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New art prize for Tuggeranong
CANBERRA curator and critic, Peter Haynes, will judge Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s 12th annual Capital Chemist Art Award next month, which introduces a second art prize and a move away from a panel of...
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‘It never stops, does it?’ Reckless Valour on stage again
CANBERRA contemporary youth dance ensemble Quantum Leap, QL2, is about to stage a reinterpretation of a production first performed in 2005 and remounted for the Adelaide Arts Festival in 2007. The...
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Dirty water in Macquarie
ICON Water crews will be conducting works in Macquarie on Wednesday, 29 July 2015, which may lead to some temporary water discolouration in the area. The works are required to accommodate road upgrade...
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New artworks find home in legal world
IN its laudable and relentless search to find presentation spaces where contemporary artists can “develop daring new work that will energise their practices”, Canberra Contemporary Art Space has joined...
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2015 AHA ACT Hospitality Awards, National Convention Centre
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Gardening / Strawberry fields forever
Strawberries… popular and so easy to grow.OF all the many varieties of berries, strawberries are the most popular and they are s-o-o-o easy to grow. Right now is planting time and my advice is always...
View ArticleCanberra’s Hannah Wandel in the running for the Women of the Future competition
HANNAH Wandel has been announced a semi-finalist in the prestigious Australian Women’s Weekly Qantas Women of the Future competition, for her work with youth non-profit organisation Country to...
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Parton / In praise of tiny towns
Bundanoon railway station. Photo by Mark PartonIN my 16 years in Canberra I would have driven to Sydney on at least 50 occasions. I know every bend on the highway. I know exactly where the petrol...
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Grattan / Abbott's $60 billion cost for Labor's renewables goal came from...
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra TONY Abbott encountered some heavy weather on Monday as he sought to discredit Labor’s goal of having 50% of Australian’s electricity from renewables by 2030,...
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A master plan on the way for Kippax and West Belconnen
MICK Gentleman says a master plan is being prepared for the Kippax Centre to help the centre cater for expected growth with the development of new suburbs in West Belconnen. “A draft master plan is...
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Ideas festival harnesses future opportunites for work
CANBERRA, the organisers of ‘Festival of Ambitious Ideas’ say, is full of problem solvers who have the drive, talent and inventiveness that can be harnessed to launch new ventures and create new...
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Arts / Symphony binds the Anzac spirit
Chris Latham conducts “August Offensive,” by Andrew Schultz at Anzac Cove in 2013. Photo courtesy of DVATHE eminent war historian Charles Bean once said there had been almost no music at Gallipoli....
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Opinion / How did kids take pills to pre-school?
Marcus Paul. I’VE known about this incident for a few days now. Three children were hospitalised after ingesting adult medication at a childcare centre in our city’s south on Thursday. Pardon? Yes,...
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Unbelievably rare German tank on display at the War Memorial
EXACTLY one German tank has survived from the first world war. In a strange twist of fate it’s been in Australian hands since the war and is now on display here in Canberra at the War Memorial. The...
View ArticleNige (of Scotty and Nige fame) getting in the ring for muscular distrophy
A FIGHT night is planned for August 1 and Telstra Tower will glow red to raise awareness of Muscular Dystrophy. “The link between muscular dystrophy and hard training in a gym might not be obvious at...
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Arts / Women weigh up the price of war
“The Soldier’s Wife” ensemble… from left, Deb Suckling, Jackie Marshall, Emma Bosworth, Bertie Page, Kristy Apps, Sahara Beck and Roz Pappalardo.A GROUP of Queensland women have completed a musical...
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Gavel / Protecting a fine sporting legacy
WITH the closure this month of ACTSPORT, we need to consider how the tradition of the Sports Star of the Year and the Hall of Fame can remain great events in the ACT calendar. Tim Gavel.These events...
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Canberra Confidential / I’m hairy noon and night
Lenny Scott, winner of Canberra’s best beard title. Photo by Andrew FinchCHARITABLY attuned publican Peter Barclay has hosted the fourth annual “Grow a Winter Beard” competition with proceeds in aid of...
View ArticleMcKellar shooting
ACT Policing is investigating a shooting incident which occurred early this morning in McKellar (Wednesday 29 July). About 9.30am, police received a report that a vehicle had been damaged overnight...
View ArticleANU to be Australia’s voice in the future of the internet
ANU is set to play a significant role in guiding the future of the Web after being chosen as the new host of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Australia Office. The W3C is an international consortium...
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