Henry Murray’s Victoria Cross on display
AUSTRALIA’S most decorated soldier of the First World War will have his medal group, including the Victoria Cross, on display at the Australian War Memorial. Lieutenant Colonel Henry William Murray VC...
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Big Latham burn today
THE ACT Parks and Conservation Service is advising the public that a hazard reduction burn at Latham will commence today weather permitting. The burn will occur at Umbagong District Park, East of...
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Kathleen Bautista found safe
ACT Policing has located missing 19-year-old Gordon woman, Kathleen Bautista safe. Kathleen from Gordon was found by search and rescue members about 10.25am this morning near the Cotter reserve area....
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Win double tickets to see ‘Swan Lake’
(15.6) Win tickets to a night of Russian ballet What's to be won?THE Russian National Ballet Theatre will perform full-length classical performances of “Swan Lake” and “Sleeping Beauty” at The Q,...
View ArticleCanberra left out of the Inland Rail Line
WARREN Truss has released a delivery plan for the Inland Rail project, connecting Melbourne to Brisbane with a high performance freight line. “The Delivery Plan outlines a 10-year construction...
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Review / ‘Life’ (MA) *** and half
WHILE “Life” magazine isn’t the principal theme of Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn’s fourth feature, it provides a thread underlying a story about a Hollywood star that shone brightly in only three...
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Review / ‘Pixels’ (PG) **
IN 1982, schoolboy Brenner (Adam Sandler) was runner-up to Eddie (Peter Dinklage) in the world Pac Man championships. Today, a whole generation plays far more complex games on their mobile phones. Some...
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Reviews / ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (PG) *
THE plot of this sequel to last year’s futurist action fantasy based on a novel by James Dashner tries to answer the questions that its predecessor left hanging. After surviving the Maze last year, the...
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Fraser to become Fenner as northern suburbs get shunted into the seat of...
THE Electoral Commission has published its report proposing new federal electoral boundaries for the ACT’s two electoral divisions of Canberra and Fraser. The Chair of the Redistribution Committee,...
View ArticleLights back on in Garema Place
A spokesperson for Shane Rattenbury has been in touch to say the lights are going to be back on in Garema Place tonight. ActewAGL have located the fault that is immersed in an underground chamber that...
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Braddon restaurant blaze
FIREFIGHTERS have extinguished a fire in a kitchen flue at a Braddon restaurant. ACT Fire & Rescue were called to the scene just before 7pm. Three pumpers, the Bronto Aerial Unit and a commander...
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week
IT was the kind of party you didn’t want to end and as the food, the drinks and the entertainment went on and on and the thought of staying the night became an option. A rather nice one, too. An...
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Rider down in Red Hill
A 43-year-old man from Pearce has died tonight following a collision in Red Hill. About 8.20pm he was driving on his motorcycle heading north along La Perouse Street, when he collided with a white...
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Guns drawn as police run down in Dickson
ACT Policing endeavored to perform a traffic stop on a vehicle at the Shell Service Station in Dickson early this morning (Sunday, 13 September). About 1am, police attempted to speak to the driver of...
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Gas explosion on Mort Street
Firefighters are responding to a gas explosion on Mort Street in the city. Update to come. The gas explosion is believed to have occured in the McDonalds restaurant. Firefighters are still...
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Simon says don’t be alarmed by mesothelioma levels in the Canberra community
SIMON Corbell says initial results from a study by ANU researchers into the health risks associated with living in a home insulated with “Mr Fluffy” loose-fill asbestos has found while there has been...
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Barbie and other dolls at CMAG: ‘little receptacles of meaning’
TODAY, Canberra Museum and Gallery assures us, Barbie can range from a glamorous bit of eye candy to an astronaut, but even having a PhD in physics is not enough to save her from criticism. You’ll be...
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Crust Pizza in the firing line over worker’s pay
ALEX White, secretary of UnionsACT, has taken aim at Crust Pizza. “Unions are deeply troubled by yet more serious allegations of underpayments of vulnerable workers,” Alex said. “There is no question...
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Chanderi sarees in Canberra
DELHI fabric designer, Kushma Ram, is coming to Canberra this weekend with a collection of hand woven sarees that capture the traditions of various weaving communities of India. She has been working...
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ACT Government budget consultation opens
ANDREW Barr says the Canberra community is invited to have their say on the 2016-17 ACT Budget, with the annual Budget consultation process starting today. “Since becoming Chief Minister, I have been...
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