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CITY OF PORT PHILLIP

Design & Development Awards 2020 announced digitally

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Arts grants deliver rapid support to Port Phillip creatives

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CITY OF PORT PHILLIP

Anchors away for St Kilda Marina

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Aviation firefighters raise alarm over airport cutbacks with nationwide meetings, emergency...

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CITY OF STONNINGTON

St Kilda Festival suspended for 2021 due to COVID19 concerns

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CITY OF PORT PHILLIP

Port Phillip Council 2020/21 Budget sets foundation for recovery

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POLITICS/SOCIETY

CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS

An expert in nonverbal communication watched the Trump-Biden debate with the...

Guest Author - October 25, 2020 5:00 am 0

Candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump at the final presidential debate. AP/Julio Cortez President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on Oct....

Grattan on Saturday: Morrison’s promised integrity commission can’t hide behind COVID...

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The US is taking on Google in a huge antitrust case....

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Trump has changed America by making everything about politics, and politics...

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Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully...

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THE SPRINKLER

FANGING IT October 22, 2020 11:05 am
At the risk of being ENTIRELY OFF BRAND Sprink doth telleth yew the tale being in a distant land. A Footloose kind of town where dancing is banned, tourists don’t… The post FANGING IT appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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KAREN – PUBERTY BLUES October 22, 2020 9:24 am
This is Karen. She… OMG you’re a Karen I’M NOT WORTHY It’s true, we are the best. Karens sort out the incorrect restaurant bills and fight for suburban injustices. We… The post KAREN – PUBERTY BLUES appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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LOCKDOWN 2.0 October 15, 2020 1:46 am
This year can eat a security guard’s D. These unprecedented times, this bin-fire year, blah blah *overused description*, 2Y2N0 feels like #FreeBritney movement – never ending. I’d like to take you on a… The post LOCKDOWN 2.0 appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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WORLD’S DEADLIEST THIGHS October 10, 2020 12:37 am
This is Kortney. Born in the US of yAy, she toured Aus in 2012 where she was paid to wrestle men and choke them with her legs which are better… The post WORLD’S DEADLIEST THIGHS appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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TONKA AT HOME June 23, 2020 8:35 am
The Sprink doesn’t like to cook at the worst of times. At the best of times she also doesn’t want to cook. What with errything being covid-close-ed, our fair hero… The post TONKA AT HOME appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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SURVIVING ISO May 27, 2020 1:58 am
While scrolling Insta by the fire as she was being hand-fed Nutella on Cape Seed Loaf by her glorious ginger Introvert The Sprink cracked the iso code within 4hrs of… The post SURVIVING ISO appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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TROUBLE IN DREAMS May 11, 2020 8:20 am
Sprink’s favourite part about ISO life is called TROUBLE IN DREAMS which, loosely translated means: “fancy AS FERK home delivered cocktails”. Which she didn’t know existed until she was Instastalking… The post TROUBLE IN DREAMS appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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ORIENTAL TEA HOUSE DUMPLINGS April 1, 2020 3:57 am
REVIEW: cook at home dumplings Oriental Tea House $15 a pack for 30 dumps The Sprink is not a cooker so this stay at home business is fcking her sht… The post ORIENTAL TEA HOUSE DUMPLINGS appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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3 – 5 April April 1, 2020 12:40 am
Hot Cross Bun Debate @ breakfast – The top is better than the bottom. Discuss. Lol don’t: the answer is butter. Tiger King @ Netflix – absolutely. worth. the. hype. Time… The post 3 – 5 April appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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27 – 29 March March 24, 2020 9:15 am
I Can’t Believe This Is Happening @ everywhere – literally Centrelink @ Oz – the only lines freelancers, musicians and hospo workers can afford anymore Who Gives A Crap @ nationwide – CEO Simon Griffiths… The post 27 – 29 March appeared first on The Sprinkler.
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TAGG MAGG

JUST FOR LAUGHS SYDNEY 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

COMEDY October 6, 2020 11:30 pm

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020 the movie)

CINEMA

MUSIC ON MY MIND 2020

NEW SOUTH WALES September 21, 2020 3:48 pm

Second round of guests announced for season two of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Big...

