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Movie Review: We Need To Talk About Kevin

An Oscar-worthy, gripping yet harrowing film that had me tense throughout and drained at the end. Phew!




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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Death-defying set pieces, first class production, and a great director makes this one of the best films in the action/spy series.




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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Swedish bestseller makes its English-language film debut in a stylish and impressive work from David Fincher.






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What to Expect When You're Expecting

The popular pregnancy advice book becomes an all-star movie, but unfortunately with too many characters and situations, the stretch marks are visible.





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This market garden was set up to grow rare vegetables — and is now going gangbusters

An Adelaide community garden started as a hobby by a group of refugees wanting to grow vegetables from Africa and Asia is now proving so popular its produce is being sought interstate.




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Dermatology clinic 'gutted' by fire in Australian Medical Association building

Police investigate two fires in North Adelaide early this morning, including one which spread through the state branch office of the national doctors' union, causing up to $2 million damage.




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Country town welcomes young medical graduate with lawn bowls, brass bands and cakes

Jenny Han finds herself in the thick of country life, despite social distancing, after moving from the city to kickstart her career.




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Mudgee could play host to NRL games

Mudgee's Glen Willow Stadium is attractive to the NRL because it can be closed off to town





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Donkey populations in decline due to Chinese medicine 'ejiao'

Demand for the Chinese medicine 'ejiao' is having humanitarian repercussions in Africa due to donkey poaching.




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Warrnambool's wombat: The story behind the video that went viral

Emily Bissland explains how she made a hilarious video about an accidental artwork that's been viewed by millions.




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Kelpies save the dying Victorian town of Casterton twice

The iconic breed first saved Casterton in 1997. Now, 23 years later and they've done it again.




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Magic symbols from Australian history's 'forgotten chapter' uncovered in Victoria

From Ireland's heartland to coastal Victoria, Australian convicts brought with them magic and superstition. Their symbols are still being uncovered today.




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Geometrical hexafoil are thought to serve as a sign of protection.

Geometrical hexafoil are thought to serve as a sign of protection.



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Deportation threat to family just weeks out from daughter's VCE due to father's kidney diagnosis

The world of Raj Manikam and his family came crashing down when a test found a hidden disease that could see them deported due to "significant costs to the community".




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Wind farms attract new rules governing noise in Victoria to 'give community confidence'

Wind farm developments in Victoria will now have to have noise levels checked by an independent auditor, before and after construction.




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The battle to keep feral pigs from taking over Victoria's Otway Ranges

Conservationists are struggling in the fight against many introduced species in the Otways, but they hope a new program will limit the number of feral pigs before they cause too much damage.




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Regional ANZ customers 'disgusted' and 'furious' over loss of Bank@Post services

ANZ customers can no longer utilise banking services at their local post offices after the bank failed to reach an agreement with Australia Post on their Bank@Post service.




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Councillor calls for $1m drought support funding to be redirected away from his area

David Littleproud will seek a review of rainfall figures as Moyne Shire councillor Colin Ryan says his region doesn't need drought support granted by the Federal Government because his area isn't drought affected.




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Drought assistance allocation under review as council seeks to reject $1m funding

A regional council looks set to hand back $1 million in drought funding as the Federal Government concedes it needs to review how it hands out assistance to communities battling dry weather.




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Bone marrow donor registry pleas for more diversity to help save people with cancer

Despite not being able to help his niece as she battled aplastic anaemia, Daniel Roberts stayed on the bone marrow donor list, and just two years later he was reduced to tears when he got the call.




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Where are all the mutton birds? Birdwatchers concerned by delayed arrival of migratory short-tailed shearwaters in Victoria

Every year, thousands of short-tailed shearwaters, or mutton birds, descend on Victoria's coastline at the end of September or early October after a mammoth journey from the northern hemisphere, but so far this year they haven't shown up.




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Maremma sheepdog and little penguin protector retires after nine years on Middle Island

Oddball might have been the movie star, but Tula the maremma is the real hero of Middle Island's famed penguin protection program, and she's retiring after almost a decade of service.




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Shark attack victim calls for Queensland Government to consider shark nets, culls

A man that suffered a shark attack at Norval Park, north of Bundaberg, has called for the State Government to consider a shark cull or implementing shark nets.




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Wild weather and poor prices means tricky start to Queensland's sugarcane crushing season

Industry figures say unstable weather, a lack of infrastructure investment and poor international prices are hampering sugar sector confidence as mills open for crushing.




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Queensland's road toll calculations 'extraordinarily complicated', police say

Calculating the road toll is "extraordinarily complicated", according to Queensland police as loved ones say the confusion is compounding their grief following a horror few weeks on the state's roads.





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Specsavers says Qld customers' private medical information may have been compromised

Eyewear giant Specsavers has admitted that the personal information of some clients in Queensland is missing and may have been stolen.




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Pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis 'global shortage' to be met with Australian product

An Australian medicinal cannabis company is working to address a global shortage of pharmaceutical-grade product, reducing cost and improving access at the same time.




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Hairdressers unionise and unite for fight against proposed cut to penalty rates

They do apprenticeships, work with tools and are exposed to chemicals, so why aren't hairdressers paid as well as plumbers? The Australian Workers Union wants that to change.





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Story Bank Maryborough



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Mary Poppins memorabilia at Maryborough Story Bank



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Carmel Murdoch at Story Bank



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Mary Poppins tattoo



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Carmel Murdoch at Story Bank



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Story Bank of Maryborough



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Bank invests in stories to celebrate Mary Poppins author in regional Queensland

A former bank that was the birthplace of Mary Poppins creator P.L. Travers has been converted into a museum in Maryborough, Queensland, where it is hoped it will prove a drawcard for tourists.



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Inspector Scott Stahlhut




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From the 'protected' to the prosecutors, Aboriginal-led justice is bringing culture to the court in Cherbourg

Not long ago, Aboriginal people in Cherbourg were ruled by a government-appointed "protector". Now the elders are involved in running the courts.




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Man in custody after alleged carjacking, stabbing and 200km police pursuit

A man who allegedly stabbed a woman in the hand and stole two cars is shot by police on the Bruce Highway on the Sunshine Coast, and is taken from the scene in an ambulance.




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Boxing breaks down barriers between police and young Indigenous people, aims to reduce crime

For police officers and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the regional Queensland city of Bundaberg, boxing together is a way to move on from a legacy of negative interaction.



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Jesse James petition signed by thousands calls for tougher sentence over 'sickening bashing' of 2yo girl

Almost 11,000 people sign an online petition demanding the Director of Public Prosecutions appeal the sentence of a Maryborough man who bashed a two-year-old girl, leaving her with a broken back in 2017, with the Queensland Opposition calling on the Palaszczuk Government to act immediately.