Subdivision follows the subcontracting business of Digger Kelly and his son Jack. These are genuine Australians; they work a full week, play rugby on the weekend and enjoy a beer or five afterwards.

Directed by Sue Brooks (Japanese Story) and produced by Trish Lake and Owen Johnston at Freshwater Pictures, Subdivision opens in cinemas from August 20.

Check out the trailer for Subdivision here: http://www.if.com.au/2009/06/30/article/Subdivision-trailer/YMMGIPYEDP.html

Check out the website for Subdivision here: http://www.subdivisionmovie.com.au/

Brooke Satchwell will co-narrate Channel 9's new docu-drama series Trouble in Paradise with 60 Minutes reporter Liam Bartlett..

Trouble in Paradise tells the stories of Australian travellers who have been subjected to terrifying experiences while on holidays in different parts of the world before escaping with their lives.
 
These are ordinary people, simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. What makes this series so enthralling is that their nightmares could happen to anyone.
 
Each one-hour episode contains two compelling stories told first-hand through interviews with the travellers and re-enactments to provide as much realistic detail as possible.
 
The production team for the series travelled back to exact locations in countries all over the world to recreate harrowing ordeals such as murder in Mexico, kidnappings in Peru, suicide bombers in China, police corruption in Poland and terror in a Thai jail, to name just a few.
 
Actress Brooke Satchwell, who experienced her own holiday hell when terrorists attacked the hotel she was staying at in the Indian city of Mumbai last year.
 
Episode one begins with what was supposed to be the surfing trip of a lifetime for Peter “Buzz” Buswell and Warren “Ed” Poulter, two Aussie surfers from Sydney’s northern beaches. But their holiday in Mexico turns into a nightmare when their camp by the beach is stormed by armed police, the Federales. Dragged away, held at gunpoint and beaten, they witness the cold-blooded murder of a Mexican man and are convinced they are about to be shot too.
 
Also in episode one, a sightseeing tour of China turns to terror when a suicide bomber holds a group of Australians hostage. Ten Australian women are on a travel agents’ familiarisation tour of the city of Xian when a Chinese man steps onto their bus with a bomb strapped to his chest, taking all onboard hostage. As the bomber waves the detonator trigger in the faces of the terrified passengers, making the demands he has been planning for the past three years, any attempt to negotiate with him could end in disaster.
 
Trouble in Paradise, a riveting new series about the hidden dangers that can lurk in any foreign trip, premieres Thursday, June 25 at 8.30pm on Nine.

Ben Cubby, Environment Reporter

BROOKE SATCHWELL'S life is a staple of glossy magazines but in her own time the actor has been ploughing through the Garnaut report - the weighty, 600-page tome outlining the economic impact of climate change on Australia.

'I was forewarned it was going to be a very dry read but it's not, actually, it's very interesting,' she said.

Along with other prominent young Australians, including swimmer Ian Thorpe, Satchwell is participating in Power Shift, the biggest climate-change conference for young people yet seen in Australia.

Thousands of people from around the country and overseas, most of them aged under 25, will converge in Sydney next month to discuss climate change, 'green jobs' and greenhouse gas cuts.

The event is drawing people from a range of backgrounds, from Greenpeace to the Liberal Party, with strong rural representation.

Satchwell said young people often felt left out of discussions on climate change, even though they were more likely than the current political leaders to see the unfolding effects of a warmer, drier planet.

'It's also a complex, confusing area … so it's going to be about educating and empowering people,' Satchwell said. 'I'm not an expert on climate change, but I'm trying to put my money where my mouth is and get an understanding of the issues.'

The event was organised by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, which has the goal of shifting the national debate on climate change towards more ambitious greenhouse gas cuts and less reliance on burning coal for electricity.

'The people who are being listened to in the climate change debate the most are the industry lobbyists,' the group's co-director, Anna Rose, said. 'It's called 'Power Shift' because we want to rework the way power is being exercised in Australia.' The conference will take place at the University of Western Sydney's Parramatta campus from July 11 to 13.