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Tempo Theatre: “anyone for tennis?”
CANBERRA’S Tempo Theatre is about to embark on a production of the urban comedy, “Daylight Saving,” by the late Nick Enright, but there’s a problem — they need a 21-year-old actor who can play tennis....
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Adam helps ‘Stella’ shine again
FORMER Canberra theatre director, Adam Spreadbury-Maher, is nowadays one of the busiest directors in London and, as most “Citynews” readers know, has already garnered a swag of , not least an...
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Gardening: Howard’s way with tomatoes
Howard Hollingsworth’s basket of just a few of the tomato varieties he grows.TOMATOES are the most popular grown vegetable or fruit, whichever you prefer, around the world. The range of varieties is...
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All Stars come home for comedy festival
Comedians Tim Ferguson, left, and Paul McDermott… “Canberra’s only the size of a large country town, which means you can be bad at what you do in Canberra without any real consequence,” says Ferguson....
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Emily’s the new Face of Canberra Racing
WEARING a black and white Anthea Crawford dress and tangerine custom-made hat, 20-year-old Emily Dibden was crowned the Myer Face of Canberra Racing for 2014. The statuesque dance teacher and...
View ArticleDigital edition February 27
IT’S estimated the number of different species of insect living in Australia is up around 200,000 and scientists have name for only about 25 to 30 per cent. Reporter STEPHEN EASTON visits the CSIRO’s...
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Cartoon: This week’s dose of dorin
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Belinda Riding revealed as ‘Face of Fashfest’
Back on the runway… this year’s “Face of Fashfest”, Belinda Riding. Photo by Leighton Hutchinson; hair, Form Haircutters; make-up, M:Artistry; fashion: Karen Lee.FORMER international model, Canberra’s...
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Burglar takes WWII medals
EIGHT medals from World War Two were stolen from an elderly war veteran’s home in Kambah yesterday afternoon. The 92-year-old veteran was not home at the time of the burglary, which occured between...
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Thousands rally for Gift of Life Walk
DESPITE unfavourable weather conditions, local and federal politicians including Federal Health Minister, Peter Dutton, Assistant Health Minister, Fiona Nash, the Opposition’s Mark Dreyfus and ACT...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses to fatal crash
A CYCLIST involved in a road accident in Reid on February 11 died early this morning, and police accident investigators are calling for any witnesses to come forward. Victor Carnavole, 47, was hit by a...
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RAW Comedy: how funny can you be?
AS April Fools’ season draws near, it’s time for Australia’s largest open-mic competition, RAW Comedy, with heats running all around the country. Emcee Nick CodyThe second and final Canberra heat is...
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Nowra man in court over Manuka gun threat
A Nowra man who is accused of threatening another man with a gun through the window of a Manuka restaurant in 2010 was extradited to Canberra yesterday. Police allege that at about 8.10pm on Tuesday,...
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Kate Carnell resigns from beyondblue
FORMER ACT Chief Minister Kate Carnell has handed in her resignation as CEO of beyondblue, effective in May, to take up another leadership role as chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce...
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Solar power to the people
THE ACT Government has guaranteed a price of 20 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity generated by community-owned solar power projects, like SolarShare, a cooperative which has already...
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War veteran’s stolen medals returned
EIGHT World War Two medals stolen from the home of a 92-year-old veteran on Tuesday afternoon have been found and returned to their owner. The eight medals that were stolen include the National Medal,...
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Review: ‘The Wind Rises’ (PG) ****
HAYAO Miyazaki’s animated films generally combine innocence, romance, fantasy, tension and palpable affection for his audience. Australia has seen “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “Arrietti” (both of which...
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Review: “3 Days To Kill” (M) *** and a half
THAT many stars for an action fantasy? Why? After the opening production house logos, two words supplied me with the antidote to the media puffery preceding the film’s release. Producer and co-writer...
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Historic nursery out of the retail game
THE ACT Government has sold Yarralumla Garden Centre to its next-door neighbour. Charles Weston at the Yarralumla Nursery, which he established a century ago.The Garden Centre has been the retail arm...
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Review: ‘Non-stop’ (M) **
JAUME Collet-Saura’s film tries hard to get its technical bits correct in telling this rather fanciful thriller-action-airline message movie. Message? Well, it doesn’t emerge until few opportunities...
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