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The 71st Sydney Film Festival tonight awarded the prestigious Sydney Film Prize to Italian filmmaker Paola Cortellesi for her film There’s Still Tomorrow, a moving, empowering melodrama about an industrious woman in post-WWII Rome. Cortellesi directs and stars in the film, which became a box office phenomenon in Italy, outperforming the likes of Barbie and Oppenheimer. The winner…

Neighbour Day to be held this Sunday 27th March 2022. An increasing number of Australians are reportedly suffering from feelings of loneliness in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, with many of us still suffering from the impacts of social isolation.  Sydney’s Chief Resilience Officer says the remedy to this…

Discover Beyond, a consumer travel marketplace powered by travel technology platform, TRAVLR, in association with BBC Global News, has today announced its iconic Aurora Australis itinerary, otherwise known as the Southern Lights, aboard a luxury private jet departing from Melbourne or Christchurch from 27 March – 7 April 2022.  This is one…

Starting as a cadet volunteer while still in primary school, for more than 50 years Valmai (Val) Dempsey has dedicated her life to St John Ambulance. She’s one of the Australian Capital Territory’s longest-serving volunteers and, year after year, she still dedicates more hours than any other volunteer. In 2020,…

We are coming up on the 80th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin Day and Darwin is pulling out all the stops to provide a wide variety of in-person and online events to mark this historic occassion. Check out all the events available across all areas of the Territory. Darwin…

When it comes to newborns’ heath, new research shows that concerned grandparents are taking the lead, with 85% expecting their state and territory governments to include a test for SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) , as part of newborn screening immediately. Each state and territory is responsible for the conditions made available for babies born locally. However, right now, this equity…