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‘A great get-together’ – Enlighten 2015
BATHED in a gentle violet wash of light, ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr this morning launched the program for ‘Enlighten 2015’. Andrew Barr enlightened in violet But while lighting up Canberra may be...
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Cataldo’s goes for gold
CATALDO’S Salon is the latest organisation nominated to receive a Canberra Gold Award as part of 2015 Canberra Day celebrations on March 12, the ACT Government has announced this morning. The...
View ArticleCalling art writers and critics
ANCA —Australian National Capital Artists Inc. — is offering new opportunities to visual art writers and critics, both emerging and established. First up is a three-month one day a week equivalent paid...
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Moje glass work raffled for art’s sake
WHEN it comes to the art of glassmaking in Canberra, there is no bigger name than that of Klaus Moje. Klaus Moje Founding head of the glass workshop at what is now the ANU School of Art, Moje is a...
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Controlled burn along Ginninderra Creek
ACT Parks and Conservation Service is advising the public that, weather permitting, a controlled burn will be conducted tomorrow, Thursday 17 December 2014. The burn will occur on two small plots...
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Video / The search for Stuart Heddle intensifies
SES staff and police officers have searched bushland looking for Stuart Heddle near the Delta Force Paintball Centre, Monaro Highway, Gilmore. Earlier in the day, Stuart’s wife, Jenny and brother Ian,...
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Disqualified spitter on Isabella Drive
A 21-year-old man from NSW will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Thursday, 18 December) charged with common assault and driving whilst disqualified after an incident in Tuggeranong on Monday...
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$21 million to give Canberrans skills
JOY Burch has launched Skilled Capital, a new $21 million training initiative that will respond to industry identified skills needs. “Skilled Capital will provide all Canberrans with the opportunity...
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Sri Lankan artists ‘Dancing for the Gods’
CHITRASENA Dance Co is Sri Lanka’s oldest dance company, and that’s saying a lot in a country where dance reigns supreme. Chitrasena dancers For the past 70 years, the Chitrasena Dance Company has been...
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Dining / Happiness is an open restaurant…
A COUPLE of years ago I wrote about the reputation Canberra’s hospitality sector has for slamming doors shut during the holidays. Was it true there was nowhere to eat? The answer was that it was...
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Time for a New Year’s resolution? Definately? Defiantly? Definitely!
By Misty Adoniou, University of Canberra Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Forget losing weight, exercising more and quitting the bad stuff. How about we all resolve to spell “definitely” correctly...
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Trumpets, songs and other Christmas arts
HERE’s a chance to sing along with the best! Tobias Cole, photo Judith CrispinTHE High Court’s Christmas concert on Sunday, December 21 will be a line-up of local favourites including singers Toby...
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Late night openings at the War Memorial
THE Australian War Memorial advises that it will be open to the public during selected evenings throughout the January holiday period. “See the Memorial brilliantly illuminated and pay your respects...
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Previews / What’s hot on the holiday screen
Russell Crowe in “The Water Diviner”.OPENING DECEMBER 26 “Night at the Museum 3” (PG) VALE Mickey Rooney, whose career began in 1926 and will end posthumously in 2015 playing Mr Louis in “Dr Jekyll and...
View ArticleVideo / Hang gliding with eagles over Lake George at sunset
Limp Jimmy has YouTubed some astonishing video of sunset hang gliding over the Lake George escarpment, with bonus eagles. To fly with raptors is sublime. To go flying with a soul brother like a bird,...
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Python escapes with its life in Kambah fire
FIREFIGHTERS have extinguished a small fire in an aquarium at a home on Macquoid Place, Kambah. The aquarium was home to a pet python snake, approximately 60 cm in length that escaped from the tank...
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Grattan on Friday: Being a “better government” will be a big job
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra AFTER getting a serious bollocking from Ray Hadley on Thursday, Tony Abbott told the Sydney shock jock that he’s determined to be “a better prime minister...
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Development to be unshackled at the University of Canberra
ANDREW Barr has announced his intention to enact new legislation next year to help the University of Canberra expand its commercial activities. “This week cabinet agreed to a range of measures,...
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Mayor Overall welcomes Fluffy half-measures in Queanbeyan
QUEANBEYAN Mayor Tim Overall has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of further assistance for loose-fill asbestos homes, which looks a lot like where the ACT was at six months ago. The...
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Calling phone and Instagram snappers for art exhibition
“THE Long Hot Summer” exhibition is Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s gift to the public. “Anyone and everyone”, TAC is saying, can get creative and have their photographic work professionally exhibited in...
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