Video / Kangaroo v. Cyclist on Adelaide Avenue
MONDAY’S news of a cyclist hit by a kangaroo on Adelaide Avenue got Canberra talking. Now former Australian cricketer Bronwyn Calver has youtubed the video her bikecam was taking of the incident and...
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Your thoughts wanted on the Capital Metro design
ANDREW Barr and Simon Corbell have launched consultation on the latest light rail urban designs. “We are calling on the community to get involved with the first stage of Canberra’s light rail network...
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Arts / Bristling festival that’s out there
Melbourne vocalist Carolyn Connors.MUSIC for the adventurous will be the subject of a rare festival designed to “uplift tired ears, explore the unknown”. It’s the annual “SoundOut” festival of free...
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Police pursuit ends in Anzac Parade collision
ACT Policing has apprehended a 36-year-old man of no fixed abode after he failed to stop a vehicle as directed by police this afternoon (January 21). About 3.55pm, police received a report from a...
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Last call for road safety trust grants
THE NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust is making its final call for applications for grants to support road safety projects for its 2015 grants program in the ACT and region. A decision was made in December...
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Grattan / The central question this political year will be whether Abbott is...
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra TONY Abbott’s “captain’s pick” of Prince Philip for a knighthood – on Australia Day, and when he says the government should consult more – suggests the...
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Autistic man lured to Chisholm mugging
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Chisholm yesterday (Monday, January 26). Between 3.30am and 4.10am, an autistic man attended the Chisholm shops car park, after receiving...
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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Macklin / The difficult side to celebrating
THE usual controversy about Australia Day being celebrated on January 26 had a slightly sharper edge this week as the rights of our Aboriginal predecessors on the continent gain greater public...
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Gardening / Time to prune those climbers
Time to start summer pruning wisteria.MANY climbing plants will possibly be getting completely out of hand at this time. How do you deal with them and when is the best time to deal with this rampant...
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Canberra developments in the running for national awards
THE Property Council ACT’s Cathering Carter informs us that three ACT offices and a retirement living development are finalists in the 2015 Property Council of Australia / Rider Levett Bucknall...
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Arts in the city / Geoff and all that jazz are back
GEOFF Page’s “Jazz in Concert at The Gods” kicks off on February 3 for 2015 with “The South African Project”. Sax player Mark Ginsburg leads a top group to play the great South African jazz composers,...
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Do you know Palmerston’s injured motorcycle rider?
ACT Policing is seeking to locate the rider of a motorcycle which appears to have crashed earlier this morning in Palmerston (Tuesday, January 27). About 4.30am police received information of a...
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Almost no lobbyists working with the ACT Government?
On hearing of an interesting meeting in a London Circuit cafe my thoughts turned to the ACT Register of Lobbyists. Back in December the Legislative Assembly informed us about the commencement on...
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Moore / Barr makes a stumbling start
Chief Minister Andrew Barr… his government has stumbled once and, without his intervention, it is about to stumble again. Photo by Andrew CampbellANDREW Barr has made a poor start in filling the shoes...
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Fladun / Can anyone hear me growl?
A CURIOUS case of periodic deafness has struck my children. Sonya Fladun.A friend gave them some big, groovy headphones for Christmas and since then I think I’ve lost them into another dimension....
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Arts / Bald Archies back with a bite
THIS year’s star subject of the annual Bald Archies is undoubtedly Tasmanian parliamentarian Jacqui Lambie. Canberra artist Valda Johnson’s Bald Archy entry, “The Adventures of Jacqui...
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Enlighten unveils the 2015 program
THE 2015 Enlighten festival, wherein national institutions are wonderfully illuminated, has launched its program. From indie-pop band Alpine to the aerial performance, Elements, and the quirky Physics...
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Canberra Confidential / Snapper goes farming
FORMER “CityNews” snapper to the stars, Silas Brown, has returned home from 20 or so months of backpacking through Asia and Europe. Snapper-turned-farmer Silas Brown, left, with permaculture farmer...
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Review / ‘The Theory of Everything’ (M) *****
OF eight nominations for best film at this year’s Academy Awards seen in Canberra to date, one resonated more than any of the others with me. Director James March’s lovely, compassionate, credible...
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