Something sinister has been happening to the dolphins that grace the waters off the Japanese township of Taiji. The quest for the horrible truth is the subject of this gripping documentary which was one of the popular favourites at last week's Sydney Film Festival.

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World Day to Combat Desertification

Submitted by Rick Eyre on June 18 2009, 11:36 am

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The theme for 2009: "Conserving land and water = Securing our common future"

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Senator Milne at the National Press Club

Submitted by Rick Eyre on June 17 2009, 10:01 pm

Senator Christine Milne, the deputy leader and climate change spokesperson for the Australian Greens, gave a really inspiring speech as the televised National Press Club address on the ABC today. I'm not sure whether any of the video will turn up on Youtube or elsewhere. If you get the chance, set the recorder for ABC1 from 3.25am to 4.25am tonight (that's Thursday morning June 18) to catch the repeat.

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"The Cove" (2009) trailer

Submitted by Rick Eyre on June 17 2009, 12:13 pm

A more detailed review of this brilliant documentary to come. In the meantime here is the trailer, followed by my Twitter review:

#sff "The Cove" Something sinister is happening to dolphins at Taiji. See this powerful, heartbreaking doco. Be angry. Be very angry. 9/10

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Why tu, que? The Twitpocalypse cometh.

Submitted by Rick Eyre on June 13 2009, 8:15 am

It is forty-one years to the weekend since I was a petrified nine year-old, terrified that the asteroid Icarus was about to plummet into the planet Earth. Today, the day when I choof off to the Sydney Film Festival for "Wake In Fright", is the day when Twitter has been calculated to melt down.

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Oh Voltaire, where art thou?

Submitted by Rick Eyre on June 11 2009, 10:47 am

It was back in 1976. Graeme Bond, Rory O'Donoghue and their executive producer Maurice Murphy, riding high from the success of the Aunty Jack Show, made a comedy series for the ABC that featured sketches that intentionally pushed the limits of mid-1970s taste. They called it "The Off Show".

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An attack on foreigners is an attack on all of us

Submitted by Rick Eyre on June 9 2009, 10:51 am

Violence in suburban Australia towards Asian immigrants and students, notably from India, is disturbing. Sadly, it's not a new issue, not confined to Sydney and Melbourne, and by no means targeted at Indians. It's a bigger problem, and one that is being misreported in the Indian media and underreported by their Australian counterparts.

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