Opinion
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Let’s prepare for hot and dry season
The CFA’s declared Fire Danger Period will begin in the Yarra Ranges on 23 December. We all know that this formally starts the fire season…
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Top 5 books reviewed in 2024
With Christmas fast approaching, it is time to reflect on the progress we made in 2024 while planning new projects and fresh goals for 2025.…
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More live shows coming
Alex theatre St Kilda A Very Naughty Christmas. Australia’s favourite adults only Christmas show makes its way to London and returns to Brisbane, Gold Coast…
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Worst films of 2024
It’s finally happened – after eleven years of running this column, I didn’t see enough bad movies this year. 2024 still had a decent crop…
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Beyond horror
Horror stories don’t need murder, mayhem and madness to create a sense of dread, despair and doom. The best stories in this genre both disturb…
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Plays for next year
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre The theatre has notified this publication of the 2025 season. Opening with Moon Over buffalo Season: February 13 – March 1. Haunted…
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Small business
When small businesses thrive, our community thrives. Whether it’s a sign hanging on the fence of a local sporting ground or sponsoring our local events…
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The smells of summer
Officially summer is here and though the days can vary from bursts of heat back to ‘grabbing a cardy kind of day’, it’s beginning to…
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Double horror catch-up
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and The First Omen M, MA15+ 4.25/5, 4.5/5 Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a touching, intimate French…
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A life led astray
Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise, written by Taiwanese author Lin Yi-Han and translated by Jenna Tang, is an intense and uncomfortable read. The story is…
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A green mark of quality
Wicked Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh Rated PG 3.75/5 Directed by Jon Chu and based on the hit stage musical of the…
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New Mayor of Yarra Ranges Council
On Tuesday 19 November, I was honoured to be elected as Mayor, alongside returning Chirnside Park Ward Councillor Richard Higgins as my Deputy. This is…
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