Uber promises they’re not operating in Canberra
WE were a little surprised to see ads on facebook promising the opportunity to earn $500 this weekend if we were to sign up as UberX drivers. The wildly popular ride-sharing service cum unlicenced...
View ArticleReview / Giselle at the Canberra Theatre
THE Australian Ballet had only been established 3 years when it was chosen to open the Canberra Theatre in 1965. Fifty years on, it has made a welcome return to the Canberra Theatre with Maina...
View ArticlePine Island rabbits to be gassed this month
ACT Parks and Conservation is advising that a rabbit control program will be undertaken from Monday May 25 to Tuesday June 30 at the Pine Island Reserve. Regional Manager, National Parks and...
View ArticlePolice say Canberra Mums Islamic State claims are false
ACT Policing has confirmed the recent reports of a Canberra teenager being contacted on Facebook by an IS recruiter are false. Earlier this week the AFP was informed about an approach to a child’s...
View ArticleSocials / At the Canberra Convention Bureau’s networking night, Canberra Rex
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View ArticleSocials / At The Dance cocktail party, Canberra Centre
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View ArticleSocials / At Lifeline’s ‘Night of Inspiration’, Australian War Memorial
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View ArticleLyn Mills’ social event of the week
CHILE is a sliver of most of the west coast of South America, a mighty long coastline in fact, with a proud naval history to go with a former need to defend and protect against neighbours and the...
View ArticleSocials / At the Raise a Smile Dinner, Southern Cross Club, Woden
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View ArticleGuns seized in Tuggeranong
ACT Policing arrested two men and seized two modified shotguns from a vehicle in Tuggeranong late last night. Around 11.30pm yesterday (May 23), General Duties members from Tuggeranong Patrol were...
View ArticleSocials / At the Tip You’re It store launch, Braddon
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View ArticleDo you know this alleged Gungahlin purse thief?
ACT Policing is investigating the theft of an elderly woman’s purse at the Raiders Club in Gungahlin on Monday (25 May). About 12pm, a man sat down next to an elderly woman playing at the poker...
View ArticleDining / Trying to pick winners ‘pub side’
WHEN Sub-Urban first opened around 2010, I was attracted to its striking art deco-inspired presence. It was one of Dickson’s newest dining establishments at the time and I loved the attention to detail...
View ArticleCanberra Confidential / Big days for clay
IT’S a “Rust Dragon” and it won Caitlin Dobbs the Canberra Potters’ Society’s 2014 Best Young Person award. The Potters are staging their student/teacher exhibition at the Watson Arts Centre, in...
View ArticleAshley Drive to be duplicated to Ellerston Avenue
MICK Gentleman says that Ashley Drive from Erindale Drive to Ellerston Avenue will be duplicated with $24.6 million to be invested in the next three years as part of the 2015-16 ACT Budget. “This...
View ArticleArtists go for the Angel’s share in Glenfiddich residency
WHISKY producer, William Grant & Sons, has just announced the launch of an art prize with a difference—the inaugural Glenfiddich Artists in Residence competition. One very happy Australian artist...
View ArticleCheap lunches. Little Saigon
LITTLE Saigon has only just opened on the corner of Ainslie Avenue and City Walk where the little French restaurant Ardeche lingered for many years. Checking out their menu in the window I was...
View ArticleRecognise this person of interest in relation to a Civic Assault?
AN image has been obtained from CCTV footage of a person of interest at Academy Nightclub on 17 May 2015. Anyone who is able to identify the man, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or...
View ArticleArts / Entertainment abounds from snow to the sea
Singer Mahalia Barnes.LAST year I attended the Perisher Peak Music Festival as fresh snow was beginning to fall. A world-music festival with folk origins, it began with the lengthy name “The Snowy...
View ArticleSouthern Cross Club facing external audit after Austrac assessment of their...
CANBERRA’S Southern Cross Club has been advised by Austrac that it is required to undergo an external audit of its anti-money laundering/counter terrorism financing compliance program. This is a...
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