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Bonner man with no rego nabbed after speeding by 53 cameras
ACT Policing apprehended a 21-year-old Bonner man after he was detected driving at dangerous speeds past numerous traffic cameras around the ACT. Between 10 October and 10 November, a Yamaha R1...
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Weapons steroids and drugs found in bikie busts
ACT Policing Criminal Investigations detectives executed three search warrants over the past week as part of Taskforce Nemesis targeting the criminal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCGs). The...
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Arts in the city / Stephanie hits the right chord
Stephanie Jones… winner of the 2014 National Fine Music Network Young Virtuoso Award.GOOD news that Canberra-trained guitarist Stephanie Jones has been named as winner of the 2014 National Fine Music...
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Macklin / Symptoms emerge of sick hospitals
HEALTH and hospitals were much in the news this past week with Katy Gallagher copping it from all sides. Robert Macklin.The Canberra Hospital’s maternity unit was savaged in a report of its cultural,...
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92 year old missing from Isaacs – FOUND
ACT Policing is appealing for the public’s assistance to help locate a missing elderly man from Isaacs. Police are currently searching Isaacs and surrounding areas after the 92-year-old man was...
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Gardening / Stars of the fleeting fragrance
Star Jasmine over pergolas, archways or as a screen plant.FOR a few short weeks some plants exude a wonderful fragrance and then it is gone until next year. Two plants, on either side of our drive,...
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AND some things, alas, never change: public hospitals are crook (ROBERT MACKLIN); politicians’ snouts head for the trough (MICHAEL MOORE) and neighbourhood noise complaints are getting louder...
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The smell of smoke shuts down Fyshwick servo
FIREFIGHTERS are currently investigating a smell of smoke at a tyre business on Ipswich Street, Fyshwick. Beaurepaires and a nearby Service Station are closed as a precaution. ACT Fire & Rescue...
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Grattan / Government determined to fight on for university fee deregulation
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra AFTER the Senate sent his higher education bill packing, Education Minister Christopher Pyne dropped into a Universities Australia reception, which...
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To Woden for your Government interaction needs
ZED Seselja and the Commonwealth Minister for Human Services Marise Payne have announced some musical chairs in Government shopfronts around Woden. Marise says the new one-stop shop in Penrhyn House...
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Politics / Big snouts filling the trough
THE major parties in the ACT Assembly want to have their cake and eat it too. Recent amendments proposed for the ACT Electoral Act are specifically designed to strengthen their parties at the expense...
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Canberra Confidential / New hands for Floriade?
FLORIADE’S future in Commonwealth Park looks uncertain and the ACT Government is rehearsing getting out of staging it, according to CC’s snouts-in-the-know. Early this year the ACT Government was,...
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Dining / Merchant with charm
GOOD things always come in threes; three French hens, three-ring circus and even three-piece suits. And at the Kingston Foreshore this adage is true of three linked establishments – The Merchant Deli...
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Water pricing fracas rumbles on with your thoughts now wanted on the matter
ANDREW Barr has announced the latest incremental movements in figuring out what to do with water pricing in Canberra. “The Industry Panel appointed to review the price direction for water and sewerage...
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Carter / Protests over neighbourhood noise get louder
A VIBRANT live music scene is adding zing and zest to Canberra’s cultural life. But it is also a growing source of conflict. Catherine Carter.Live music attracts young people, provides entertainment...
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Arts / Music festival gets a little science
Artistic director of the Canberra International Music Festival, Roland Peelman.WITH the almost irreverent subtitle “Music, Einstein and You!”, the dynamic new artistic director of the Canberra...
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The 2014 Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Award winners are…
ANDREW Barr has congratulated the winners of the 2014 Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards announced at a gala presentation at the Canberra Theatre Centre last night. “The awards give tourism...
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ACTION fares going up in the new year
PUBLIC Transport Director James Roncon has announced higher fares for travel on ACTION buses, coming into effect early in the new year. “From Saturday 3 January 2015, most MyWay fares for ACTION buses...
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Greek films under the spotlight at Palace
THE Greek Film Festival is coming to Palace Electric Cinemas this weekend with five top movies. A scene from “Little England” Award-winning Canberra filmmaker, Sotiris Dounoukos, not long back from his...
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End of the road for the NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust
SIMON Corbell says the NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust will be dissolved and that the ACT Government is now exploring new funding models for key road safety initiatives. Simon said the entry of additional...
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