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On Poisoning Hubby

31 January 2021 Press

The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II Sydney. “Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members.” After World War II, Sydney experienced a crime

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Arts Reviews 

Outside the Wire

23 January 202123 January 2021 Throsby

War movies – by which I mean depictions of military adventures in the Middle East this century – are not my cup of tea. Like my parents and grandparents (whose experience of World War Two was so painful they avoided

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Arts Reviews Indigenous 

Aboriginal Activism in the Seventies

24 October 202024 October 2020 Press

Redfern rising: the story of Aboriginal activism in the 1970s. By Adam Phelan New book explores the people, places and achievements at the centre of Aboriginal activism and self-determination in the 1970s. Redfern: Aboriginal activism in the 1970s is published

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Arts Reviews 

The Comey Rule

11 October 202013 October 2020 Throsby

James Comey: Boy Scout or Partisan Hack? When Director Billy Ray bluntly told James Comey “Well, sir, you got him (Trump) elected,” while pitching him a mini-series The Comey Rule, it turned my mind to events in November 2016. James

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Arts Reviews 

A Year Down the Drain

23 September 202027 September 2020 media

Walking in Styx Creek. A teenage Throsby and a gathering of oddball mates took to walking the drains around Newcastle at night, decades ago. We were – nearby locals soundly asleep at those wee small hours would have been comforted

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Charity & Non-profit Arts Reviews 

But Isn’t ‘Meaningful Ageing’ an Oxymoron?

31 August 202027 September 2020 Press

Map to find Meaning in Ageing. A new guide co-designed with seniors is the focus of a crowdfunding campaign by not for profit Meaningful Ageing Australia. The Map of Meaning and Ageing: a self-reflection guide, is the next phase for

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UoN Arts Reviews 

Not While Flying

27 August 202027 September 2020 Press

University lecturer’s film to premier at international Film Festival. A new feature film by the University of Newcastle’s Dr Stuart McBratney, Don’t Read This on a Plane, will premiere at the Dances with Films festival in Los Angeles on 29

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Arts Reviews 

Sky Crawlers

22 July 202027 September 2020 Throsby

In the genre of Movies Most Likely to Bore People to Tears, Mamoru Oshii’s animé adaptation of Hiroshi Mori’s novel stands well against Kubric’s 2001~A Space Odyssey. Now that I have your attention, if you came here to read a

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Arts Reviews Heritage & Historical 

Watch on Friday if Sunday Too Far Away

10 June 202027 September 2020 Press

NFSA Presents Online Screening of Sunday Too Far Away. Enjoy a free, online screening of iconic Australian film Sunday Too Far Away (1975), followed by a special Q&A with producer Matt Carroll. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

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Arts Reviews UoN 

Warwick Thornton’s The Beach is a Delicate Conversation with Country

30 May 202027 September 2020 Editor

Review: The Beach, created and directed by Warwick Thornton. By Brooke Collins-Gearing Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle. Filmed by Thornton’s son Dylan River… Every shot is a living, breathing piece of artwork. Watching Warwick Thornton’s The Beach is a journey

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Arts Reviews 

NFSA Free Online Screening of Restored Storm Boy

11 May 202027 September 2020 Press

The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) presents a free online screening of Storm Boy. ‘Wild things should be free’ – Storm Boy, 1976 The original 1976 classic, now digitally restored, will have a free virtual screening on Friday 15

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Arts Reviews 

Unless I’m Dreaming Now

20 February 202027 September 2020 Ewen Shearer

…all the lonely misguided people in this dark city … experts at avoiding reality. And with good reason. I’m not sure any of us wants to know what goes on out there at 3 am in some stink-ridden alley. God

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Arts Reviews Newcastle 

Our Town ~ The Book

29 October 201927 September 2020 Editor

Hot chips by the beach, Romper Room on Channel 3, a job at the steelworks and live music at the Star Hotel. A crowded Newcastle Beach, the old pavilion, and Royal Newcastle Hospital. Photograph by Ron Morrison. That was “Our

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Arts Reviews 

2001 ~ A Space Oddity

16 September 201927 September 2020 Throsby

You might be interested to hear from someone who watched 2001: A Space Odyssey at the big-screen theatre when it was a new release. It was not only a great experience and everything you might imagine, it was DOUBLY so.

