pentagon. These are no toys.




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Margaret Fulton, who inspired Australians to undertake culinary adventures, is dead at 94

Margaret Fulton, who inspired generations of Australians to think beyond bangers and mash, leaves a legacy of culinary flair.




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After years without decent rain, Tenterfield community is given the gift of drinking water

After more than two years without any decent rain, a community in the far north of New South Wales is been given a reprieve.




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Special Commission into ice hears that a lack of detox beds is holding up rehab in regional areas

A lack of detox beds in large regional centres is preventing people from getting rehab, a special commission of inquiry into ice hears.




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AgQuip, Australia's largest field day, provides drought relief and future planning for farmers

Australia's largest agricultural field day may not exactly be a spending spree this year, but it does provide farmers with a reprieve from drought.




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Legal challenge over Sussan Ley's decision to put potential mining jobs at Shenhua Mine before cultural heritage

A decision to prioritise a controversial coal project over the protection of Indigenous sacred sites has landed the Federal Environment Minister at the centre of a fierce legal battle.