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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefProduction is underway in Adelaide, South Australia, on seasonal comedy film “A Sunburnt Christmas.” The film is set as an original production for local streaming platform Stan.Directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren (“Bondi Hipsters,” “The Other Guy”), the film is the story of a single mother struggling to raise her children on their family farm.

Ant and Dec mistake Wales for the Australian outback in the trailer for the forthcoming series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Craig Tiley made a huge announcement this week, letting the world know that tennis greats Roger Federer and  Serena Williams  are going to play at the 2021 Australian Open in January.Tiley made the announcement on Sunday, saying the year‘s first grand slam is expected to allow fans to fill up to 50 percent of the seats at Melbourne Park.

This Country star Daisy May Cooper has made a startling discovery about one of her ancestors.The co-creator and star of the BBC mockumentary revealed on Instagram that she is descended from Mary Wade, the youngest convict aboard the Lady Juliana ship, which transported prisoners from Britain to Australia in the 18th Century.Sharing a picture of Wade on her Instagram page, Daisy explained: “Have just found out that [brother Charlie] and I are desendants [sic] of this nutter ‘mary wade’ youngest

Prince William and Duchess Kate made a special video call to a koala in Australia who is recovering after wildfires hit the area earlier this year.The couple seemed eager to meet Grace and wildlife park owner Dana Mitchell. “Oh, look!” Kate, 38, said in an Instagram video shared on Thursday, October 1.

3 min read In a world-first, Australian Sports have committed to implementing rules that support a greater level of inclusion for trans and gender diverse people in their sports.

Related: I Am Woman: how Helen Reddy’s music roared through the women’s movement “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Reddy, on the afternoon of September 29th 2020 in Los Angeles,” the statement said.“She was a wonderful Mother, Grandmother and a truly formidable woman. Our hearts are broken.

official fan page. «She was a wonderful Mother, Grandmother and a truly formidable woman.

Helen Reddy has sadly passed away today in Los Angeles. She was 78 years old.Reddy’s children, Traci and Jordan, confirmed the news via a statement on the ‘Helen Reddy Official Fan Page’ on Facebook.“It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Reddy, on the afternoon of September 29th 2020 in Los Angeles,” they wrote.“She was a wonderful Mother, Grandmother and a truly formidable woman.

Stan I Am Woman. Although she worked as a signer across the globe, she worked tirelessly as a pioneer behind the women's rights movement of the 1970s, and the film I Am Woman showcased the phenomenal efforts she put into the cause.

The Australian Christian Lobby has sent out a survey to candidates who are contesting the forthcoming Victorian local council elections that seeks to gauge their stance in regards to same sex parenting, gender transition, trans rights, abortion among other issues.Jane Moran, Greens candidate for Whitehorse Council (Cootamundra Ward),  received the survey in an email.“I opened the survey and then, as I started to read through it, quickly put it in its rightful place – the bin.

Jake Kanter International TV Editor‘Dancing With The Stars’ Heads To MongoliaDancing With The Stars is waltzing into its 60th territory after BBC Studios sold the dance competition format to Mongolia’s Mongol TV. The 13-part series goes into pre-production this month and is set to air in early 2021.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIain Canning and Emile Sherman’s See-Saw Films has teamed up with three-time Australian Writers Guild award-winner Samantha Strauss to set up a joint venture production company. Picking Scabs will be based in Australia and develop projects for Strauss to write and produce with See-Saw Films in both Australia and worldwide.See-Saw and Strauss recently worked together on dark comedy series “The End,” which Strauss created and wrote.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsCartoonist and Back to the Future DeLorean production designer Ron Cobb has died at the age of 83.Mark Hamil and Star Wars officially confirmed Cobb’s passing on Monday. He died of Lewy body dementia in Sydney, Australia.“We were saddened to learn of the passing of conceptual designer Ron Cobb, who designed one of the most memorable characters in the Mos Eisley cantina, Momaw Nadon.