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NewsThe Government Is Advising Australians to Stay at Home Unless It's "Absolutely Necessary" to Go Out
It has also ordered all beauty therapy, nail salons and tattoo parlours to close by midnight.
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NewsEight New Books to Read While You're Spending More Time Indoors
Explore the underbelly of 1980s Queensland, enter a fictional dystopian world or learn how to get your money sorted.
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NewsSofa King Fest Is the New Website Curating the Best Music Live-Streams from Across the World
Watch Willie Nelson, Cypress Hill, A-Trak and Diplo perform live and help raise money for artists who've had gigs cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsYou Can Now Explore the Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum and Scienceworks Online
Wander through exhibitions of dinosaur fossils, watch dance performances and learn about what things you shouldn't put in the microwave.
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NewsThe Australian Government Has Announced a Mass Closure of Indoor Venues from Today
Clubs, pubs, gyms, cinemas and casinos will close from midday, while cafes and restaurants will be allowed to continue as takeaway and delivery only.
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NewsNetflix Party Is the Browser Plug-In That Lets You Stream with Friends While Social Distancing
Available for Google Chrome, it lets you keep your viewing parties going — even when everyone is staying in their respective homes.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes films about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or a couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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News'Devs' Is the Mind-Bending New Sci-Fi Series You'll Want to Add to Your Streaming Queue ASAP
Starring Nick Offerman, it's set within a huge tech company that's working on a secret quantum computing project.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of NSW Has Postponed This Year's Archibald Prize
New dates for the country's most prestigious portrait award haven't yet been revealed.
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NewsHBO Has Dropped the Full Trailer for 'Run', the New Romantic-Comedy Thriller From the 'Fleabag' Team
It stars Merritt Wever ('Unbelievable') and Domhnall Gleeson ('Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker') — and features Phoebe Waller-Bridge, too.
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GuideHere's How COVID-19 Is Affecting Melbourne's Hospitality and Arts Scenes
Here's where you can stay up to date on how coronavirus is impacting your city.
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GuideThe Best Virtual Events to Hit Up If Cabin Fever Is Starting to Set In
Get 'out of the house' with live opera, gallery tours and couch choirs.
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NewsTen Films About Pandemics, Contagions and Outbreaks You Can Stream Right Now
Watching films like 'Contagion' and 'Outbreak' right now can be weirdly comforting, but do remember it is still fiction.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsThe NGV Is Launching Virtual Tours of All Its Current Blockbuster Exhibitions
The at-home art fix includes tours of the 'Kaws' exhibition, a digital Hokusai piece to browse and many eBooks.
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NewsThis Year's Eurovision Song Contest Has Been Cancelled
It's the first time the song contest won't go ahead in the event's six-decade history.
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NewsPalace Is Closing All of Its Australian Cinemas for an Indefinite Period
And this year's Sydney Film Festival has been cancelled, too.
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NewsStand-Up Specials From Ten MICF Stars Will Hit Amazon Prime Next Month
The physical festival has been cancelled, but you can still laugh along to Judith Lucy, Zoë Coombs Marr and Tom Gleeson from the comfort of your bed.
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News'Cats' Is the Worst Film of 2019 According to the Razzie Awards
The singing moggy-filled musical picked up six awards at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture of the past 12 months, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay
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NewsSBS's New Three-Hour Tour of a Cadbury Chocolate Factory Is the Content We Need Right Now
It's basically 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', just without the Oompa-Loompas or everlasting gobstoppers.
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EventBaker's Dozen
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Federation Square, Melbourne
Melbourne's most-loved bakers and pastry icons are coming together for a huge pop-up bake shop at Fed Square.
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EventMoon Dog Bus and Beer Crawl
Sat, 22 Mar, 2025
Moon Dog World, Preston
Sample every brewery under the Moon Dog name on this intra-city adventure, which is travelling from Preston to Footscray for beers, bites and mechanical bull rides.
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EventMoomba Festival
Thu, 6 Mar - Mon, 10 Mar 2025
Yarra River, Melbourne
Viral stars are taking over Fed Square, human-powered gliders will defy physics and 1300 performers are set to enliven the streets across five days of fun.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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EventBBQs of the World
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
Dandenong Market, Dandenong
Discover what makes barbecue the oldest cuisine in the world, complete with sumptuous bites from West Africa to Brazil.
