The News Review:
- Tribeca Review: Dying Breed
- Landline – 27/04/2008: Locum Motion . Australian Broadcasting Corp
- Virus breakout panics abalone trade
- Big Brother winner Reggie Bird’s pregnancy danger
- Today in History – April 28
- Libs continue call for corruption watchdog
Tribeca Review: Dying Breed
Cinematical – Apr 27, 2008
And boy oh boy is something nasty waiting for them to arrive. For all its conventional plot contortions and familiar characters Dying Breed succeeds through sheer force of mood tone atmosphere and (eventually) high-end and very disturbing mayhem. Turns out that the Tasmanian forests are jam-packed with all sorts of dangerous creatures — and a few that you’d never catch a glimpse of on The Discovery Channel. (Can you tell I’m trying to keep the “villain” a secret?) If the movie takes a little too much of Act II to get well and truly “rolling” then horror fans will be pleased to note that Act III is more or less wall-to-wall lunacy. Saw fans will appreciate the presence of lead actor… This flick could do for Tasmania what Wrong Turn did for West Virginia (I mean. there must be SME normal people there right? Somewhere?) but Dwyer does a bang-up job of delivering a forboding forest landscape that’s absolutely infested with dripping leaves grungy pockets of light icky caves strange creatures abandoned mines and (yes) bear traps. Basically if you’re looking for a horror flick that wants to give you a “you are there — and it’s freaking miserable” vibe Dying Breed should fit the bill quite nicely.
Landline – 27/04/2008: Locum Motion . Australian Broadcasting Corp
abc.net.au – Apr 27, 2008
DR KIM WEBBER RURAL HEALTH WRKFRCE: We think there’s a shortage of about 1000 GPs in the bush at the moment and we actually look at some of the age of our rural and remote GPs. That’s where we can see a real problem over the short term. In Tasmania we know that about a quarter of their GPs are going to be 60 plus in 10 years so that’s quite a significant amount and we’ve seen some of the same statistics in South Australia. We know that about 25 per cent of the South Australian GPs intend to retire in the next five years. PIP CURTNEY: Just how dire the situation is is clear when you look at where Queensland’s 225 med school graduates from 2004 chose to work. Just six moved to the bush.
Virus breakout panics abalone trade
The Age – Apr 27, 2008
They run their course they burnthemselves out and the stocks recover behind them. If as expected the virus continues further east it will hitthe abalone reefs of Cape tway then Apollo Bay and on to the $20million Mornington Peninsula industry. The $100 million Tasmanianindustry the biggest wild abalone catch in the world is in astate of extreme concern. Marine conservationists are dismayed the virus now bookends themarine national park. Mr Gannon also concerned about the virus reinfecting areas inrecovery said the ban on human activity would only need to lastfor three months. Scientists believe the infection started when a wild abalonefrom South Australia or Tasmania was taken for breeding to anabalone farm near Portland. It is possible that infected effluentthen flowed out to sea spreading the virus to Victoria’s wildabalone stocks.
Big Brother winner Reggie Bird’s pregnancy danger
NEWS.com.au – Apr 27, 2008
If not detected early it can be fatal. "I didn’t even know I was pregnant" Bird said last week after returning from a visit to her parents’ home in Tasmania with 13-month-old daughter Mia. "I must have been about eight weeks gone. "Bird’s first pregnancy in 2006 was also traumatic. Terrible morning sickness led to her being admitted to hospital for dehydration. Mia was born by emergency caesarean.
Today in History – April 28
NDTV.com – Apr 27, 2008
ther events on this day:In 1967 boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the US Army and was immediately stripped of his heavyweight title. In 1970 US President Richard Nixon gave his formal authorisation to commit US combat troops in cooperation with South Vietnamese units against communist troop sanctuaries in Cambodia. In 1996 28-year-old Martin Bryant began a killing spree that ended in the deaths of 35 men women and children in the quiet town of Port Arthur in Tasmania Australia.
Libs continue call for corruption watchdog
abc.net.au – Apr 27, 2008
The State Government has repeatedly rejected the need for an inquiry or an anti-corruption commissionMr Bartlett has ruled out an ICAC style anti-corruption body but he says he is interested in a sensible public debate on the issues of ethics and probity and he would not rule out considering alternative bodies. Mr Hodgman says his party will move a motion in Parliament on the issue and he is seeking Mr Bartlett’s support. “If he is serious about this why hasn’t he voted in parliament in the past” Mr Hodgman said. “And if he’s serious about it will he stand up and say I’ll vote with the Liberal party when they move their motion when parliament resumes” he said.