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Coe displeased by Fluffy dual-occupancies
ALISTAIR Coe says changes to the zoning of Mr Fluffy blocks which will allow dual occupancy dwelling son smaller parcels of land are unfair, opportunistic and create a two track planning system....
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Olive Branch extended as Costigan Family looks to reunite.
Marcus Paul. THE Costigan family are survivors. Courageous in the face of grief and tragedy, and are now looking to put the final pieces together to ensure a young mother’s legacy is upheld in a united...
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Review / ‘Self/Less’ (M) **
TO build a sci-fi thriller from this screenplay by Spanish-born brothers David and Alex Pastor, India-born California-educated director Tarsem Singh struggles manfully to keep a clear view of the main...
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Doszpot asks what is going on with the child in a cage scandal?
STEVE Doszpot says that months since a cage structure was discovered in a Canberra classroom, and weeks since Minister Joy Burch promised to release information, absolutely nothing has been...
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Latham house fire
ACT Fire & Rescue crews are on Mulvany street in Latham, after a house fire. No one was inside when the fire started but there is damage to the kitchen and family room. Fire crews will remain on...
View ArticleReview / ’13 Minutes’ (MA) *** and a half.
“DOWNFALL”, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2004 telling of the final days of the Fuhrer-bunker as Russian forces approached through the rubble of Berlin, manifests his passion for telling it as it was, in that...
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John Lomax arrested in relation to CFMEU allegations
FORMER Canberra Raiders star player and CFMEU member John Lomax has been arrested. On inquiry ACT Policing had this to say: This morning the Police Taskforce attached to the Trade Union Royal...
View ArticleReview / ‘Last Cab To Darwin’ (MA) ****
EUTHANASIA was legal in the NT from 1995 until 1997 when the Commonwealth banned it. Co-producer, writer and director Jeremy Sims’ film achieves significant verity in adapting Reg Cribb’s 2003 stage...
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week
ASK Paul West, from River Cottage Australia, what a truffle smells like and he’ll answer: “A truffle”. It is alone on his scratch-and-sniff scale, where delving into the science of taste and smell...
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Socials / At Eastlake Football Club’s 2015 Business Luncheon, Griffith
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At Business After Business, Servcorp, Acton
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Review / Raffish repertoire from young orchestra
Conductor Shilong Ye with soloist Adam Cooper-StanburyLAST night’s performance by the Canberra Youth Orchestra was both an affirmation of its place at the top of youthful instrumental-playing in the...
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Zappa back at Ilium for Classics Museum
CLASSICAL actor, playwright and director, William Zappa, will be the guest of the ANU Classical Society this Wednesday July 29 with the second instalment of his popular end who introduced a large...
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Fullarton to make the organ dance
ORGANIST, pianist, choral conductor, composer and music educator Hugh Fullarton studied pipe organ with John O’Donnell at the University of Melbourne, winning prizes including the Herbert Davis Award...
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Bacharach, 87 and still swinging, coming to Canberra
HOTTEST musical news for patrons of a certain age is that Burt Bacharach is coming to the Royal Theatre on October 30. Burt BacharachIn case you’ve never heard of the now 87-year-old, award-winning...
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ACT Libraries campaigning for copyright reform
LIBRARIES ACT has joined a campaign calling for unpublished documents like handwritten recipes, letters and photographs to have the same copyright law as published documents, so the knowledge can be...
View ArticleCanberra unloved in Gourmet Traveller’s restaurant of the year awards
GOURMET Traveller have announced their Restaurant of the Year finalists and there is but one Canberra entry, The Farmhouse Restaurant at Pialligo Estate is up for Wine List of the Year. BEST NEW TALENT...
View ArticleFeral pig menaces Queanbeyan
QUEANBEYAN Council is warning people using Mt Jerrabomberra for recreational purposes, and houses close to the area, be aware of feral pigs in the area. Queanbeyan City Council has been made aware of...
View ArticleCareersXpo this week, free at EPIC
THIS week over 8,000 years 9 to 12 students from ACT and region schools will be presented with windows of opportunity into valuable career guidance and advice from over 130 local, national and...
View ArticleDainere’s Rainbow Brain Tumour Research Fund looking for your help
ZED Seselja has launched a campaign sponsored by local bus company Qcity Transit in Queanbeyan. The Dainere’s Rainbow Brain Tumour Research Fund is intended to assist in creating vital awareness of...
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