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Friday, 03 June 2016

Mel Gibson’s ‘Blood Father’ Highlights the 63rd Sydney Film Festival

The 63rd Sydney Film Festival is full of home-grown heroes and helmers who want to change the world. The theme of the 63rd installment of the Sydney Film Festival (SFF) is “Change your view, change your world,” and a far-reaching program of 244 films from 60 countries, a virtual reality showcase, and strong themes like... Read more » ......

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Super League giants in trouble (NRL - National Rugby League Ltd) Public Technologies

(Source: NRL - National Rugby League Ltd) Super League premiers Leeds have admitted they will have to fight just to stay in the top division for next year after another defeat put paid to their hopes of making the finals. And another competition heavyweight - St Helens - suffered the embarrassment...

Captaincy of the Australian U20s – reward for Tuttle’s toil (Reds Rugby - Queensland Rugby Union) Public Technologies

(Source: Reds Rugby - Queensland Rugby Union) The announcement of scrumhalf James Tuttle as the Australian U20s captain for the 2016 World U20s Championship, is the culmination of three years of hard work for the former St. Joseph's Nudgee College prodigy. 'It's an honour to be given the captaincy...

Saving Lives – Melba Highway Wire Rope Barrier (Premier of Victoria) Public Technologies

(Source: Premier of Victoria) A new stretch of wire rope barrier on the Melba Highway near Yea has saved three lives, after a driver crashed into the barrier when he fell asleep at the wheel. The near-miss happened at the new Victorian first centreline wire-rope barrier that was installed in...

Dinner reception hosted on behalf of Ilham Aliyev in honor of Turkish Premier (President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) Public Technologies

(Source: President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) Government Sites Government SitesMilli Mejlis of the Republic of AzerbaijanCabinet of MinistersMinistry of Internal AffairsMinistry of Ecology and Natural ResourcesMinistry of JusticeMinistry of labour and social...

Asia Pacific Power Academy (Baker & McKenzie LLP) Public Technologies

(Source: Baker & McKenzie LLP) Thank you for registering to attend the Asia Pacific Power Academy. The Power Academy this year will be themed around power project financing. The programme will give an overview of the various stages of a power...

Fiji: Suspension of parliamentarian underlines government stranglehold on freedom of expression (Amnesty International Australia) Public Technologies

(Source: Amnesty International Australia) The Fijian parliament must overturn the suspension of an opposition MP for merely exercising her right to freedom of expression. 'Parliaments can only be worthy of their name when all members can speak freely on all issues,' said Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty...

Wild storms, strong winds, damaging tides headed for Sydney and much of state Australian Broadcasting Corporation

NSW residents are preparing for a massive storm moving south from Queensland, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of flooding, damaging winds, heavy rainfall, abnormally high tides and damaging surf. ......

Match Report: Final - RCB vs SRH (IPL - Indian Premier League) Public Technologies

(Source: IPL - Indian Premier League) A David Warner solo effort helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat the Gujarat Lions by four wickets in Qualifier 2 and earn a passage to the VIVO IPL 2016 Final. Set to chase 163, SRH were powered by their captain, who finished with an unbeaten 93 and got the job...

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