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Cartoon: a dose of dorin
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Four shops stung by fake $100 notes
Fake $100 notes were spent spent with at least four shops today, prompting a warning to other Canberra businesses. The fraudulent notes were passed off today at a coffee shop, DVD/video store and...
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You Are Here and so are they
THE You Are Here Festival is now about to run for the fourth time, but its organisers can’t help billing it as “one of the pre-eminent experimental and emerging arts festivals in the Australian arts...
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Asbestos shuts two Ainslie shops
TWO upstairs businesses at Ainslie Shops have been closed by the ACT Work Safety Commissioner after a complaint from a local resident about water damage to the building‘s ceiling, which contains...
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Sonya Fladun: Nowhere to ‘nomophobia’
Sonya FladunI’M not a tech person. Electronic devices have never been my forte and, for more than a decade, a total lack of commitment to my mobile phone has been a bone of contention among my...
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Radio stations unplug internet streaming
Radio Canberra GM Michael Jones… “It’s turned on its head because of the greedy record companies”.CANBERRANS who like to listen to the radio on their mobile devices and computers would have noticed...
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Arts in the City: Alive with the sound of music
Free Rain Theatre’s “Forbidden Broadway”… guess who the characters are.‘TIS the season for musical entertainment in Canberra, and it all starts with a laugh with Free Rain Theatre’s satirical revue,...
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Canberra Confidential: Going lovingly to the dogs
WE must be getting soft, but a book landed in the office called “Beautiful Old Dogs – a loving tribute to our senior best friends” (Pan Macmillan) and, despite a guffaw at the title, its essays from a...
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Politics: Fighting for facts from the front line
Michael MooreAUSTRALIA is not at war. Therefore, Lt-Gen Angus Campbell’s treatment by Senator Stephen Conroy is part and parcel of robust democratic process. Estimates committees of parliaments are...
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IT’S 2014 and, as the world lurches technologically forward, 200 Australian commercial radio stations – including all of Canberra’s – have stopped streaming their programs on the internet in protest at...
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Retro is the new recycling
RETRO has had a “resurgence” in Canberra, says antique dealer Irina McKillop. For more than 20 years, McKillop has been collecting furniture and jewellery dating back to the 1950s for her Kaleen-based...
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Headmaster’s ‘ring of truth’ comes full circle
WHEN Canberra Grammar School contacted “CityNews” this week about the staging of its coming production, “Julius Caesar”, in a full-size professional boxing ring installed in the school’s Tim Murray...
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Solar Simon goes massive
THE ACT Government wants to see massive “next generation” solar technology built in Canberra to capture and store energy, according to the latest in a string of announcements about renewable energy...
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ACT suburbs fail the ‘family friendly’ test
THE high cost of Canberra housing contributed to not one ACT suburb making the national list of the top 100 suburbs for family living. Compiled by by RP Data for Aussie Home Loans, the national report...
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Indigenous community invited to apply for $5000 scholarships
ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islander Canberrans can apply for grants of up to $5000 to go towards professional education, ACT Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Shane...
View ArticleCash rebates to replace wood heaters
CANBERRANS who replace their wood-fire heaters with ducted gas systems will be rewarded with $800 rebates while those who choose flued gas heaters to replace their wood heaters are eligible for $600...
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Business welcomes ACT building stimulus package
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher announced a stimulus package for the ACT building and construction industry today, which will cost the Territory about $13 million over 3 years. Katy GallagherThe...
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Coe: Stimulus package an admission of failure
DEPUTY opposition leader and Shadow Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Alistair Coe has described the building industry stimulus package announced today by the ACT Government as an admission that...
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Coles and Aldi in Dickson’s future
A NEW development to begin construction this year at Dickson will feature both Coles and Aldi supermarkets, over 150 apartments and a narrow laneway with shops, cafes, high quality paving and street...
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CSIRO Discovery toasts its best and brightest
CSIRO Discovery Centre has something to crow about, so its director Cris Kennedy tells us. While Canberra is busy toasting its 101st birthday over the weekend, CSIRO Discovery will be highlighting the...
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