Opinion
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Support Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival
The inaugural Dandenong Ranges Literary Festival will take place in Belgrave on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October. The organising committee, consisting of enthusiastic locals…
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CARTOON: Loneliness
Despite having a smartphone that connects people with others all the time, people feel lonely.
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Poetry, a form of storytelling
August is that unpredictable month: warmer days, daffodils promising spring but still wintery. It’s also National Poetry Month initiated by Red Room Poetry. This initiative…
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Turn off Offerman
The Life of Chuck Starring Tom Hiddleston, Annalise Basso and Mark Hamill M 3.75/5 Directed by Mike Flanagan and based on a Stephen King novella,…
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Blamire Young’s kangaroo stamp
Before federation in 1901, Australia did not exist as a Commonwealth-recognised country. It was a collection of entities we now call states, plus a few…
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CARTOON: Snoop peek
The AFL announced Snoop Dogg will headline the Telstra Pre-Game Entertainment at the 2025 Toyota AFL Grand Final at the MCG.
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Theatre questions and displays 1950s housewife role
1812 Theatre Home, I’m Darling. An unusual play, the couple involved like to live in the ‘50s and the set was built accordingly. Magnificently well…
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80 years of Children’s Book Week
The 2025 Children’s Book Week took place from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23 August. The theme of this year’s national event was ‘Book an Adventure’,…
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CARTOON: Knock, knock
The ibises were not so sure whether the cartoonist was back to work or not, so they just drew the cartoon on his behalf.
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Two horror movies in two weeks
Weapons Starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin and Cary Christopher Rated MA15+ 4/5 The third film from Barbarian writer-director Zach Creggor, Weapons is a chilling, cleverly-written…
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Diving into the past
People who have lived in Healesville for many years are well aware of the ‘Olympic’ public pool in Queens Park, opened in 1964. It is…
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Forthcoming Bendigo Writers Festival
Established in 2012, the Bendigo Writers Festival is an annual end-of-winter event that celebrates and promotes the art of writing and storytelling. It is a…
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