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Review: ‘Tracks’ (M) ***and a half
“I PROBABLY looked like a senile old derelict, with my over-large sandals, filthy baggy trousers, my torn shirt, my calloused hands and feet and my dirt-smeared face.” It’s kinda nice that in the book...
View ArticleMeet the new ACT Woman of the Year, Katrina Fanning
CANBERRA’S 2014 Woman of the Year Award was presented to Katrina Fanning, operations manager of Aboriginal Hostels Limited, at the ACT Women’s Awards this evening. The awards acknowledge women who have...
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Socials: At International Women’s Day lunch, National Convention Centre
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Man on the run jumps into police yard
Police arrest the suspected shoplifter in the yard of the Gungahlin Police Station.POLICE have arrested a 30-year-old shoplifting suspect after he ran from officers, scaled the fence and jumped into...
View ArticleReview: Bliss in Broadway send-up
FOR those who love Broadway musicals, this show is sheer bliss. But even if you couldn’t care less about Broadway, there is still much to enjoy in the clever performances, the witty costumes and the...
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Sound-lounge preview of new Russell Morris album
Russell MorrisAUSTRALIAN music legend Russell Morris will host an intimate, limited-ticket preview listen to his new album in Canberra on Tuesday, March 25. “Van Diemen’s Land”, which will be released...
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Man arrested following police assault
POLICE have arrested a 25-year-old Queenslander after he allegedly assaulted a police officer in the early hours of this morning. At around 12.51am, officers from Belconnen patrol attempted to conduct...
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Socials: At the ‘Oscar Gala’, Hellenic Club, Woden
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Graffiti arrest after motorists call cops
A 22-year-old Forrest man has been arrested for spraying graffiti on the Acton tunnel over Parkes Way after motorists reported two people spray-painting graffiti on the tunnel at 1am today. A second...
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Police find robbery suspect in a wardrobe
POLICE raided a house in Chisholm late last night and extracted a robbery suspect found hiding in a wardrobe. The 32-year-old man, of no fixed abode, was arrested following an aggravated robbery at the...
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Photo essay: Images of Enlighten
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Social event of the week: Lyn Mills at Diner en Blanc, Enlighten Festival
Safe and dry… Diner en Blanc reaches dry ground at Canberra Centre on Saturday night. DINER en Blanc is the ever-so-stylish and elegant picnic event that started in Paris 25 years ago and, for the...
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Socials: At Black Opal Stakes, Thoroughbred Park
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Socials: At Racing Hall of Fame dinner, National Gallery
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Book prize finalists announced
The long-awaited shortlist for the 2013 ACT Book of the Year Award was announced today by ACT Minister for the Arts, Joy Burch, but you’ll have to wait until later in the month for the actual winner....
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Bishop to launch All Saints College
Bishop Stuart Robinson.THE Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn Stuart Robinson will launch the construction of the tertiary residential All Saints College, in the heritage precinct of the...
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Queanbeyan dancer nominated for top award
WHAT would you do if you were suddenly awarded $20,000? Queanbeyan dancer Dimity Azoury. Photo by Paul JeffersIt’s a question facing Queanbeyan-raised dancer, Dimity Azoury, one of six nominees for the...
View ArticleSmoke over Tuggeranong tomorrow
TUGGERANONG asthma suffers have been put on alert as temporary smoke cover is expected when ACT Parks and Conservation Service conducts a controlled burn to about 14 hectares at Wanniassa Hills...
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Maps break National Library attendance record
THE NATIONAL Library’s exhibition of historical maps attracted more visitors than any other in the gallery’s history, in the three months since it was opened by last November by self-confessed “map...
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Gardening: Making scents of a plant survey
THE UK’s Royal Horticultural Society recently invited its members to list their favourite scented plants for each season Thousands of online entries poured in for “Scents of the Seasons” as members...
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