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New writing to be ‘noted’ at festival
IN March 2015, ‘Noted’ staged Canberra’s first writers’ festival in five years paying over 60 emerging and experimental writers, editors, publishers and artists for the benefit of over 1,000...
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Clubs delighted by Assembly blueprint for their future
THE Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee for Public Accounts has released its report on the Future of the ACT’s clubs sector. Clubs ACT have expressed their pleasure at the document. “The...
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Finding a direction for CBR
The new logo. ANDREW Barr has announced the next phase of the Brand Canberra project and welcomed the newly appointed Brand Strategic Advisory Board (BSAB). “The next phase of the CBR Brand is designed...
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6,500 new homes to the west of Holt
MICK Gentleman has tabled the approved Territory Plan Variation which will deliver 6,500 homes in the ACT, over the next 20-30 years, west of Macgregor and Holt. He says it will reconnect Canberrans...
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Virtuoso guitar at Wesley tomorrow
TOMORROW’S “Wednesday Lunchtime Live” concert at Wesley features classical guitarists Andrew Blanch & Callum Henshaw. Andrew BlanchCallum Henshaw Recent winner of the ANU School of Music’s...
View ArticleCharnwood in the frame as part of a horrific double murder
DETECTIVES from SA Police’s Task Force Mallee and the NSW Police’s Strike Force Malaya, set up to investigate the murders of Khandalyce Pearce and her mother Karlie, have so far tracked transactions...
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Emergency alert test tomorrow around Black Mountain
JOY Burch says the ACT Government will conduct a test of the national telephone warning system, ‘EMERGENCY ALERT’, tomorrow, October 28. “EMERGENCY ALERT is a nationally coordinated telephony based...
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Parsons to sing from the heart
SINGER-songwriter Dan Parsons is on tour with his third album “Valleywood”, and will be at The Front tomorrow. Dan Parsons The new album was recorded with producer Robin Waters (The Boat People and...
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Free concert tomorrow by brilliant Czech choir
WE’RE lucky in Canberra. You’d have to pay quite a lot to hear these famous young singers in other cities, but the Embassy of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Czech & Slovak Club Beseda,...
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Controlled burns across Canberra this week
THE ACT Parks and Conservation Service is advising that four prescribed burns will take place in the ACT this week, weather permitting, at Bruce, Aranda and Jerrabomberra. Tomorrow, Wednesday 28...
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Domestic violence reforms pass the Assembly
SIMON Corbell says new reforms that recognise the harm domestic, family and sexual violence can have on the community have been passed in the Legislative Assembly today. “The legislation made...
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Fladun / What is it about blokes and feelings?
OVER the years, I’ve written a few times about the importance of women, and particularly mothers who burn the candle at both ends, to take some time for themselves and not ignore their health. Sonya...
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Dining / Vegetarian with flavour and flair
Vietnamese cannelloni. Photo by Andrew FinchWHEN I first read Au Lac’s menu I couldn’t get my head around the idea of Vietnamese cannelloni. Wendy Johnson.But when the dish arrived I “got it” and was...
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Relief for little lotteries
JOY Burch says hundreds of community groups, schools and charitable organisations will be able to run raffles, housie, bingo and other low-risk lotteries without having to apply for permission under...
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Moore / Jostling for a shot at the polls
PRESELECTION time within political parties is in full flight. With the Federal and ACT elections due in roughly a year, candidates are jostling for their chance at representation. Michael Moore.For the...
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Griffiths / Streaming changes the game for sport
UNTIL recently, I’d thought broadcast television might have some future with sport. John Griffiths.Scripted productions have already pretty much sailed for everyone under 40 and many over. Who wants to...
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Arts / Film festival looking for love
“Tehran Taxi”… where the director Jafar Panahi pretended to be a taxi driver and recorded conversations as he drove around the Iranian capital.“IT’S a Canberra festival for Canberra audiences and...
View ArticleThe DAs are in for the start of light rail
SIMON Corbell says stage one of Canberra’s light rail network has reached a significant milestone with the lodging of two development applications. “Capital Metro Agency has lodged applications for...
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Behold the public menace that is the red- whiskered bulbul
THE ACT Parks and Conservation Service is asking residents to be on the lookout for the red-whiskered bulbul after the pest bird was caught by a local resident in Campbell earlier this month. “The...
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Canberra Confidential / How time slips away…
Revealed… a colourful banner painted by mid-Elizabethan children in Belconnen.“SERIOUSLY, 2001? I have T-shirts in my cupboard older than that,” sniffed a comment on citynews.com.au to the news that...
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