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Design showcases and other arts this weekend
TONIGHT Thursday 20 November, 5 Lonsdale St Braddon will be transformed from a vacant shop front to a pop up gallery space. l to r Geoff Farquhar-Still, Enrico Taglietti, Thor Diesendorf, As part of...
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An unexpected win for consumers of financial advice comes out of PUP implosion
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra AUSTRALIA’S financial services industry has been thrown into turmoil by the spectacular implosion of the Palmer United Party (PUP) and an independent stand...
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Socials / At Save the Children Annual Address, Brassey Hotel, Barton
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Bokaba’s creative ‘flag’ a winner
ANU textile student Reuben Bokaba was announced the winner of the Chief Minister Prize at the launch of the ‘Flagging our future’ exhibition last night by Minister for the Arts, Joy Burch. Minister for...
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Social event of the week / Children’s Medical Research Institute annual lunch
CARWOOLA on the road to Captain’s Flat is a magnificent property with a fascinating history and owners who treasure every aspect of it. They have worked for many years to restore and rebuild this...
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Your taxes paying $200,000 so Fairfax can put on a noodle market at Enlighten
ANDREW Barr says the Night Noodle Markets will come to Canberra for the 2015 ENLIGHTEN festival. “For 10 nights from 27 February to 8 March, the ENLIGHTEN Night Noodle Markets will see up to 25 hawker...
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Heatwave coming
TODAY’S 30 degree temperatures are surprisingly pleasant. Sadly the Bureau forecasts that we’re expecting 37 degrees on Sunday with a possible shower to make things extra steamy. 33 on Saturday should...
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Grattan on Friday / government should tone down ideology and turn up common...
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, usually sharp-witted and articulate, entered an Orwellian zone this week. Trying to explain away Tony Abbott’s...
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Love it or loathe it, Uber is punching above its weight
By Faith Valencia, Griffith University I took two separate rides with two different UberX drivers yesterday. At no time did I feel as though my life was in danger. But in danger I was, at least...
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Lyneham up in arms as a Development Application for the oval is withdrawn
SHANE Rattenbury has supported a decision by the Brindabella Christian College (BCC) to withdraw the Development Application (DA) for a proposed development on Lyneham Neighbourhood Oval (LNHO). “At a...
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Pop-up for summer: Sculpture Garden restaurant revived
LAUNCHING what new NGA director Gerard Vaughan called calls “a reformulation of the Sculpture Garden restaurant”, media and gallery staff today joined food mover and shaker Stephanie Alexander for a...
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Glass artist joins ‘CityNews’ in award
THE highlight of the 24th ACT Arts Awards coming up this Tuesday at the Canberra Museum and Gallery is bound to be the announcement of the 2014 “CityNews” Artist of the Year, but it’s always much more...
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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Higgins Primary site to be redeveloped
ANDREW Barr has announced the former Higgins Primary School, preschool and baby health centre is set to be redeveloped. The Land Development Agency will engage a civil contractor to undertake the...
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Assembly committee looking for your Mr Fluffy feedback
THE Standing Committee on Public Accounts is calling for public submissions as part of an inquiry into the proposed Mr Fluffy bailout package. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (the Committee)...
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Evening rabbit shoots at Mulligans Flat all through summer
TAMS advise that their rabbit and hare control program in the Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary will continue to take place in the Sanctuary throughout summer 2014-15. “The program will involve...
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Grass fire on Majura Road
THE ACT Rural Fire Service and ACT Fire & Rescue is currently responding to a grass fire burning at Majura Road, Majura. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set at ADVICE....
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Emergency services are responding to reports a hot air balloon is suspended in a light fitting at the Aranda District Playing Fields. Update to come. 9:02 AM Firefighters are helping to untangle the...
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Did you see some Mazda on Holden action in Franklin on Friday?
ACT Policing is appealing for any witnesses to a single vehicle collision that occurred on Friday, November 7, in Franklin. About 3pm, a blue Holden Astra was driving northbound along Gungahlin Drive,...
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Review / Coward with a light, delicate touch
Yanina Clifton as Edith and and Anita Davenport as Elvira in “Blithe Spirit”.IN her debut production for REP, Kate Blackhurst takes on one of the most difficult plays in the standard English language...
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