Beck Smith is encouraging businesses to enter the Beam Awards. By Matthew Pearce Beck Smith, the founder of Beam in Business, aims to shine a spotlight on small businesses through the Beam Awards. With a background of 15 years in network marketing, the Rockhampton mother of five said she launched Beam in Business to promote … [Read more…]
Utopia has acquired North American rights to Femme, the acclaimed queer thriller which premiered in Berlin Panorama and stars George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping made their feature directing debuts based on their 2021 Bifa-winning and 2022 Bafta-nominated British short of the same name. The London-set neo-noir feature follows … [Read more…]
Round 10 of the Hostplus Cup saw players across the competition stand up to make a statement, with a number of jaw-dropping performances. The Sunshine Coast Falcons and Central Queensland Capras blockbuster clash in particular saw players push themselves to the limit, with Falcons five-eighth Jayden Nikorima and forwards Lazarus Vaalepu, Max Bailey and Chris … [Read more…]
The loss of the Yongala was a tale of tragedy, but out of this has come one of the world’s most-spectacular shipwrecks, which is absolutely smothered in marine life, as Trevor Jackson explains. Photographs by Julia Sumerling and Mike Ball Dive Expeditions. You will be enveloped by fish There’s a genuine steamships’ telegraph in my … [Read more…]
Ian Maxwell has revealed the SFA wanted a 3pm Scottish Cup Final kick-off but feared viewership would fall if they faced off against two other major matches at the same time. There were complaints from both Celtic and Inverness Caley Thistle after it was decided the June 3 showpiece finale would begin at 5.30pm as … [Read more…]
Fans recently got some insight into several decisions from the Premier League season and Maxwell hopes Scottish football can provide more understanding after the introduction of video technology in October. Maxwell said: “There needs to be a dose of reality given the amount of time that it’s been in up here. “England have had it … [Read more…]
South Africa, as a brand, stinks. It makes global headlines for all the wrong reasons — tainted by the ignominy of violent crime, corruption, rolling blackouts, collapsing infrastructure, political instability and poverty. Then there’s the scoring of own goals by appearing to side in word and deed with the Russian aggressor while purporting to be … [Read more…]
A landmark North Queensland pub that has lost its sheen in recent years has been bought by a respected hotel operator. See why the mayor is excited. Lees Hotel, the original Pub with No Beer in Ingham, confirmed in a social media post on Monday that it had been purchased and was being managed by … [Read more…]
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New Zealand’s deer industry is on the road to recovery after Covid. File photo / Warren Buckland Opinion: There is huge potential for New Zealand deer products around the world but the industry needs targeted and effective policies from the Government, rather than an expensive exercise in compliance, Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) chief executive … [Read more…]
A heated debate has erupted on NRL360 after Queensland coach Billy Slater was accused of abandoning his ‘pick and stick’ approach for the State of Origin opener. Slater made the controversial call to axe Maroons stars Dane Gagai and Kalyn Ponga for Game 1 against the Blues on Wednesday week. Ponga has copped four concussions … [Read more…]