There can always be a second act
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By Jim Pilmer
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Recently I attended a graduation ceremony at the Victoria Police Academy. It was interesting to cast an eye over the list of previous occupations of the 22 men and women who passed out of the Academy that day.
Mechanical fitter, chemical transfer safety specialist, systems engineer and child and family case manager were among the former occupations listed in the graduation booklet. The average age was around 30.
A matter of trust: Graduating recruits at the Victoria Police Academy chapel.
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You can still catch a bunch of MICF shows on demand via the festival’s digital hub.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival has come and gone for another year, but it’s not quite over just yet. While the festival’s run has concluded, you can still watch a spread of MICF shows and content online until Friday April 30.
From behind the curtain peeks to classic clips, panels and more, the laughs keep on coming with MICF’s newly-launched digital hub.
Get all the latest comedy news and reviews
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Crafted as a result of the impact COVID-19 had on both last year’s cancelled festival and this year’s reduced-capacity events, the online space allows comedy fans from across the country to enjoy MICF from the comfort of their own homes.
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An Australian comedian on Saturday said he was charged nearly $800 million after he tried to buy extra legroom for a recent flight.
Dave O Neil took to social media to share a payment request of $987,999,999.00 in Australian dollars for booking a seat with extra legroom on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Perth. The hefty sum translates to roughly USD$770 million. Hey, @Qantas all I wanted was extra legroom on my flight to Perth, very happy to pay for it but this seems a bit expensive, he wrote in a viral tweet, along with a screenshot of the booking.
Alex Keen and Tess Birch
Words By Kyra Gillespie
Tess Birch and Alex Keen’s show,
Smart Casual, was proof there are plenty of diamonds in the rough when Melbourne International Comedy Festival rolls around every year.
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, some may argue, is defined not by the big headliners, but the up-and-coming acts that take you pleasantly by surprise. One such act was
Smart Casual by Tess Birch and Alex Keen.
Upstairs at Melbourne’s Campari House, Birch talked about how in school, her mum would always lecture her about her social media intake, yet now it’s her mum who spends hours on Facebook, sending her videos of unlikely animal friendships, captured by the endless social worm-hole.