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A look inside the ‘Fyshwick 1′ Government cloud data centre
NewcastStudios have YouTubed video from the opening of a new Canberra Government Cloud facility which they say will inject $1 billion into the local economy. Ministers Malcolm Turnbull, Marise Payne...
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Property Council asks why dual occupancy is only OK for asbestos contaminated...
THE Property Council of Australia says the ‘Mr Fluffy’ buyback is an opportunity for the ACT Government to rethink its position on dual occupancy development. Critics of the buyback scheme have said...
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Video / Armed robbery in Hughes
POLICE are seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery which occurred in Hughes last Sunday night (Sunday, May 24). About 7.45pm, two males both carrying large knives entered the Hughes IGA, threatened...
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Budget money for bike paths
SHANE Rattenbury and Mick Gentleman have announced new initiatives in the Budget to improve cycle paths around Canberra. Investment in Canberra’s ‘active transport’ network will provide a record $23...
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Socials / At African Day celebrations, Botswana High Commission, Deakin
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Grattan / Gay marriage heading to cross-party bill
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra SOME pro-gay marriage Liberals might be railing against Bill Shorten’s pre-emptive private member’s bill but its effect has been to suddenly raise the prospect...
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The ACT Road Safety Fund roars into life
SHANE Rattenbury has announced a new ACT Road Safety Fund to deliver road safety initiatives in the ACT. “The Government wants to ensure it builds on the valuable contribution the Trust made in the...
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Dignitaries gather to turn the sod for the Department of Social Services...
CROMWELL Property Group turned the sod with a host of Canberra’s great and good yesterday for the construction of a new $130 million building at Tuggeranong Office Park. This project is scheduled for...
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Supabarn fined for deceptive juice labelling
CANBERRA’S Supabarn and The Real Juice Company have each paid penalties totalling $20,400, following infringement notices from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in relation to...
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A new plan to support entrepreneurs in Canberra
ANDREW Barr has launched a new plan launched to help Canberra build on its strengths to support entrepreneurs and generate more jobs in innovation, research and education. “The 2015-16 ACT Budget will...
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Emerging creators and arts this weekend
Image Kate Smith Sturt’s Journey (Detail) 2012 mixed media on paper Peter Kongmalavong, You Are What You Eat, 2014, Image, Gemma Sue, Conversations # 3 (detail), 2014, wool and screws, 120 x 90 x 21 cm...
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The Property Council says no to heritage listing Canberra
A National Heritage listing would not deliver the 21st century city that Canberra residents deserve according to the Property Council of Australia. “Canberra’s property industry supports Chief...
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City to the Lake funding in the budget
ANDREW Barr says Lake Burley Griffin’s West Basin will be transformed into a lively waterfront precinct featuring a new park, playground and pavilion. Funding for the first phase of the area’s renewal...
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Canberra woman wins $50 million playing Powerball
THE ABC reports that a local woman is now very wealthy having picked up $50 million in last night’s Powerball draw. The Gungahlin Centre newsagency which sold the winning ticket also had a million...
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Review / ‘Gemma Bovery’ (MA) ***
THE heroines of classic novels about women who play away from marriage meet their fates in many ways. Gustave Flaubert’s Emma Bovary and Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina both suicide. Novelist Posy Simmonds...
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Review / ‘Partisan’ (MA) ***
LEADING Australian film-maker Ariel Kleiman’s sere film about a boy raised by a father carrying serious emotional and political garbage, the only other person in the cinema and I wondered what it...
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Review / “San Andreas” (M) **
WHAT merit you might find in this not-too-distant futurist disaster movie rests in its depiction of the cataclysm that would follow the San Andreas Fault releasing its grip on California with, not...
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Embassy open days to return
ANDREW Barr has announced the revival of the Centenary’s “Windows to the World” program. “Windows to the World is a series of open days and tours at the city’s Embassies and High Commissions,” Andrew...
View ArticleThe Mr Fluffy demolition process explained
THE ACT Government has released two videos explaining the demolition process for Mr Fluffy homes which you might want to be across if you’ve got one in the neighbourhood. 1. Andrew Kefford, Head of the...
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ANU to be a smoke free campus from July 20
VICE-CHANCELLOR Ian Young has announced that there will be no more cigarettes smoked on campus (although there will still be some designated smoking zones). “To mark World No Tobacco Day on Sunday 31...
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