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Review / ‘Men, Women and Children’ (MA) *** and a half
FILMMAKER Jason Reitman casts a dispassionate eye over how social media influence life in the developed countries (thank heaven he forbore from including their use by bad guys in current Middle Eastern...
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Review / ‘A Thousand Times Goodnight’ (M) ****
NORWEGIAN Erik Poppe knows exactly what reporting terrible events in the Middle East or heartbreaking conditions in Africa involves – he was a reporter before becoming a filmmaker. Written by Harald...
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Review / ‘Serena’ (MA) ***
WHAT’S not to like about a gutsy melodrama? Director Susanne Bier engaged art director Martin Kurel to convert a Czechoslovakian valley into a 1920s North Carolina logging camp. There, adapting Ron...
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A Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar in the Albert Hall this Sunday
THE Scandinavian Australian Association is putting on a Christmas Bazaar in the Albert Hall this coming Sunday. It’s running from 12 noon to 4pm. Christmas fare, entertainment, gifts and snacks all of...
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In a nutshell, vote 1 Arts
AT a Q&A last Monday between arts strategist David Fishel and National Museum director Mathew Trinca, Fishel suggested to assembled arts community CEOs, members of the Childers Group and artist...
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Rider down in Charnwood
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a collision that occurred on Covington Crescent, Charnwood last night (Thursday, 27 November). Between 7.30pm and 8.00pm a motorcycle rider left the road and...
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Socials / At the Movember Gala Party, King O’Malley’s, Civic
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Late night power tooling leads to Dickson drug bust
A 28-year-old Evatt man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Saturday, November 29) charged with drug trafficking. About 12.50am this morning, police were conducting a patrol of Dickson...
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Punching on from Hopscotch
ACT Policing’s Regional Targeting Team is seeking the public’s help in identifying four men who may be able to assist the investigation into a serious assault which occurred in Braddon last weekend...
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Review / Garden concert tops big day
Belgian ambassador bass player, Jean-Luc Bodson.IT was a perfect evening and a perfect setting for a garden concert to celebrate Belgium National Day, as well as the 200th anniversary of the birth of...
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Woman raped in Glebe Park
ACT Policing is appealing to a man who may have witnessed a sexual assault in Glebe Park, Civic, on Saturday night (November 29). A 35-year-old woman was walking from the City Bus Interchange around...
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November in Canberra as seen by the kayakcameraman
The ever astonishing Paul Jurak (aka the kayakcameraman has sent in a jaw dropping set of pictures for the month of November. It almost makes one sorry to sleep through sunrises. But not quite. You can...
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Former police chief gets plum diplomatic post
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Tony Abbott is appointing the former chief of the Australian Federal Police, Tony Negus, as Australia’s new high commissioner to Canada. Meanwhile, career...
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eReaders aren’t destroying reading – they’re just changing it
By Ryan Spencer, University of Canberra THE nature of reading books is changing: the closure of traditional bookstores indicates that paper book sales are in decline. It is easy to feel as though this...
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Expansion works finally come for the hospital’s emergency department
CHIEF Minister Gallagher has announced major expansion works for Canberra Hospital emergency department to deliver more beds while improving emergency services. “Investment in health infrastructure is...
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Kambah and Scullin added to the NBN rollout plan
NBN Co has announced a new rollout plan revealing the next 57,000 homes and businesses across four suburbs in ACT set to receive the National Broadband Network (NBN). The expansion of the rollout is...
View ArticleIkea has started building
BE still the beating hearts of the flat pack furniture enthusiasts! Ikea has tweeted that the long awaited construction of their Canberra store has begun. The building has started #CBR #Canberra...
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Arts / Pike promises treats aplenty
Tastiest item… Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”.“CHOOSING what you want to see in a theatre season can be like a box of chocolates, you will often have your favourites but sometimes like to try something...
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Last night’s sunset storm in photos
LAST night’s spectacular storm at sunset was the best entertainment in town. I sat on my back step with an Aldi cleanskin watching the cat chase moths and the forces of nature collide in the sky. At...
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Parton / Goodbye to the courageous Hughes
I’D been sent to record a radio interview with Phillip Hughes, among others, in the lead up to the Prime Minister’s XI game of 2009. I’d heard a bit about young Hughes, but I hadn’t even seen footage...
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