Tag: Opinion
Cat Containment: Keeping your feline safe and happy indoors
At Animal Aid, we believe that keeping cats safely contained is one of the most effective ways to ensure their health and well-being.
Outdoor...
Are you fire season ready?
Victoria could be facing an earlier start to the fire season this year and we’re asking those living in high-risk areas to take...
CARTOON: Strong Winds swept across the Outer East
Strong winds once again swept across the Outer East, causing lots of fallen trees and power outages.
A thoughtful and witty novel
The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer, by Australian author Ilsa Evans, is an entertaining and emotive read.
The story focuses on Avery, a four-year-old...
Four plays coming in September
Eltham Little Theatre
Veronica’s Room
A middle-aged Irish couple bring a young couple to the suburban Boston home where the Mackeys are caretakers.
The young couple...
Brandon Lee Is spinning in his grave
The Crow
Starring Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs and Danny Huston
MA15+
3/5
Directed by Rupert Sanders, The Crow is a tepid and unnecessary reboot.
After he and his girlfriend...
Entertainment for locals
Eltham Little Theatre
The Peppercorn Tree
Is a moving Australian drama, set in Melbourne in 1993 and staged in 2010.
Jonah, an Australian ex-serviceman, is nearing the...
Spring has arrived
September, and the wattle blooms
in brilliant yellow.
It is the first sign
that winter is losing its grip.
The air softens,
and the sun comes in earlier.
Kate Llewellyn...
CARTOON: Goodbye, Black Caviar
The unbeaten Black Caviar nicknamed the 'Wonder from Down Under' died at the age of 17 on 17 August.
She was an Australian champion...
Like Father, Like Brother: Caitlin Soars
Humane
Starring Peter Gallagher, Enrico Colantoni and Emily Hampshire
MA15+
4.5/5
I'm already a big fan of her father David and brother Brandon, and now Caitlin Cronenberg makes...
Identity matters
Tell No One, by Brendan Watkins, is described to have achieved something that few memoirs can, “laying bare a disturbing history with compassion and...
Gambling
Human fascination with gambling shows no signs of abating, transcending generations, borders, and backgrounds.
It influences all forms of culture and media, from literature...