Opinion
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Homelessness Week
Perhaps it was the media focus on the Olympics that has allowed Homelessness Week to slip by, mostly unnoticed. The Victorian Homelessness Network (NHN) aimed…
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Not a bore, but not thrilling either
Borderlands Starring Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis Rated M 3/5 Despite persistent rumours of the “video game movie curse”, there are now…
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Connect to the land
The Desert Knows Her Name, by Upwey author Lia Hills, was recently launched at Belgrave Library. An interview with the award-winning poet and novelist was…
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CARTOON: Pothole Highway
The community is suffering from the recurring issue of bad quality road conditions and has raised questions about the Victorian Government’s road maintenance policy.
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Trap will ensnare your attention
Trap Starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue and Alison Pill M 4.5/5 Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Trap is a taut psychological thriller about…
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Tiny but mighty
Runt, the multi-award-winning children’s book by Craig Silvey, is set in the fictional country town of Upson Downs. It tells the story of 11-year-old Annie,…
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Sharing a home with adult children
Due to the current increasing cost of living and the housing crisis in Victoria, more adult children are moving back in with their parents to…
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Poetry is enjoyable
Do you suffer from metrophobia, a condition that sadly inflicts many people? This is an unusual phobia that encompasses an irrational aversion and fear of…
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A coincidence leads to reconnection
Dear editor, Earlier this year my two daughters and granddaughter were visiting the Dandenongs on a nostalgic trip to see where their family lived in…
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Same flaw as Asteroid City
Deadpool and Wolverine Starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Rated MA15+ 3.5/5 In Deadpool and Wolverine, the mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), aka Deadpool,…
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Olympic Games
Creatures of a day! What is anyone? What is he not? A man is but the dream of a shadow. Yet, when the brightness comes…
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Excellent YA historical fiction
During the Second World War, the U.S. Army took over Arlington Hall, in Virginia, to house its code-breaking effort. The building used to be a…