Arts in the City / Glassmakers celebrate
Peter Nilsson’s lighting work “Anemony”… on sale for $15,000.CANBERRA Glassworks is celebrating its past and future with Magda Keaney’s new show, “New Glass 2015: Archaeology, Excavation and the...
View ArticleBBQ’d Subaru linked to Kambah Woolworths armed robbery
ACT Policing investigations into a Kambah aggravated robbery on 25 June has led police to believe the incident was linked to a motor vehicle stolen between 18 and 19 June. Around 9pm on Thursday 25...
View ArticleSpectacular organ by rising star Lee
WESLEY Organ Scholar Jonathan Lee will perform a program of works by three of the greatest organ composers of all time as part of the Wesley Music Centre Lunchtime Live series tomorrow, Wednesday July...
View ArticleAnother wind power auction by the end of the year
SIMON Corbell says the ACT Government will continue its support for the renewable energy industry by holding a second large-scale wind auction by the end of this year. Speaking at the Australian Clean...
View ArticleTips from UC for dealing with Canberra’s winter blues
WITH Canberra waking up to snow on the mountains at the weekend and more cool temperatures forecast, a University of Canberra psychologist warns now is the time seasonal mental health problems can...
View ArticleArts / It’s got groove, it’s got meaning
IT’S a mixture of classical and popular when it comes to the theatrical backgrounds of the latest Sandy and Danny in Stephen Pike’s new production of “Grease”. Rosanna Boyd, who plays Sandy, and Marcus...
View ArticleTickets for Brick Expo now on sale
TICKETS for Canberra’s annual Lego festival, the BrickExpo have gone on sale. Brick Expo is an exhibition of rare and unique Lego creations by interstate and local collectors and modellers. Hundreds of...
View ArticleZed wants to know if the CFMEU is respecting the Do Not Call register in its...
ZED Seselja has condemned what he says is a free trade scare campaign undertaken last night by the CFMEU in the ACT. “Last night we saw thousands of households across Canberra receive a pre-recorded...
View ArticleCanberra Confidential / Disconnecting you now…
IF one needed any evidence that the energetic, service-focused days of Canberra’s own telco TransACT are well and truly over, then look no further than the antics of its WA-based owner iiNet the past...
View ArticlePress Club and Hyatt Chefs to fly the Canberra flag
BUILDING on their success as 2014 national finalists, Georgia Harrison (National Press Club, sous chef) and Amanda Polsen (Hyatt Hotel Canberra) have out-cooked some of ACT’s best young chefs to take...
View ArticleDining / Tongue-tingling taste of Sichuan
THE Red Chilli Group has come to town and if bursts of spicy, tongue-tingling Sichuan is your thing you’ll be mighty pleased. I’ve been to the group’s restaurants in Sydney, which never disappoint....
View ArticleYour thoughts wanted on Canberra’s lakes and waterways
SIMON Corbell says Canberrans and residents of surrounding councils are being asked to complete an online survey on how they use their lakes and waterways and what they think of water quality. The ACT...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses to drunken Northbourne smash
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a two-vehicle collision involving a black Nissan Navara utility and a Red Nissan X-Trail on Northbourne Avenue in Watson yesterday (Tuesday, 14 July). About...
View ArticleGrattan / Labor conference is Shorten’s next test on climate policy
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The leak to the Daily Telegraph of an options paper on Labor’s carbon pricing policy has been a kick in the guts for Bill Shorten, who was portrayed in the...
View ArticleCanberra’s freakshakes that conquered the world
IN February “CityNews” featured Canberra’s Mother and Daughter “My Kitchen Rules” team Gina and Anna Petridis, who had not had a happy time on the show. Their new venture in Manuka however, “Pâtissez”,...
View Article$600,000 for the Mulligans Flat Bettong Bungalow
THE Chair of the Woodlands and Wetlands Trust, Alison Russell-French, has welcomed the announcement that the Australian Government will contribute $600,000 to help expand the Mulligans Flat Woodland...
View ArticleThe Queanbeyan Bus Interchange opens on Monday
THE new Queanbeyan bus interchange will be open this coming Monday. Queanbeyan Mayor Tim Overall has welcomed the new interchange, which has been built on the underused Collett Street car park in the...
View ArticleUni researchers stressed sedentary Canberrans for a study on Bikram Yoga
RESEARCHERS at the University of Western Sydney are looking for Canberra based volunteers to participate in a 16-week study, which will investigate the effects of Bikram yoga on adult health. Bikram...
View ArticleReview / ‘L’ at the Q
“L” was conceived as the second half of a two-part program to be presented in the Dunstan Playhouse this Saturday, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Australian Dance Theatre, which Dalman founded in...
View ArticleCanberra CBD Ltd lists its objections to the Capital Metro plan
CANBERRA CBD LTD have responded at length to the Capital Metro environmental impact statement. They are most concerned about the works depot for the project taking over the car park opposite the...
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