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Nearly 1000 cannabis plants seized since mid-June
ACT Policing Criminal Investigation officers working as part of Operation Armscote have seized 912 cannabis plants, with an estimated street value of over $6 million dollars. Operation Armscote...
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Dirty water for Kaleen and Bruce
ICON Water crews will be conducting water main renewal works on Maribyrnong Avenueon Friday, 10 July 2015, which may lead to some temporary water discolouration in Kaleen and Bruce. A change in...
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True verismo in Gore’s ‘Traviata’
THIS powerfully realistic production directed by Elijah Moshinsky has been in Opera Australia’s repertoire since 1994, and it remains one of the company’s most popular. Lorina Gore as Violetta and Rame...
View ArticleInternational cricket locked in for Manuka Oval
ANDREW Barr says the ACT Government has entered into an agreement with Cricket Australia to host one day international cricket at Manuka Oval for the next four years. The first international one-day...
View ArticleTruck fire on the Federal Highway
A truck driver has escaped injury after his semi-trailer caught fire on the Federal Highway this morning. Just after 8am (Thursday 9 July 2015), emergency services were called to a semi-trailer truck...
View ArticleNew signs for Canberra’s parks
NEW information and identification signs have been installed in a number of urban parks across Canberra as part of an ACT Government program to upgrade local open spaces. “Signs have now been installed...
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Illegal parking blues in Braddon
Geoff from Braddon has sent in these fascinating photos as well as his tale of parking woe along Braddon’s Lowanna Street. Attached photos from today on significant illegal parking in Lowanna St (West...
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Canberra region well represented in the 2015 Archibald Prize
CANBERRA connections are to the fore in the shortlist for the 2015 Archibald Prize, announced late this morning by the Art Gallery of NSW. The line-up of local subjects in the shortlist includes Peter...
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Severe frosts, and snow on the mountains, to combine with miserly maximum temps
WEATHERZONE have news of a powerful cold front due to hit south-eastern Australia over the weekend. The most powerful front in a few years will arrive this weekend, bringing strong cold winds,...
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Algae menace in Lake Ginninderra
THE Environment Protection Authority has issued an alert for Tychonema algae in Lake Ginninderra. As exposure to this level of Tychonema algae carries an increased health risk, the lake is closed to...
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Belco marks NAIDOC week through hip-hop radio
IN honour of NAIDOC week, Belconnen Arts Centre has today announced “taLKbLaK RADIO on Friday”. PART of a larger vision, “Detour: North West Uncut”, this project aims at working with Indigenous and...
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Ceramic market and other arts this weekend
Ceramicit Hiroe Swen – at The Q THE BIGGER-THAN-BEN HUR Australian Ceramics Triennial finishes this weekend with the Ceramics Triennial Market Place, at the Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia,...
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Teenage girl run down on Hindmarsh drive
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a collision between a car and a pedestrian on Hindmarsh Drive, Phillip, this afternoon (9 July). About 1.15pm, a 14-year-old teenage girl was crossing the west...
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Review / ‘Women He’s Undressed’ (PG) *** and a half
Gillian Armstrong’s bio-pic about Orry-Kelly is a cornucopia of reminiscences of the man who, until Catherine Martin pipped him by one, got more Oscars than any other Australian to date. Who’s...
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Review / ‘Madame Bovary’ (M) *** and a half
IN my late teens I tried to comprehend Gustave Flaubert’s novel of a woman laid low by marital disappointment. Flaubert died before receiving royalties from the 37 movies it has generated. Sophie...
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Review / “Magic Mike XXL” (MA) ???
AS the only male in a small audience for Gregory Jacobs’ sequel to a 2012 film about male strippers, I kept wondering why and for what target audience? One woman said she was surprised to see me among...
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Jasmin flying high for $20,000 ballet award
A CANBERRA dancer has been shortlisted for the $20,000 Telstra Australian Ballet Dancer of the Year award, the company’s most sought-after award. Jasmin Durham, photo courtesy of Telstra and the...
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Ainslie Arts Centre lights up for party tonight
TONIGHT’S the night — Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres are throwing an opening party to unveil refurbishments from 6pm. Ainslie Arts Centre (the music hub housed in the old Ainslie Public School just...
View ArticleReview / Joyous, sensual and beautiful — Bangarra
JOYOUS, sensual and beautiful is the best way to describe “I.B.I.S”, the opening act of Bangarra’s production, “Lore”. The Torres Strait, its stories, music and in particular, a local chain store –...
View ArticleTony Abbott holds up Capital Metro as a great example to other states
SPEAKING on the Gold Coast Prime Minister Tony Abbott has used the ACT Government’s Capital Metro as an example of how things should be done. So, we are not in the business of funding urban public...
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