Tag: Opinion
Summer fruit
Sitting on my kitchen table is a bowl of peaches and nectarines bought a few days before: round plush peaches with their velvety skin...
Supporting children’s mental health during these challenging times
Proper nutrition plays a critical role in brain function, emotional regulation, and overall well-being. In fact, certain nutrients have been shown to help manage...
CARTOON: Merry Christmas
Thanks to everyone who has enjoyed this year's cartoons.
Cartoons will continue with more creative ideas next year.
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...
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...
CARTOON: Two weeks to go
Two weeks left until Christmas.
Have you bought a present for your loved ones?
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...
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 Canadian horror...
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 Season: April...
CARTOON: Birds sound speaker at Healesville RSL
The fancy bird noises coming from the Healesville RSL are starting to confuse ibises.
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...
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...
Latest
Coalition’s new policy to support small businesses
Small businesses would be able to claim tax deductions on food and entertainment expenses for up to $20,000 under a coalition policy.
Tax breaks for...
