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DPP to appeal sentencing in animal cruelty case
RSPCA ACT informs us that a case involving horrific animal cruelty case involving a local Canberra woman will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Annette Banks was found guilty of three counts of animal...
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Judith Clingan’s last musical Hurrah – or is it?
VETERAN Canberra composer and creator, Judith Clingan, is midway through an exercise that characterises her lifelong work in the arts – she’s making music. Judith Clingan, ‘hands-on’. In a series of...
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Dull document comes to life in cabaret
SHORTIS & Simpson’s new cabaret “A Strong Constitution” delves into the history of that notoriously dull but important document with short ditties inspired by the sections of the Australian...
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Disqualified driver, in a stolen car, stealing petrol
ACT Policing yesterday (10 July) arrested a 27-year-old Gordon man wanted on a First Instant Warrant. The 27-year-old man was wanted on a First Instance Warrant for failing to appear before court in...
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Socials / At the opening of the Ainslie + Gorman Arts Centres, Braddon
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Socials / At the Sweet ChariTea fundraiser, Gold Creek
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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View ArticleJon Cumming to be our Chief Digital Officer
OVER the weekend Andrew Barr announced the appointment of Jon Cumming as the ACT’s first Chief Digital Officer (CDO), who will work to drive digital innovation in the capital and to further establish...
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Grattan / Abbott to ABC: put Q&A under news division and ministers will return
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra TONY Abbott on Friday told the ABC that ministers will appear again on Q&A if and when the program is brought under its news and current affairs umbrella....
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Bikie shootings / Police making progress and asking for help
ACT Policing has unveiled major developments in the investigation of a number of Canberra shootings, which are believed to be Outlaw Motorcycle Gang-related. The shootings occurred overnight between...
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Icon Water begs you not to flush wet wipes
ICON Water has launched its ‘wet wipe’ education campaign, asking the community to stop flushing wet wipes into the sewer network. The launch of the campaign comes as Canberra’s sewer systems continue...
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Snow nearby, but not in Canberra
DESPITE some excited reporting, snow on the ground in Canberra never seemed very likely over the weekend (the nearby mountains being a very different matter). However Matt has sent in some photos of...
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Bridge maintenance across Canberra
MICK Gentleman says maintenance works are underway on bridges across the ACT as part of the annual bridge maintenance program. “Joint repair works are being undertaken on 11 bridges across the ACT,”...
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Paul / Daring to be different
WHAT is it with our constant obsession about creating villains? You’d think, given all the chatter over the recent week, Canberra’s Nick Kyrgios was public enemy number one, rather than the most...
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RSPCA ACT setting new records for animal welfare in Canberra
RSPCA ACT informs us they have had another fantastic year for animal welfare, breaking multiple records across the board. For the second year in a row, RSPCA ACT had the highest number of kitten...
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Cornwell / What about the right to die?
Greg Cornwell… “Most of us elderly go with the flow in relation to these societal changes, accepting that there is nothing we can do to turn back the clock to a simpler time.” Photo by Andrew FinchI AM...
View ArticleKronlöf here for opening of the Scandinavian Film Festival
ORGANISERS of the 2nd Scandinavian Film Festival opening tonight are over the moon at news that Finnish-Swedish comedian Bianca Kronlöf, star of “Underdog”, will be attending the opening night of the...
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Letter / Shame of our underfunded urban forest
THE Minister, Simon Corbell, has announced that the Gungahlin-to-city light-rail corridor will get an extra 1000 trees as part of the Capital Metro Stage One. He said that despite 860 trees being...
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Arts / Dylan’s doomed last tour
WHEN Dylan Thomas wrote of “wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight”, he could almost have been describing himself as he was when, drunk and dying, he stormed the stages of the US in 1953. Bob...
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Movement on the Irma Palasics case
ACT Policing has thanked the public for information received following the airing of a 60 Minutes program last year into who killed Irma Palasics in 1999. ACT Policing received over 30 calls from...
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