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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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A wild ride in a stolen Mazda RX8
ACT Policing has arrested a 28-year-old man from Queanbeyan after he stole a car and breached bail conditions on Sunday morning (8 February). About 9.20am, the owner of a silver Mazda RX8 started the...
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A slew of appointments to ACAT
LAST week Simon Corbell announced the appointment of 59 non-presidential members to sit on the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal. The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear...
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Abbott left deeply wounded by narrow victory
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra TONY Abbott has held at bay a move to depose him. The Liberal party room voted against a spill motion by 61 to 39 – but the narrow margin leaves the prime...
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Property and Business Councils agree they’d like a new convention centre
A new report by EY, commissioned by the Canberra Business Chamber and the Canberra Convention Bureau, has lead business bodies to welcome that the consultancy confirms there will be economic benefits...
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Macklin / Reality dawns on Labor’s failing leader
IT might have been a messy week for the Coalition, but it was a real political nightmare for the Labor Party. Robert Macklin.As the Liberals turned back to PM Tony Abbott, it suddenly dawned on Labor...
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Barr distributes whizzy concept drawings of the Australia Forum
ANDREW Barr has announced the selection of architects to create a reference design for a new and expanded Canberra Convention Centre. “Local firm Guida Moseley Brown (GMB) and Rome-based architect...
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Open Garden / Boulders and bush, but nicer
Diana Bennett’s garden in Cawell.AN excellent Australian native garden in Calwell has been designed as a continuation of Tuggeranong Hill bushland. Interesting form and foliage is a hallmark of the...
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Abbott’s attempt to regroup means new policy uncertainty
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra TONY Abbott is precariously perched on icy slopes – deeply unpopular both in the community and with his backbench. More slips and/or continued disastrous...
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Arts in the City / Jon never gives up
Singer Jon English and his ensemble… here at The Q.ROCK veteran Jon English never gives up. Last year he played King Arthur in “Spamalot” at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. Now English and an...
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A government advocate for local business
ANDREW Barr has announced a new position of Local Industry Advocate to give local businesses a fair go in government procurement. “The Advocate’s first job will be to work with local industry to...
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Indie duo in town with new album
ALT-folk duo The April Maze will be launching their new album, “Sleeping Storm,” at Smiths Alternative this Wednesday, February 11. Sivan and Todd The husband and wife duo, Todd and Sivan, who joined...
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A new council to handle judicial complaints
SIMON Corbell says complaints against the ACT’s judges and magistrates that don’t merit removal from office will now be handled by a Judicial Council with the passing of the Judicial Complaints Bill...
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THIS week in Canberra: “City Walk is a place of empty shopfronts and faded ‘for lease’ signs. No one would choose to spend more time there than absolutely necessary,” writes CATHERINE CARTER. And MARK...
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Last call for submissions on medical marijuana
SHANE Rattenbury says submissions close this Friday (13 February) for the ACT Legislative Assembly inquiry into the use of cannabis for medical purposes. Shane introduced draft legislation into the...
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Bullet trainers rebrand as the “Like Canberra Party”
THE “Bullet Train for Canberra” party has announced they’re going to run as the “Like Canberra Party” at the 2016 ACT Election. They claim to be “an ACT only party that stands for a broad range of...
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After Monday’s leadership binge came Tuesday’s hangover
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra AT Tuesday’s Coalition parties meeting, Julie Bishop declared, apparently rather theatrically: “That’s it! Leadership spills are so yesterday!” “People move...
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Peggy Brown moving on from ACT Health.
ACT Health director-general Dr Peggy Brown… “I think a lot of staff like having a doctor as director-general.” Photo by Silas Brown SIMON Corbell has thanked the outgoing Director General of ACT...
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Moore / Hard fight for a fair go from the Liberals
AUSSIES believe in a “fair go”. The trouble for the Liberal Party federally, and in Queensland, is they did not get this simple message. The federal government started with a tax break for mining...
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Canberra Confidential / ‘Saucy’ Trumble painting raises eyebrows
“Angus Trumble (after Francois Boucher’s ‘Blonde Odalisque’)”, 2011 by Jonathan Weinberg as it appears on Radio National’s website.LIVEWIRE director of the National Portrait Gallery, Angus Trumble,...
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