Glenn Keys to chair the Canberra Business Chamber
ACT Australian of the Year, entrepreneur and philanthropist Glenn Keys has been elected Chair of Canberra Business Chamber. The election of Mr. Keys followed the stepping down of Mr. Tony Henshaw, who...
View ArticleThe Canberra Harvest Festival is on March 28
THE Canberra Environment Centre is putting on their annual Harvest Festival on March 28. “The bounty of local produce in our region is a cause for exaltation and The Canberra Harvest Festival is the...
View ArticleComputer blaze at the Canberra Museum
FIREFIGHTERS are currently on scene at The Canberra Museum and Gallery, London Circuit, city investigating a fire in a computer. Fire was extinguished by the occupants in the three storey building....
View ArticleMick introduces Canberra to the “City and Northbourne Urban Design Framework”...
MICK Gentleman says that in order to respond to community comments and build upon the work that is being undertaken by the Capital Metro Agency (CMA) and the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic...
View ArticleNational Institutions get new board members
COMMONWEALTH Arts Minister George Brandis has announced the appointment of three new members to the governing bodies of the National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia and National...
View ArticleCalifornia Dreaming and other arts this weekend
“CALIFORNIA Dreaming – The Music of the Mamas and the Papas” is a national concert tour staged by Margaret Fisk and her Air Force husband to raise money and awareness of the work that ‘Soldier On’ does...
View ArticlePeter Slipper not guilty
JUSTICE Burns has judged that former Speaker of the House of Representative Peter Slipper is not guilty of rorting cabcharge vouchers to visit Canberra Region wineries. I accept that the evidence...
View ArticleTony Abbott gives his bike to the Museum of Australian Democracy
TONY Abbott’s famous bicycle will become a part of Australian history, thanks to a donation by the Prime Minister to the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. “It is lovely to be...
View ArticleCheap lunches. The CIT Cafe
A friend tipped me off to cheap lunches at the CIT Cafe and I have to admit it’s a bit of a hidden gem. Every Wednesday the hospitality students at CIT practice what they’re learning (it should be...
View ArticleFrozen berry hepatitis case confirmed in the ACT
AUSTRALIA’S Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Baggoley has updated the latest epidemiology on the frozen berry Hepatitis A outbreak and confirmed a victim here in the ACT. Updated epidemiology as...
View ArticleWitnesses wanted to Reid assault
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to the assault and robbery of a 21-year-old woman in Reid in the early hours of Sunday morning (February 22). The woman had been walking on Corranderrk St, Reid...
View ArticleReview / ‘A Most Violent Year’ (MA) ***and a half
IN 1981, Hispanic businessman Abel (Oscar Isaac) signs a contract to pay $1.8 million for a business that will lift him into the select tribe of New York businessmen selling heating oil to a...
View ArticleOn Fadden Pond with Nicole Lawder
THE Liberals’ Nicole Lawder has organised a team to clean up the Fadden Pond precinct in Fadden on Clean Up Australia Day this Sunday. “Rubbish in and around Fadden Pond is an ongoing concern and...
View ArticleSocials / At UNAA Young Professionals International Women’s Day, Forrest
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View ArticleSocials / At Circa’s ‘Beyond’ opening night, Canberra Theatre
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View ArticleJoy Burch cuts red tape on poker machines
JOY Burch says the ACT Gambling and Racing Commission is recommending the introduction of Ticket-In Ticket-Out gaming. Ticket-In Ticket-Out enables gaming credits to be transferred from one machine to...
View ArticleSocials / Business After Business Networking, Kurrajong Hotel, Barton
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View ArticleCartoon / Dose of Dorin
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View ArticleFluffy buyback hits the halfway mark
ACTING Chief Minister Simon Corbell says more than half of all ‘Mr Fluffy’ homeowners have accepted the offer made by the ACT Government for their houses to be purchased through the Buyback Program....
View ArticleSafe Shelter is looking for volunteers to help the homeless
SAFE Shelter, which provides overnight shelter for homeless men during winter, is looking for volunteers to undergo training and to staf the shelters this coming winter. Volunteers must be at least 18...
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