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Leaders debate the GST: what you need to know
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra; Alan Duncan, Curtin University; John Daley, Grattan Institute; Patricia Apps, University of Sydney, and Roger Wilkins, University of Melbourne STATE premiers...
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Kids plant a big future for trees
Wanniassa Hills Primary School students, from left, Finn Pepar, 6, Neika Henson, 10, Eli Pepar, 11, environment teacher Deb Shaw, Tory Henson, 11, and Ethan Carter, 9. Photo by Andrew FinchSTUDENT...
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Arts / Alex goes dancing with Janet Jackson
ALEXANDRA Carson’s passion for dance knows no bounds as she will soon be dancing for Janet Jackson on her world tour this year. Dancer Alexandra Carson… “It was such a surreal moment, I dropped to my...
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Canberra Confidential / Charity made in China
CHARITY begins on the Great Wall of China, if Communities@Work’s peculiar fundraising offering is to be believed. “You can take steps to help the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in Canberra… steps...
View ArticleYour chance to see other people’s solar house triumphs
CANBERRA’S most energy efficient homes will open their doors to the public for the annual Australian Institute of Architects Solar House Day on Sunday 2 August and Sunday 9 August, to showcase some of...
View ArticlePublic housing renewal to kick off in Chisholm as Blackett Homes gets the nod
YVETTE Berry says that groundwork will soon start for the construction of 20 new public housing homes, the first stage of an initial $159 million construction program to rejuvenate Canberra’s public...
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Victory declared on Yamba Drive
MICK Gentleman has announced the completion of a series of road safety improvements on Yamba Drive in Mawson, O’Malley, Farrer and Isaacs. “Yamba Drive has been made safer with $315,000 of improvement...
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The ACT Heart Foundation wants to see vaping banned
THE Heart Foundation ACT says that the release of results from the ACT Government’s consultation process on electronic cigarettes shows there is a groundswell of support from major public health...
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Tara Costigan’s boys need their family to come together
Marcus Paul. IT was the horrific murder that shocked the Capital to it’s core. A young mother brutally murdered in her Canberra home in front of her own children. It is now up to our judicial system to...
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Fatal in Page
ACT Policing is investigating a fatal collision on Southern Cross Drive and Chewings Street, Page tonight (Wednesday 22 July). Around 7pm, Police operations were notified of the collision between a...
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Gas prompts Hawker Primary evacuation
ACT Fire & Rescue crews have evacuated students from Hawker Primary School in Hawker because of a gas leak. Firefighters are currently attempting to isolate the supply. Update to follow. 09:19 The...
View ArticleGungahlin’s Marketplace to expand, big changes to parking!
GUNGAHLIN’S Town Centre is set to lose the car park adjacent to Woolworths at The Marketplace as the complex expands. The $60m retail expansion is underway with major car park expansion works to...
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Grease still the word on drizzly day
IT wasn’t so much a matter of “Summer Nights”, as the song goes, as Drizzly Day when the cast of Grease turned up at The Q in Queanbeyan yesterday for a media call. The girls The chilled-out boys...
View ArticleTelopea parents to picket the Cats v. Giants game
THIS Saturday a group of parents and students will be handing out leaflets to the public attending the AFL Giants v Geelong match at the Manuka Oval asking them to send a message to ACT Chief Minister...
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Grattan / Shorten embraces the boat turnback policy he previously condemned
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra BILL Shorten has finally formally reversed his position on turning back boats, seeking to remove the one big difference between Labor and the government in...
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Alleged Kambah car thief collared in Calwell
ACT Policing apprehended a 19-year-old Kambah man after breaking into motor vehicles around 4.40am yesterday in Calwell (22 July 2015). Officers from Tuggeranong Patrol attended the location after a...
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Canberra trees and other arts this weekend
CANBERRA Tree Week is upon us and to celebrate, glass artists Harriet Schwarzrock, Sui Jackson and Emilie Patteson will talk about the influence of trees on their work. Sui Jackson Unless, 2014...
View ArticleDon’t panic, if the NT becomes a State the ACT will not be alone
THERE is a lot of ill-informed chatter going around about Statehood this afternoon. It has not been helped by the Prime Minister apparently thinking a new state would mean adding a seventh point to the...
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Police celebrating the latest crime statistics
ACT Policing’s latest quarterly crime statistics show a decline in crime reports in Canberra’s North and in reports of Assault, Sexual Assault, Offences Against A Person and Other Offences, which...
View ArticleMore apartments coming for Dickson
THE ACT Government is preparing to lodge an application for a Territory Plan Variation that, if approved, will allow residential development on the former Downer Club/Observatory and Salvation Army...
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