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Pool closed for ‘leak’ investigation
CANBERRA Olympic Pool in Civic will be closed next Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 February, to allow aquatic specialists to further investigate the source of a water leak at the facility. According to...
View ArticleVic bushfire smoke covers ACT
The ACT Emergency Services Agency has warned Canberrans of a thick smoke haze over the city this morning due to bushfires in Victoria. ACT Health advises that people with asthma, other chronic...
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Over 250,000 attend Multicultural Festival
MORE than 250,000 people braved the heat to attend this year’s Multicultural Festival, according to organisers. Minister for Arts Joy Burch said this year’s festival had been a “success.” “Every year,...
View ArticleCanberra start-up company sells for $76m
A CANBERRA-BASED imaging and analysis start-up company has been sold for $76 million. Lithicon, previously known as Digitalcore, was set up by The Australian National University and University of NSW...
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Green light for bigger granny flats
CANBERRA’S granny flats and other secondary residences can now be 90 square metres, up from 75 square metres, after a recent change to the Territory Plan. Simon CorbellMinister for the Environment and...
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Rise in drug driving for ACT
THE number of ACT drivers caught under the influence of drugs has risen, according to ACT Police. During a drink and drug driving blitz between November and January, police conducted 42,231 roadside...
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Calling exhibiting artists
BELCONNEN Arts Centre is calling for applications to use the Centre’s Gallery, Outdoor Gallery, Foyer and Arts Lounge for exhibitions in 2015. BAC main galleryYou might think that it’s a long way...
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Win tickets to Questacon’s ‘Feel the Beat’
(14.5) Win tickets to 'Feel the Beat at Questacon' What's to be won?‘CITYNEWS’ has three double passes to “Feel the Beat at Questacon” to be won. "Feel the Beat" is a 40-minute African drumming...
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Canberra Confidential: Watch your step in Civic
THE pack-up after an event the size of the Multicultural Festival is a gigantic job and it’s accomplished with impressive speed, but CC wonders who is keeping an eye on public safety as the white tents...
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Shock departure: Sullivan leaves ACTEW
MARK Sullivan has stepped down as managing director of ACTEW under a “mutual agreement” with the water utility’s board. Mark Sullivan… no longer ACTEW’s managing director.The acting chairman of the...
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Burch must resign over ‘Nazi’ striptease: Libs
Arts Minister Joy BurchACT OPPOSITION Leader Jeremy Hanson has called for Arts Minister Joy Burch to resign after endorsing a “Nazi Striptease” performance at the Multicultural Festival. The free...
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ACT records smallest property increase
CANBERRA house prices had the smallest increase in the country at the end of last year, according to new data. Australian Bureau of Statistics data issued today showed that Canberra house prices...
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Hair and, well, gone
WHAT do celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz have in common? Female pubic hair. Ms Diaz says she favours the natural look and recently suggested that trying to get rid of one’s pubic hair...
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Time to lighten up the booze debate
ALCOHOL is Australia’s drug of choice. Nothing new in that. We are probably unique in world history to have actually used booze as our colonial currency in the days of the Rum Corps. But since that...
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Literary greats honoured in public art
QUEANBEYAN City’s public art makeover is continuing with Sydney artist Adam Long turning a power box outside the Library into a colourful celebration of the region’s writers. Artist Adam Long with the...
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Hot, dry summer for ACT – and more to come
CANBERRA has recorded one of its hottest, driest summers on record, getting just one-fifth of its average summer rainfall over December, January and February. Today the ACT has recorded its 20th summer...
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Evatt siege ended by Taser
A police sergeant tasered a 42-year-old man early this morning after he emerged carrying a knife from a house in Evatt, where he was holed up for over an hour. Police from the Belconnen and Gungahlin...
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Canberra Confidential: Elton’s back
ELTON John is back in Canberra for the weekend late next month when Dendy screens “The Million Dollar Piano”, a live show filmed at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, where Sir Elt and his band are currently...
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Teen girl escapes indecent act
A 14-year-old girl escaped from an encounter with a half-naked man in Gungahlin last night, who was “performing an indecent act” while naked from the waist down. Police are appealing for witnesses to...
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Birds of Tokyo come to Canberra
BIRDS of Tokyo will be in Canberra tomorrow at UC Refectory, Zierholz. Birds of Tokyo, KennyAppearing as the opening performance in the 2013 ARIA Awards in December, the alternative rock band from...
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