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Movie Review: The Sapphires

Based on a true story and adapted from the stage play, The Sapphires is an over-the-top comedy/musical/drama that'll have you laughing, crying and celebrating the achievement of these four amazing aboriginal women.




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Movie Review: Hope Springs

A lacklustre tale of empty nester marriage dissatisfaction - but with a stellar cast!




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Wunderkinder

At the centre of this lyrical, deeply tragic film are the children, beautifully played by Elin Kolev as Abrasha Brodsky, the most gifted of all, Imogen Burrell as Larissa Brodsky and Mathilda Adamik as Hanna Reich, the middle class German girl who stands the best chance of survival. Above all Wunderkinder is a furious, terrifying thriller, where the chases must all have the deadliest of consequences.






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Movie Review: The Watch

The Watch is a poor example of the gross-out blokey comedy genre that is only worsened by the addition of aliens to the plot.




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Movie Review: Ruby Sparks

A twisted romantic fantasy from a beginner writer get s a "must try harder" from this reviewer.




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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild, shot as if in a dream, creating as it does a fully detailed other life that has so many connections to imaginary and real worlds we all know, is something rare in movies; a poetic work that also convinces you utterly...




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Movie Review: Looper

A sci-fi mind bender featuring a criminal underworld, time travel and telekinesis, helmed by Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt




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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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'Exciting day' as SA marks two weeks with no new coronavirus cases

There are now only two active cases in the state, the State Government announces, but border restrictions will stay in place although travel to regional areas may be reopened.




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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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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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'I thought it was for mums': Why not everyone feels welcome at parents' groups

To many people, they're known simply as 'mothers' groups' and that can mean new fathers like Jeremy Piert don't feel comfortable going along.




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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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Dairy workers' court action over underpayment hit by surprise counterclaim for rent

A group of farm workers claiming they were underpaid are hit with a rent bill in the lead-up to a Federal Court hearing.




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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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Warrnambool family facing deportation over kidney disease saved by ministerial intervention

Immigration Minister David Coleman overturns a department ruling based on Rajasegaran Manikam's kidney disease diagnosis that would have seen the Manikam family deported to Singapore.




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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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Fonterra dairy company reports $562m loss, says future strategy centres on New Zealand

Fonterra has announced a loss of more than half a billion dollars and called on its Australian business to "stand on its own two feet" as the dairy company shifts its focus to its New Zealand operations.




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Australasian Global Dairies reaches settlement over allegations of foreign worker underpayment

A dairy company that accused foreign workers of owing rent after allegations of underpayment arose has agreed to an out-of-court settlement.




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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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Two years on, multiple investigations have shed little light on Warrnambool's nurdle spill

Almost two years after millions of microplastics spilled onto pristine beaches in Victoria and sparked an emergency response from authorities, the plastic's origin remains a mystery.




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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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Whistleblower claims aired against Warrnambool City Council over alleged financial impropriety

Ratepayers Victoria has accused high-ranking council employees of silencing staff who tried to raise concerns about alleged fraudulent spending and cover-ups of financial impropriety.






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'Like unwanted ploughing'




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Feral pigs put UNESCO world heritage site Budj Bim at risk of 'tremendous damage'

Feral pigs capable of leaving behind industrial-looking trails of destruction are posing a threat to one of the world's most significant archaeological sites.




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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 farmer spends $800,000 carting water as drought ravages key salad-bowl regions

A horror summer season has seen fruit and vegetable growers in Queensland go to extraordinary lengths to grow crops.




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Flora trigger map prompts backlash from farmers who fear it will lock up their land

Queensland landholders are afraid that new government mapping of threatened species could lock up their land and force them to stop farming and grazing.




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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.