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Literature Arts Reviews 

Bruce Beresford film Black Robe Digitally Restored

10 July 201927 September 2020 Press

  Bruce Beresford’s 1991 film Black Robe, the first feature film co-produced by Australia and Canada, has been digitally restored by the National Film and Sound Archive’s NFSA Restores program. The new digital print will premiere at Melbourne International Film

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Literature Arts Reviews 

Politically Incorrect New Book Pokes Fun at Self Worth and Anxiety

4 December 201827 September 2020 Throsby

Who doesn’t long for the good old days when we could not only insult at will, but the recipients could take it in good spirit. And I’m not talking about bullying. It’s all in the attitude of the giver, not

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Literature Arts Reviews 

Ex Machina

24 May 201527 September 2020 Ewen Shearer

When we touched the moon the universe paused. When we created a mind, God stirred. A formidably smart tech boss, Nathan, invites his lowly coder Caleb to Turing test a living doll. The location is remote and houses two humans

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Literature Arts Reviews 

Half a Sixpence for Thruppence-worth

6 April 200627 September 2020 Throsby

I was in the old country – you know, the one that burned the capitol of the U.S.A. to the ground some century or so ago – and was perusing the local stage offerings. Charmed, to say the least, I

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Literature Arts Reviews 

Man on Fire Takes Fire

20 January 200527 September 2020 Throsby

The sun is harsh in Mexico City. Highlights burned, shade evil dark, and saturation in the eye of the beholder. As usual, our friends the film critics have been too long in the hot sun – and forgot to remove

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Literature Arts Reviews 

Dogville the Movie

14 April 200427 September 2020 Throsby

Great Dane tale darkens ciné Illuminati doorway. Dogville caught U.S. film reviewers like stunned dogs in headlight glare. Intangibles of a great film winked elusively through the directed downplay of Dogville’s staid delivery. Patrons shifted uneasily, personal prejudices starkly mirrored

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Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival
Newcastle Event & Venue 

Newy’s New Annual Arts Festival

8 February 2021 Press

Arts Festival makes Newcastle the place to visit this month. An intimate art gallery performance by a renowned Australian musician, an augmented reality experience celebrating indigenous culture, and a discussion on women in leadership with Australia’s first female Prime Minister,

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Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle
Energy & Renewables NSW aka In the News Opinion 

Renewal of Gas Exploration Permits off Newcastle

12 February 202112 February 2021 Press

Gas companies making plans to drill offshore from Newcastle. Opponents fear the PEP 11 gas exploration permit off the coasts of Sydney and Newcastle will be renewed today by Federal Resources Minister Keith Pitt. The joint venture companies currently holding

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La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue
Weather 

La Niña Peaks But Effects Continue

3 February 2021 Press

The 2020–21 La Niña is likely to have peaked with respect to atmospheric and oceanic patterns in the tropical Pacific. However impacts associated with La Niña, such as above average rainfall in eastern and northern Australia, are expected to persist

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Shipping Cartel Fined
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Shipping Cartel Fined

6 February 20216 February 2021 Press

Shipping cartel fines now total $83.5 million after WWO conviction. Norwegian-based global shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS (WWO) has been convicted of criminal cartel conduct and ordered by the Federal Court to pay a fine of $24 million, in

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Agriculture Faces Profitable Year
Agriculture 

Agriculture Faces Profitable Year

4 February 2021 Press

Australian agriculture looking to profitable year ahead – industry outlook. Australia’s agricultural sector is set to enjoy an overall profitable year ahead – underpinned by high commodity prices, positive seasonal conditions and low interest rates, and despite expected continuing trade

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Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured
Physics & Energy 

Pioneeer Solar Energy Researcher Honoured

31 January 2021 Press

Australian father of photovoltaics awarded prestigious 2021 Japan Prize. By Stefanie Menezes UNSW Sydney solar expert Martin Green has been honoured with the Japan Prize for transforming the photovoltaics industry. Professor Martin Green. Photo ~ University of NSW. Professor Martin

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Give Back Our Data
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Give Back Our Data

8 February 2021 Press

Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data. By Pieter Verdegem Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Releasing his creation for free 30 years ago, the inventor of the world wide

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Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage
Upper Hunter Heritage & Historical 

Not a mirage, Actually a Mirage

5 February 20215 February 2021 Press

Two jet fighter planes – a Macchi and a Mirage – are making their home at Scone Regional Airport. Restored by volunteers. they will become part of the Warbird Visitor Attraction. The Mirage A3-44 will travel by road from the

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