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Snow closes Corin Road
THE ACT Government is advising motorists and other road users that Corin Road is closed at Woods Reserve due to recent heavy snowfall in the area. Road users are reminded to drive to road conditions...
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Electrical fire evacuates Dickson College
STUDENTS from Dickson College on Phillip Avenue in Dickson have been evacuated as a result of an electrical fire in a switchboard. ACT Fire & Rescue crews will conduct atmospheric monitoring....
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Belconnen burglary spree
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to five aggravated burglaries in Weetangera, Hawker and Aranda on Saturday morning (1 August). Between the hours of 2am and 6.30am, offenders entered five homes...
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Review / ‘Doragon bôru Z: Fukkatsu no ‘F” (aka “Dragon Balls Z: Resurrection...
THERE’VE been many lovely, amusing, stylish Japanese animated features and hopefully we’ll see more. Born on TV in the 1980s, the hugely popular “Dragon Balls” franchise was something else entirely....
View ArticleDinosaurs in the gardens
THE Australian National Botanic Gardens are putting together a prehistoric discovery trail with lifelike dinosaurs lurking among the vegetation for Science Week. For nine days only these scaly...
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Review / ‘Fantastic 4′ (M) **
WES Anderson’s charming 2009 animation called “Fantastic Mr Fox” was a correct use of “fantastic”. Its current, seldom-correctly-used popular use is mindless spontaneous service in the vocabularies of...
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Review / ‘Trainwreck’ (MA) ***
THE title of Judd Apatow’s latest film is American jargon for an event causing emotional injury to the people involved. Amy Schumer, who wrote the screenplay and plays the principal character, has...
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Carpenter nails top apprentice award
Murray Armour’s father receives his son’s award from chair of the CITC, Bill Cleary, and ACT Education and Training Minister, Joy Burch. Photo by Andrew FinchCARPENTER Murray Armour was awarded the...
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Dirty water in Campbell
ICON Water crews have repaired a burst water main on Holmes Crescent, Campbell, which may lead to some temporary water discolouration in Campbell and Russell. “An increase in the velocity of water...
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Socials / At the ‘Christmas Comes Early’ cocktail party, Woden Specialist Centre
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Socials / At the CITC Outstanding Apprentice Awards, Thoroughbred Park
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week
THE opening of the Australian National Gallery’s “Myth + Magic, Art of the Sepik River” is not so much a float down the river as an immersion in the art and artefacts of the villagers and the villages...
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Local young stars of World Cup opening ceremony
Opening ceremony performers, from left, back row, Sophee Watson, Isabella Simon and Maddy Watson. At the front is Brianna Simon.FOUR Canberra girls were part of the Opening Ceremony of the Netball...
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Review / Diminutive Marcela packs a musical punch
THE diminutive Marcela Fiorillo, pictured, packs a punch that belies her size. The range of expression she can extract from a piano is quite remarkable, all the way from an almost whisper to a torrent...
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Thieves bludgeon staff with helmet in Fyshwick
ACT Policing is investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred yesterday (Saturday, 8 August) morning after two men entered Joe’s Motorcycles on Collie Street, Fyshwick and stole a number of items....
View ArticleBraddon Supermarket robbery
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an overnight (Saturday, 8 August) aggravated robbery at the Braddon Supermarket in Lowanna Street, Braddon. Around 8pm, a man entered the store and approached an...
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Labor improves lead in Newspoll, as cabinet looks at carbon targets
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE opposition has widened its two-party lead over the Coalition in Newspoll to 54-46% – the government’s worst result since March – as MPs return for a new...
View ArticleWind power for another 106,000 Canberra homes
SIMON Corbell has opened a second ACT wind auction, which could power up to 106,000 Canberra homes with clean, sustainable energy. “Today I am announcing the release of a further 200MW of capacity for...
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Hyatt puts Canberra on the map with “unique menu option”
Umm this is on the menu at the #Canberra Hyatt for lunch today pic.twitter.com/R8KGNYOQsN — Liz Foschia (@lizfoschia) August 7, 2015 WHILE many celebrate Canberra’s culinary renaissance at the moment...
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Doszpot still waiting for answers on the Manuka land swap
STEVE Doszpot says we are no better informed about the future of Telopea Park School and the Manuka Occasional Childcare Centre (MOCCA), as the government continues to bungle a land swap deal. “Andrew...
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