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Have you seen Kathleen Bautista
ACT Policing is asking for assistance in locating missing 19-year-old Gordon woman, Kathleen Bautista. Kathleen was last seen in Chapman at about 7.00am on Saturday 5 September 2015. She was last seen...
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Grattan / Abbott on the nose in Canning but Liberals a nose in front
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra JULIE Bishop, deputy Liberal leader and the most senior minister from Western Australia, has a special interest in the tough Canning byelection contest....
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The Bettong Buggy now available at Mulligan’s Flat!
THE Mulligans Flat Woodlands and Wetlands Trust is celebrating Threatened Species Day launching the “Bettong Buggy”. The Sanctuary Twilight tours are a popular way to see and learn about rare and...
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‘Relaxed and inspiring space’– Sam King’s new studio opens
CANBERRA muso Sam King is launching a studio he estimates is unlike anything else on the Canberra scene. Sam King, photo Bron King It kicks off with an open-studio event this Saturday, September 12,...
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ANU and UC offering joint science teaching degree
ANDREW Barr has launched an unusual new ANU and UC double degree to help science students get into teaching more easily, quickly and cheaply. “From 2016, final year Bachelor of Science (BSc) students...
View ArticleYou might need to re-tune as SBS upgrades their signal around Canberra
THE SBS digital TV signal around the country is being upgraded to provide more bandwidth for better quality pictures and sound as the final step in the move to digital-only TV. From 15 September 2015,...
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Mugged in Haig Park
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at Haig Park in Braddon on Friday (4 September). About 8.00am, the victim was walking through the park when he was grabbed from behind,...
View ArticleChanges to the bus timetables start on October 12
SHANE Rattenbury has announced the details of upcoming changes to the ACTION bus timetable as part of ongoing improvements to the network using MyWay data and passenger feedback. “Public Transport...
View ArticleVideo / Canberra under construction in the 1920s
THE National Film and Sound Archive have released some very nifty footage of the earliest days of the construction of Canberra with this note: A compilation of footage of Canberra in the 1920s....
View ArticlePlayground Martini Bar raided for drugs
ACT Policing Regional Targeting Team members from City Police Station conducted a search warrant in the City on Friday night (4 September). Around 10.30pm, police executed the warrant in line with...
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Socials / At the Brazilian independence anniversary celebration, Yarralumla
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Socials / At the launch of Anthony Albanese’s ‘Albo’ Corn Ale Beer, King...
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Grattan / Senate knocks out youth wait for benefits
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE Senate has defeated the government’s budget measure to make job seekers under 25 wait four weeks for income support. Apart from Labor and the Greens,...
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Liberals promise to tear down Lease Variation Charges
JEREMY Hanson says that, if elected in October 2016, a Canberra Liberals government will remove the Lease Variation Charge (LVC) in Civic and Canberra’s town centres. “The LVC has a negative effect on...
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Photo taken in Hitler’s bathtub inspires $15,000 winning poem
A POEM about a famous war-time photograph of a woman in Adolf Hitler’s bathtub has won the $15,000 University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize for 2015, it was announced at the...
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What’s on and where in the arts this weekend
A TRADITIONAL warrior cloak from New Zealand woven by artists will be on display at the Glassworks from this week. ‘KAHUKURA Ariki,’ the Kahu Toa/Warrior cloak, has been transported across the Tasman...
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Lessons to be learned from Conder childcare pill fiasco
Nicole Lawder FOLLOWING on from July’s uproar Nicole Lawder says the government has yet another opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the Conder Early Learning Centre’s incident where unsupervised...
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National Museum approved under protection scheme
FEDERAL Minister for the Arts, George Brandis, today announced that he has approved the National Museum of Australia for five years as an approved borrowing institution under the Australian...
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NCA gives up on 309 parking fines
THE National Capital Authority (NCA) will be withdrawing Parking Infringement Notices (PINs) issued during the period of 1-5 August 2015. A spokesperson says this is due to an administrative error...
View ArticlePhoto / Generations of architecture in Civic
SCURRYING back from City Hill earlier in the week I thought this view was worth sharing. Three eras of Canberra’s architecture stacked up like Russian dolls. First the 1920’s neoclassical Melbourne...
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