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Concern about what the Government is doing with your licence photo
SIMON Corbell says the ACT Government has raised fundamental concerns about how a proposed National Facial Biometric Matching Capability will impact on the community’s right to privacy. “The ACT...
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Review / ‘Now Add Honey’ (M) 98 minutes ***
THIS family production (written by and starring Robyn Butler and directed by her husband Wayne Hope) is a sort of screwball family comedy. Caroline (Butler) is at the airport to greet her sister Beth...
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Review / ‘Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse’ (MA) 93 minutes *
I CAN perceive no better explanation for this comedy/zombies mish-mash that writers Carrie Lee Wilson and Emi Mochizuki have given to director Christopher Landon to play with, other than that...
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Review / ‘Freeheld’ (M) 103 minutes *** and a half
IN June, the US Supreme Court held that the Constitution guaranteed equal protection under US laws, in effect validating marriages between two people of the same sex. A direct juridical line leads back...
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Liberals maintain the rage on rising rates
BRENDAN Smyth says the Barr government is continuing to gouge Canberrans as rates continue on their path to tripling. “General Rates alone have increased to an average of $1820 since Andrew Barr’s tax...
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‘Fix and Make’ Market – considering the things we buy and own
HOTEL HOTEL’S new, Fix and Make Shed – a new, blokey ‘conceptual space’ repurposed to be a meeting place for fixing, making and sharing ideas at Hotel Hotel, was the setting for an unusual launch...
View ArticleANU sends Mungo Man home
ANU has returned historic ancestral remains discovered at Lake Mungo in the 1960s and early 1970s to elders from the Willandra Lakes area of Western New South Wales in the first step of their journey...
View ArticleAuditor-General displeased with progress on ‘The Frequent Network’
THE ACT Auditor-General, Dr Maxine Cooper, today presented the Public Transport: The Frequent Network report to the Speaker for tabling in the ACT Legislative Assembly. “The ACT Government’s policy on...
View ArticleA giant poppy looms over Woden
A LARGE Remembrance Day poppy will light up the windows of the top floors of Lovett Tower in Woden over the next few days to honour the more than 102,000 Australian service personnel who have died in...
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Bus services to be cancelled this afternoon
ACTION have tweeted that they’re cancelling bus services this afternoon as they don’t have enough drivers. Please use NXTBUS to track your services during the afternoon peak. Cancellations expected...
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Have you seen Andrew Carville?
ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to help locate a missing man from Evatt. The man, Andrew Carville was last seen at his residence in Evatt at 9.30pm on Wednesday (4 November). Mr...
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Review / Chortles and cheers greet ‘The Mikado’
THOUGH written in 1885, Gilbert and Sullivan’s quaint representation of Japan still contains much to charm and entertain a contemporary audience. Nanki-Poo (played by Lachlan McGinnes) and Yum-Yum...
View ArticleGreat lengths to vandalise play equipment in Greenway
THE ACT Government is asking residents to report vandalism of public facilities after a playground was significantly damaged in Greenway earlier this week forcing part of the site to be temporarily...
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Socials / At De Challie Haute Couture’s fashion night, Acton
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Socials / At CAPO Auction Gala night
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Vandermark named as CAPO Fellow
SCULPTOR Peter Vandermark is to be the 2016 CAPO Fellow, it was announced by Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation patron Paul McDermott at the annual gala auction and ceremony on Saturday, November 7....
View ArticleThe petunia planters going up around Civic
FANCIERS of Civic’s petunia planter pots need fret no more. The colourful additions to the city are being installed as you read this. The post The petunia planters going up around Civic appeared first...
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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Grattan / Bill Shorten needs to demonstrate independence from the unions
BILL Shorten can heave a sigh of relief at the statement from the royal commission into union corruption that he didn’t do anything illegal in the activities it examined in his Australian Workers’...
View ArticleRescue dogs baited and killed in Kambah
AUSTRALIAN Working Dog Rescue International has taken to facebook over a dog baiting incident here in Canberra which has killed two dogs. **This is a public call for help** We have had a terrible...
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