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EventThat's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
That's Amore Cheese, Thomastown
For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars, and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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NewsMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Is Now Live-Streaming Concerts for Free
While MSO is suspending all concerts with audiences for a month, it'll play some gigs behind closed doors — and live-stream them for free.
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NewsTen Highlights of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney 2020
Visit a heart wrenching memorial, walk through an immersive exhibition inside a tunnel and see a sarcophagus at this citywide exhibition.
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NewsBluesfest Is the Latest Major Event to Be Cancelled Due to COVID-19
It's the first time in 30 years the festival will not go ahead.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Statement on COVID-19: Let's Continue to Support Local Businesses
Going out might not be at the top of your to-do list right now, but you can help small businesses without leaving your apartment.
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NewsHere's What Has Been Cancelled, Postponed and Suspended Across Australia Due to COVID-19
From the Royal Easter Show to Vivid and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, here's where the industry has been hit.
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NewsMelbourne's Major Art and Cultural Institutions Have Temporarily Closed
The NGV, Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Arts Centre Melbourne have all temporarily closed their doors.
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NewsNew York's Metropolitan Opera Is Live-Streaming Performances for Free During Its Coronavirus Shutdown
You'll be able to stream a different opera from the famous NY institution every night.
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NewsCh-Check Out the First Trailer for Apple TV+'s New Beastie Boys Live Documentary
Like many of the hip hop group's music videos, it's directed by Spike Jonze.
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NewsVivid Sydney Has Been Cancelled for 2020 Due to Coronavirus
The radiant annual festival joins a growing list of events scrapped for 2020 due to COVID-19.
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NewsA New Streaming Service Dedicated to British TV Is Launching in Australia This Year
Britbox will stream retro and recent series such as 'Absolutely Fabulous', 'The Office', 'Blackadder', 'Harlots' and 'A Confession'.
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NewsThe First Teasers for the Second Season of the US Version of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Are Here
Staten Island's vampires are back for ten more episodes.
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NewsThe 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Has Been Cancelled
It's the latest event to be cancelled due to Australia's mass gatherings ban.
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NewsNetflix's Wild New Docuseries 'Tiger King' Is About to Become Your Next True-Crime Binge
In its just-dropped trailer, you'll meet Joe Exotic — and dive into his world of lions, tigers, eccentricity, polygamy and murder-for-hire.
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NewsCoachella 2020 Has Been Postponed Due to Coronavirus
Set to be headlined by Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine, the huge Californian music festival will now take place in October.
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NewsTasmanian Winter Arts Festival Dark Mofo Has Been Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
"We’re killing Dark Mofo for the year. I know that will murder an already massacred tourism environment, but I feel like I have no choice."
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NewsMiley Cyrus Has Cancelled Her Upcoming Melbourne Charity Concert Due to Coronavirus
The US pop star was due to perform at the World Tour Bushfire Relief concert this week, which has been cancelled as a result.
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NewsPatricia Piccinini's Otherworldy 'Skywhale' Took Flight Today — Without Her New Floating Companion
'Skywhale' will make her final solo flight in Canberra tonight, before being joined by a new Skywhale friend at the National Gallery of Australia this May.
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NewsThe Best of Berlinale 2020: Ten Films We Can't Wait to Hit Cinemas Down Under
We hopped over to the Berlin International Film Festival to get the jump on what's coming soon to cinemas.
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News'The Eddy' Is Netflix's New Parisian Jazz Club-Set Drama Series From the Director of 'La La Land'
The eight-episode drama follows a New York jazz pianist who now co-owns a struggling Parisian club.
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NewsAcclaimed West End Musical 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' Is Coming to Australia
Based on a true story, this feel-good hit will premiere at the Sydney Opera House before touring the rest of the country.
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NewsTaika Waititi Is Making Two New Animated Netflix Shows Based on 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'
They're part of the streaming platform's previously announced plans to adapt 16 of Roald Dahl's classic books.
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NewsSXSW 2020 Has Been Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
It's the first time in 34 years that the huge annual music and film festival won't take place.
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NewsThe Release of New Bond Film 'No Time to Die' Has Been Delayed Due to Coronavirus
Daniel Craig's last outing as 007 won't hit the big screens until November.
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News'The Wedding Singer' Musical Is Bringing Its Big 80s Hair and Toe-Tapping Tunes to Melbourne
A singing, dancing stage adaptation of Adam Sandler's classic flick is showing this June.
