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A big expansion of dialysis services in Canberra
SIMON Corbell says access to renal dialysis in the ACT is being increased by more than 50% and will include the first publicly provided nocturnal dialysis in Australia. Simon visited the newly opened...
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Playing politics with some very kooky cats
A CAT café with a distinctly Canberran vibe is in the pipeline for the capital, with all resident cats named after politicians and a mini Telstra Tower and Carillon for them to play on. Sisters...
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Welsh / There’s no easy way to say this…
IF you have ever been fired or terminated or punted or dismissed, it’s likely the initial shock momentarily muted the words used to convey the message that your services were “no longer required” or...
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Canberra Confidential / A Face for forgotten children
NATALIE Hargreaves, of Dunlop, is a national finalist for the ACT in The Face of Confidence Australia 2015 pageant. Face of Confidence aspirant Natalie Hargreaves… wants to make a difference in...
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Moore / Open and closed hypocrisy
OPEN government and free speech are the hallmarks of “electionspeak” and the decision to open the books on the Mr Fluffy houses and the Abbott government’s attacks on the ABC illustrate, in the same...
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Arts / Turning old into new dance
Kaine Sultan Babij and Nicola Sabatino in “Lore”. Story Page 23. Photo by Edward MulvihillEACH year, Bangarra Dance Theatre brings entirely new works to Canberra. This year it’s “Lore”, which comes...
View ArticleVideo / Behold the construction of the Garema Place Ice Rink
IT took just four days to build the outdoor ice rink in Garema Place. Canberra CBD Ltd have YouTubed a timelapse video so we can all see what’s involved. It took a team of men and just over 4 days to...
View ArticleCelebrating 100 years of power in Canberra
ACTEWAGL is preparing to celebrate its 100 birthday tomorrow, marking 100 years from when, on 2 July 1915, the Kingston Power Station was first switched on to provide electricity to Canberra. “It is a...
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Dining / A little bit of Nepal in Manuka
MOUNT Everest, on the border of Tibet and Nepal, is also known as Chomolungma, Goddess Mother of the World. And Chomolungma is the name of a new restaurant in Manuka that celebrates Nepali cuisine....
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A new scientific committee for the ACT
SIMON Corbell has today announced the appointment of seven expert scientists to form the ACT’s new Scientific Committee for the next three years. “This group of experts will be responsible for...
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Grattan / Abbott caught in no-win situation on same-sex marriage
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra TONY Abbott’s office took quite a while to respond to Sky News’ Wednesday report that a group of backbenchers from across the parliament planned to bring...
View ArticleDon’t panic. The Air Force is putting on a big show tomorrow morning over...
CHIEF of Air Force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, AO, will officially hand over command of the Royal Australian Air Force to Air Marshal Leo Davies, AO CSC at a Change of Command Ceremony, including...
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Barr trumpets spending on major events
ANDREW Barr says a packed calendar of summer events has contributed to a 3.2 per cent increase in domestic overnight visitors coming to Canberra for the year ending March 2015. “The visitors stayed...
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Fewer Canberrans caught on their mobile phones in June
ACT Policing caught 83 drivers with their eyes off the road during a month of Driver Distraction targeting in June. The vast majority of drivers were distracted by mobile phones, with 48 Traffic...
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week
THERE are absolutes for the US Independence Day celebrations at the ambassador’s residence in Canberra: it will be cold and most unlikely to be actually be held on July 4, and all will be decked out...
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Impro and other arts this weekend
‘IMPROVENTION’ is Australia’s international festival of unscripted theatre and comedy. A moment of improvention THEATRE professionals from 10 countries are thrown together and asked to create 35 shows...
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Socials / At the opening of ‘Ink Remix’, Canberra Museum and Gallery
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Locals kickstarting the ‘Barnacle’ action cam
CANBERRA local Todd Richards has a kickstarter campaign running to bring the rather cool Barnacle action camera to market. It’s the first really low profile action camera contender and something you...
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Winter is here. Bureau forecasts deep freeze for Canberra
The forecast for Canberra is not pretty over the next week. A brass monkey emasculating -6 is forecast overnight followed up by a whole string of deep sub-zeros for the foreseeable future. If you see...
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Grattan on Friday / Abbott will look tricky if he tries to abort the same-sex...
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE prime minister is suddenly looking like a throwback to Tony Abbott, health minister, when he was fighting trenchantly against losing ministerial power over...
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