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  • It’s Football Suspiria

    It’s Football Suspiria

    Him Starring Tyriq Withers and Marlon Wayans MA15+ 3.75/5 At just 96 minutes, Him is a swift, unsettling psychological horror film that doesn’t overstay its…

  • Fresh start needed to fix crime crisis

    Fresh start needed to fix crime crisis

    Crime in Victoria is at its highest level in 20 years under the Allan Labor Government. Victorians are forced to live with the consequences of…

  • CARTOON: Earlier traffic

    CARTOON: Earlier traffic

    The time has been pushed one hour earlier again. Are our wildlife friends able to manage to protect themselves from the hour earlier traffic?

  • Remembering Jane Goodall

    Remembering Jane Goodall

    There are very few whose deaths are truly humanity’s loss, and among them is Jane Goodall, the world-renowned primatologist and legendary naturalist and conservationist who…

  • Different types of entertainment

    Different types of entertainment

    Oz: The Cirque Experience World class circus acts and musical theatre stars come together in the world premier. Starring world-class circus artists alongside musical theatre…

  • Sports hold a unique place in Australia

    Sports hold a unique place in Australia

    Today many may still be hoarse or nursing sore heads, either high on victory or low on feelings of loss. The post mortems will have…

  • Not for everyone, including me

    Not for everyone, including me

    One Battle After Another Starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Sean Penn and Benicio Del Toro M 4/5 Loosely based on Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland, One…

  • A novel about grief and hope

    A novel about grief and hope

    The Burrow, by Australian author Melanie Cheng, was shortlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize. The slim novel (only 185 pages) begins with this quote from…

  • CARTOON: Grand Final mess and time savings

    CARTOON: Grand Final mess and time savings

    The 2025 AFL season is now over, with Brisbane Lions becoming back-to-back premiers, beating Geelong Cats by 47 points in the Grand Final. Now it’s…

  • Brisbane Lions successfully defends their premiership title

    Brisbane Lions successfully defends their premiership title

    Brisbane Lions have become back-to-back AFL premiers, beating Geelong Cats by 47 points on 27 September.

  • Global warming

    Global warming

    I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains When homesick 19 year old Dorothea Mackellar wrote her poem My Country, while travelling through Europe…

  • Terribly twee but not terrible

    Terribly twee but not terrible

    A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie M 3.75/5 The third film from Korean-American filmmaker Kogonada, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey…

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