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No arrests at Summernats this year
FOR the second year in a row, no arrests were recorded by ACT Policing in relation to the annual Summernats street machine festival held at Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) from January 1-4. Police...
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RSPCA inspectors seizing 454% more animals
AN early glance at the RSPCA ACT’s 2014 statistics has shown that it was a very good year for animal outcomes in the ACT with the overall adoption count for all domestic animals up by more than 20%...
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Tribute: the late Joy Warren
By Judith Crispin THE sparkly-eyed matriarch of Canberra’s arts scene, has celebrated her last New Year’s Eve. Solander Gallery’s Joy Warren passed away before dawn on Saturday January 3. She leaves...
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Vision unveiled to transform the Casino and bring the mojo to City South
THE Casino Canberra site is set to be redeveloped into a world-class integrated entertainment precinct following its sale to Aquis Developments late last month. The new owners have wasted no time...
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How coconuts oil a social conscience
Staff at the Queanbeyan-based company, Kokonut Pacific. Photo Andrew FinchWHEN Dan and Maureen Etherington started importing virgin coconut oil from the Solomon Islands, they had no idea how large...
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Gardening / Summer’s not the time to slack off
Glorious crabapple spring blossoms in Canberra.The spectacular autumn colours of Chinese pistachio.WHILE January and February are the hottest months, this is not the time for completely slacking off in...
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Arts in the City / Rocket men of the cello
Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, together known as 2Cellos.THEY’VE toured with Elton John, their version of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” has scored 25 million hits on YouTube and now the...
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Trying to rob taxis twice in the same night proves costly for alleged...
TWO men will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday, January 6) after they were arrested for aggravated robbery overnight. About 11.30pm yesterday, a taxi driver was called to a pick-up...
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Big black storm brewing up over Tidbinbilla
THE rain radar shows something wicked this way comes from over Tidbinbilla. If you get any interesting photos of the storm do send them in to john@citynews.com.au . The post Big black storm brewing up...
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ACT records a holiday road toll of zero
ACT Policing shared a zero road toll with the Northern Territory for the Christmas-New Year holidays, but the national result for the same period showed no improvement. ACT and the NT were the only...
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Police Chief apologises for offensive tweeting by police
CHIEF Police Officer for the ACT, Rudi Lammers, has assured the Canberra community the ACT Policing Twitter account is safe and has apologised for the unintentional re-tweet of inappropriate material...
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Downer car thief already in breach of bail
ACT Policing has arrested a 26-year-old man in Downer yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 6 January) for the theft of a motor vehicle and trailer. At about 12.15pm, police observed a man on Antill Street...
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Feeling fear in our brave new world
DO you want to know what fear feels like in our brave new world? John Griffiths.Imagine waking up to hundreds of concerned friends leaving you messages because someone is populating every post you’re...
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Big ideas for filling little spaces
Darko and Shah… “We bounce ideas off each other and while we do clash sometimes we always end up with a better product in the end.” Photo by Holly TreadawayFOR designers Shah Bahpyu and Darko Andreski,...
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Preview / Hot summer movies
“Birdman”… opening January 15.OPENING JANUARY 8 “Dumb and Dumber To” (M) TWO decades after the original “Dumb and Dumber”, the Farrelly brothers again join forces to tell how Lloyd (Jim Carrey) helps...
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Arts / Hot summer fun
“The Long Awaited”, 2008, by Patricia Piccinini. Part of “In the Flesh at the Portrait Gallery.On stage ENTER a magical journey through the seasons with Charlie & Lola in “Charlie & Lola’s...
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Carter / Selfies may hold the secret to fun in Civic
One of artist Trevor Dickinson’s large-scale panels on walls around Newcastle.THE most curious “selfies” are emerging from Newcastle. Novocastrians are snapping themselves walking a dinosaur on a...
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Canberra Confidential / Marketing makes its mark on the Memorial
Advertising arrives at the shrine, or is it a gallery?CC’s heart sank to discover advertising festooning the front of the Australian War Memorial. Is it a sacred shrine to our nation’s fallen or just...
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The steels going up at Majura Park for the new Ikea
THE blowhards said it could never, ever happen. The laws of Ikea construction were iron and immutable, Canberra was too small a market. And yet, and yet, out there at Majura Park the steel beams are...
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Wanniassa house fire
RESIDENTS of a home in Wanniassa have had a lucky escape this morning following a fire. ACT Fire and Rescue responded to the Watkins Street property with two fire pampers after being alerted at 4:21....
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