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For the past 26 years, followers of Tibetan Buddhism have been waiting patiently for a glimpse of their spiritual leader, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, The 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet. This is still yet to materialise.Born 25th April 1989, Gedhun ...

Budget 2021: AAP receives funding boost, regional in focus and ACMA gains additional support May 12, 2021 10:13 The Federal Government handed down the 2021 budget overnight, with several areas of the media, tech and regulatory sectors to receive funding boosts. A joint release by Minister Paul Fletcher and Minister Mark Coulton recognised that the pandemic had created ongoing challenges for the arts sector, and also outlined the importance of digital service delivery for the economy going forw...

The arts were in free fall this time last year. COVID-19 restrictions had shut everything down and artists and arts organisations were reeling from a dramatic loss of income, as well as the prospect of a bleak future. Somewhat belatedly, the federal government offered various forms of assistance from late June onwards. Given the continuing challenges, has the government brought the arts in from the cold in Tuesday‘s budget? The budget statement notes the effects of the pandemic on the creat...

Children’s Television, regional news, news media and the bargaining code with digital players were winners from last night’s Federal Budget 2021. The Morrison Government pledged commitments for the media sector and acknowledged challenges the pandemic has created for the arts sector. Amongst the measures announced last night were: $15 million to the AAP Newswire in support of public interest journalism in regional Australia; $4.2 million to implement the News Media and Digital Platforms Man...

Nine Things Young Aussies Need To Know About The Budget Thanks for signing up! Published May 11, 2021 Here we go: the Federal Government has unveiled its 2021-22 Budget, also known as the nitty gritty of how the government will spend your tax dollars. If it feels like we only just had a Budget, that’s because we did – last year’s Budget was delayed by six months to deal with a little known thing called the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme of this year’s $74.6 billion Budget? “Securing Au...

Palm Beach Post The proposal of a possible apartment complex in the Ag Reserve is just another attempt by developers to wiggle their way into the Reserve and bypass the zoning rules. The so-called justification for this is workforce housing.   I know the bar is 25% but maybe if youre going to suspend the rules for the Reserve, you might want to adjust the amount of worker housing, as well.  Mike Hundley, West Palm Beach  Public should have access to all beaches  It’s very difficult to u...

Date Time Australia’s communications, media and arts sectors helping secure our recovery The Morrison-McCormack Government is securing Australia’s recovery through significant commitments to strengthen our communications, media and creative arts sectors, helping to rebuild our economy, secure jobs and support communities as we continue our resurgence from the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital service delivery has become more important than ever, with many sectors rapidly digitising over the past y...

Letters: Apartments plan fails to preserve the Ag Reserve Palm Beach Post © Greg Lovett, The Palm Beach Post The Canyon Lakes development, bottom, next to a 39-acre site at the southeast corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and Acme Dairy Road, top. The builder, a Boca Raton-based trust, wants the county to create a new ?Agricultural Reserve multiple land use? category to enable it to erect 432 workforce housing units and 261,300 square feet of commercial space including light i...

Lobsang Sangay, the president of the Central Tibetan Administration, speaks during a gathering to mark the anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising in Lhasa, in Dharmsala, India, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Hundreds of Tibetans had staged a protest in 1959 in the Tibetan capital Lhasa against Chinas rule. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) ~~ ~ The six million Tibetans suffering Beijing’s relentless repression inside Tibet, and the Tibetans living in forced exile in India and acros...

“Silence no longer serves us.” The Score’s Samira Farah invites Ziggy Ramo to share his thoughts on the current state of the world. Following the release of his album Black Thoughts last year and his participation in Support Act’s “Tune Ups” series, Ziggy has been busy sharing his own lived experience of being Black in Australia and raising awareness for mental health and self-care.  Through his music and his charity work, Ziggy wishes to highlight Australia’s treatment of Indig...