Lesbian legal rights historically passed by Australian Senate

Dec. 14, 2008   Leave a Comment  

SYDNEY, Australia — Lesbian relationships in Australia received welcome recognition this November after two bills enforcing equality were passed through the Senate. The amendments expanded the terms “de facto relationship”, “parent”, “step-parent” and “relative” to include same-sex couples giving them equal rights on a number of issues. [...]

Blast’s resident Aussie gives her top five American films of 2008

Dec. 9, 2008   3 Comments  

Liz Rennie’s top five movies of 2008.

D.I.Y. filmmaking

Dec. 2, 2008   Leave a Comment  

YouTube remake of “Raiders” attracts fans, including George Lucas and Steven Spielberg

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Aussie olive oil?

Feb. 8, 2008   4 Comments  

Red Island Extra Virgin Australian Olive Oil

Oh dear. I’m afraid I may have gone and done something rather rash. Something that may cause the church of Rome to excommunicate me or my Neapolitan ancestors to turn over in their graves. Let me say for the record that I only use 100 percent Italian-olive extra virgin olive oil. The only brand I [...]

Christina Aguilera live DVD coming

Jan. 10, 2008   4 Comments  

Multi-platinum recording artist Christina Aguilera will release a live DVD filmed during her July 2007 shows in Sydney, Australia during her “Back to Basics” world tour. “This breathlessly energetic, dazzling live concert spectacular brought the house down-and the cameras were rolling there to catch it all,” RCA Music Group said in a statement. Back to [...]