Review / Jazz feast full of revelations
CONSIDERED one of the world’s premier tenor saxophone players, Grammy Award-winning American, Joe Lovano was teamed with three of Australia’s finest modern jazz exponents in Paul Grabowsky on piano,...
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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A toolkit for setting up your own community solar project
CANBERRA’S SEE-Change and Solarshare have launched a community solar energy toolkit to assist local residents reap financial rewards through developing and owning a community renewable energy project....
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Letters / Harassed by rate rises
MY sincere apologies if this sounds rude, but I speak on behalf of the entire ACT community who is devastated and shocked by the continuous increases in rates well above the CPI. Rates must decrease...
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Macklin / Jeremy says ‘I do’, Zed’s still ‘I don’t’
SOCIAL policy took centre stage this week with marriage equality in the spotlight throughout. Robert Macklin.First it was Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s attempt to pull on a vote in the House of...
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Grattan / Brandis and Dutton play some dirty pool in their fight with Gillian...
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra LAST Friday, Attorney-General George Brandis and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton issued an extraordinary statement declaring that the president of the Human...
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Gardening / Gold medals for the Gallipoli rose
AMONG the roses on sale this winter is the new Gallipoli Centenary Rose, bred to commemorate the Anzac Gallipoli Centenary. This gold-medal winner is a strong-growing, deep-red rose with an amazingly...
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Arts in the City / High drama from a cello
Cellist Steven Isserlis. Photo by Keith SaundersSUPERSTAR Steven Isserlis, who turns cello playing into high drama, will be in town for Musica Viva, with Canadian pianist Connie Shih. Llewellyn Hall,...
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Canberra’s Roji Salon takes out top hairdressing awards
WORD reaches us that New Acton’s Roji Hair Salon has taken out the Best Salon Design award at the 2015 Hair Expo Awards. Celebrating a milestone 30 years, the Schwarzkopf Professional Hair Expo Awards...
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Police again disappointed by Canberra’s drivers
ACT Policing is pleased that Canberra’s roads remained fatality free across the Queen’s Birthday long weekend (6-8 June 2015), despite some reckless driver behaviour. “While there were no fatal...
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Video / Small masseuse beating up armed robber in the Canberra Centre
ACT Policing is investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred at the Royal Hands Chinese Massage store in the Canberra Centre on Sunday 7 June. At about 5.15pm a man entered the shop and accessed...
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Alternatives to the Emergency Department as presentations surge
THE Clinical Director of Canberra Hospital’s Emergency Department, Dr Michael Hall, is urging Canberrans to save the Emergency Department (ED) for genuine medical emergencies, following a succession...
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Bad news for the Jensens’ divorce plans
WHILE Canberra couple Nick and Sarah Jensen have made international headlines over their plan to get divorced if they have to share the institution with same sex couples, legal opinion is sadly lining...
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Voices back in ‘Stradivarius of an amphitheatre’
THE WEATHER was very much on people’s minds at midday when, on a glorious Canberra day yesterday, the “Voices in the Forest” team announced its program for November 21. Cheryl Barker yesterday, photo...
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Winning photo portrait shows ‘bold character’
THE most popular People’s Choice award ever in the National Photographic Portrait Prize’s goes to Natalie Grono from Byron Bay, it has just been announced. “Feather and the Goddess Pool” 2014 From...
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Review / “The Emperor’s New Clothes” (M) ***
IN Michael Winterbottom’s documentary, comedian Russell Brand rants against the financial inequality that he alleges has given more wealth to 80 billionaires than the wealth shared by the rest of the...
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Review / ‘The Mafia Only Kills in Summer’ (M) *** and a half
PIERFRANCESCO Diliberto’s professional name is “Pif”, a boon to reviewers because in this warm story of love amid political turmoil in 1980s Sicily, Pif has credits for directing, writing and playing...
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Review / ‘Hot Pursuit’ (M) ** and a half
BACK in the day, visiting the cinema typically went like this: All stand for the National Anthem (God save the monarch). Cartoon. At Saturday matinees, a 15-minute episode of a serial. Featurette (a...
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YMCA to run the Civic Pool
SHANE Rattenbury says the YMCA has been appointed as the interim operator at the Canberra Olympic Pool in Civic. “This is a great outcome for the community. The YMCA’s appointment ensures a continuity...
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ActewAGL rumbles Kaleen grow house
ACT Policing has commenced an investigation into a ‘grow house’ which was located in Kaleen yesterday (Wednesday, 10 June). Around 7pm last night, police were notified of the house after ActewAGL...
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