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Commonwealth funding bushfire mitigation around Canberra
COMMONWEALTH Minister for Justice Michael Keenan has announced $904,000 in funding over three years to enhance bushfire mitigation in the Australian Capital Territory. Joy Burch has welcomed the...
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Closed ACT roads re-open
THE ACT Government is advising motorists and other road users that a number of rural roads in the ACT have reopened. These roads were closed due to recent snow and wet weather. Rural roads reopened in...
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Simon says… Goodbye
SIMON Corbell is the Attorney-General, and Minister for Health, the Environment and Capital Metro. He has announced today that he will not seek re-election at the 2016 election. This is what Simon had...
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Named. The Canberra charities not complying with the regulator
THE Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) has named 80 Canberra charities who have failed to lodge reports, earning them a “red-mark”. ACNC Commissioner, Susan Pascoe, said the...
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Calling emerging photographers – SUNSTUDIOS Award closing soon
SUNSTUDIOS’ Assistant & Emerging Photographer Award is one of the most significant competitions in the photographic industry nationwide- but you’d better get your entries in fast. Work by past...
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Alleged baby takers returned to Canberra
A 22-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman have been extradited from New South Wales after members from ACT Policing travelled to Batemans Bay yesterday (Friday, 14 August. The man and woman were...
View ArticleQueanbeyan strikes back and kills the Mount Jerrabomberra pig
A wild pig that bit a woman on Mt Jerrabomberra has been trapped and euthanised. The woman was bitten by the pig after her dog followed the scent of the pig and she tried to protect the dog from being...
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Gardening / 50 shades of grey, sort of
A combination of silver, purple and white shrubs… English lavenders growing in combination with Cistus “Gallipoli Rose”, pink carpet thyme and Convolvulus cneorum.RED, orange and yellow flowering...
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Parton / He’s not the messiah…
IT’S fair to say that a lot of Canberrans have been somewhat disappointed with Nick Kyrgios in recent months. It seems he’s not the messiah… he’s just a really, really, really, really naughty boy....
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Carter / Shaped by the buildings we build
WHAT do the National Portrait Gallery, the suburb of Crace and the Monash Green retirement living development in Tuggeranong have in common? Catherine Carter.They have all been recipients of the...
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Practical theatre workshops at Tuggers
TUGGERANONG Arts Centre and its new resident company Rebus Theatre are collaborating with local theatre designer Christiane Nowak to provide a free workshop series in design for people with and without...
View ArticleGas leak evacuation in Civic
A building in Civic is being evacuated following reports of a gas leak. ACTF&R are responding with multiple resources to the building on the corner of London Circuit and Constitution Avenue. Update...
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Greens turn up the heat on ACT fossil fuel investment
THE ACT Greens General Meeting last night supported a motion calling on the ACT Government to responsibly divest from fossil fuels over the next three years, and to place an immediate freeze on any...
View ArticleBowen Park paths to be upgraded
SHANE Rattenbury has announced the start of works to upgrade paths and walkways within Bowen Park, to improve accessibility and amenity along the Kingston Foreshore. “These works will improve access...
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Photographers sink their teeth into personal project
PHOTOACCESS is now taking enrolments for its third annual Personal Photography Project workshop, commencing on September 12, and continuing into mid-2016. ‘MangoLassi’ by one of last year’s...
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Stephen Jamieson escapes from maximum security at Goulburn
NSW POLICE are appealing for public assistance to locate a man who escaped from Goulburn Correctional Centre today. Stephen Jamieson, 28, was last seen in the vicinity of Goulburn Correctional Centre...
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Latham and Dunlop burns
ACT Parks and Conservation Service wishes to advise the public that a series of hazard reduction burns at Latham and Dunlop will commence from tomorrow, Wednesday 19 August 2015, weather permitting....
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Arts / Haunting faces of the Snowy’s Scheme
Lex Marinos, who stars in “Ghosts in the Scheme”… “It’s like a jigsaw prize puzzle and it’s much more interesting than a conventional play.” Photo by Wouter Van de VoordeThe Snowy Mountains...
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Griffiths / Boneheads of the political class
ONE imagines that written on the walls of the pyramids one can find many complaints common to our era. “The children today just don’t respect their elders.” “Music was better in my day.” John...
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The 2015 Art In, Butt Out competition winner
SIMON Corbell has announced the winner of the 2015 Art In, Butt Out competition, an annual competition that provides an opportunity for high school students from across the ACT to design an...
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