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Three exciting Melbourne events to watch out for in 2020

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CHARITIES

ART/CULTURE FEATURES

Permission To Shine opens with Big Prizes and announces First Judges!

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Play It Forward, together with Dr Jonathon Welch AM, is thrilled to announce that round one of Permission to Shine is open. This online...

Moonee Valley Racing Club – Online Charity Auction

CHARITIES/CAUSES October 25, 2019 12:32 pm

BIG LOVE LIGHT WALK RADIATES THE STREETS OF MELBOURNE

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Grace Knight from Eurogliders joins the Choir of Hard Knocks at...

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Don’t miss the Choir of Hard Knocks in Joyful! Joyful! Deakin...

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POLITICALLY SPEAKING

Grattan on Saturday: Morrison’s promised integrity commission can’t hide behind COVID much longer – can it?

CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS Guest Author - October 24, 2020 5:00 am

Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully decriminalise sex work?

CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS Guest Author - October 21, 2020 5:00 am

Jacinda Ardern and Labour returned in a landslide — 5 experts on a historic New Zealand election

CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS Guest Author - October 18, 2020 7:32 am

Blunders aside, most Australians believe state premiers have been effective leaders during pandemic

CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS Guest Author - October 18, 2020 5:00 am

Brand Gladys: how ICAC revelations hurt Berejiklian’s ‘school captain’ image

CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS Guest Author - October 15, 2020 5:00 am

Budget 2020: Frydenberg tells Australians, ‘we have your back

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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

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Why most Aboriginal people have little say over clean energy projects...

Guest Author - August 12, 2020 5:00 am 0

Picture: Pexels, Author provided Huge clean energy projects, such as the Asian Renewable Energy Hub in the Pilbara, Western Australia, are set to produce gigawatts of electricity...

KHT Voices: In Conversation – Indigenous perspectives in the COVID19 era

COVID 19/CORONAVIRUS August 3, 2020 12:40 pm

SWEDISH EXPERT NAMED KIMBERLEY FOUNDATION IAN POTTER CHAIR IN ROCK ART

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GAMBLING

Most community bids to block pokies fail – the law is...

Guest Author - April 3, 2020 5:52 am 0

CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS

Picture: David Moir/AAP Most Australians know you never end up winning on the pokies. What Australians might not know is that the odds of winning...

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully...

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CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS

Picture: Shuttlestock The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws. This is the first large-scale review of Victorian...

LBTGQI

Sunday essay: who was Jeanne Barret, the first woman to circumnavigate...

Guest Author - September 27, 2020 5:15 am 0

ART/CULTURE FEATURES

A modern portrait of Jeanne Barret disguised as a man, based on the author’s interpretation. Timothy Ide, Author provided In 1765, a young, peasant woman...

WOMENS BUSINESS

Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully...

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Picture: Shuttlestock The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws. This is the first large-scale review of Victorian...

MENS BUSINESS

Will Victoria be the first place in the world to fully...

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CONTRIBUTORS/BLOGGERS

Picture: Shuttlestock The Victorian government has just received a landmark review into the state’s sex work laws. This is the first large-scale review of Victorian...

SENIORS BUSINESS

The budget must address aged care — here are 3 key...

Guest Author - October 1, 2020 5:15 am 0

AGED CARE

Picture: Daniel Pockett/AAP Australia’s aged care system has produced a litany of failures: unpalatable food, poor care, neglect, abuse and, most recently, the tragedies of...

COMMUNITY

The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors...

Guest Author - September 1, 2020 5:30 am 0

COMMUNITY

Picture: DANIEL POCKETT/AAP Investigative journalist Suzie Smith’s new book The Altar Boys is a searing read that raises new questions about the suicides of three former...

WELFARE

5 charts on what a Newstart recipient really looks like

Guest Author - October 31, 2019 5:15 am 0

BUSINESS/FINANCE

Unless we know who who Newstart recipients are, we are likely to make wrong decisions about how much to pay them and whether...

RELIGION

The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors...

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Picture: DANIEL POCKETT/AAP Investigative journalist Suzie Smith’s new book The Altar Boys is a searing read that raises new questions about the suicides of three former...

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