A tour of the Bendora Arboretum this weekend
THE ACT Government and Friends of ACT Trees (FACTT) are giving the public an opportunity to gain an insight into the historical and natural values of Bendora Arboretum with a special tour of the site...
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Seven Days / Fair’s fair, but what’s fair enough?
MESMERIC Malcolm Turnbull has declared that fairness would be central to his government’s decisions, especially the tax reform debate he and Treasurer Scott Morrison are setting in motion. What’s fair...
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Canberra Confidential / Candidate with a cause
Aspiring Labor politician Deepak-Raj Gupta with his national award, right, with NSW Liberal Premier Mike Baird.DEEPAK-Raj Gupta, a Labor preselection candidate for the new ACT outer-northern seat of...
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Open garden / Harmonious home and garden
Photos by ANDREW FINCH TIM and Shane Woodburn’s garden is designed around their solar-passive house, with low-lying shrubs around the large windows, deciduous eves and ferns to frame and soften the...
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Fire at the Florey shops
FIRE crews are working to extinguish a fire inside a restaurant at the Florey shops. ACT Fire & Rescue was alerted the incident just before 4 o’clock. Update to follow. 16:05 The fire has been...
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Grattan / Malcolm Turnbull to show his international paces during summit season
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday launches into an intensive round of international diplomacy that will absorb a good deal of time and attention during a run up to Christmas already crowded...
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Civilian engineering students for ADFA to also get work experience on Capital...
SIMON Corbell says civilian and defence engineering students at ADFA in their second and third years will have the opportunity for work experience placements with the successful Capital Metro...
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Films about Veterans honoured
FIFTEEN original short films were honoured at the inaugural Veterans Film Festival awards held last night at the Australian War Memorial. A still from Brass Razoo Two films stood out in the Red Poppy...
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John Mackay to be the Patron of the ACT AIDS Action Council
CANBERRA business person and community leader John Mackay will provide support to Canberrans and their families living with HIV/AIDS as the inaugural Patron of the ACT AIDS Action Council. Council CEO...
View ArticleThe last hoardings finally down from the Sydney Building
AFTER what seems to have been an eternity the last of the hoardings have been removed from the Sydney Building following last year’s fire. East Row can now be walked down free of the obstruction of...
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week
SOTIRIA Liangis is “Mrs L” to the members of the Starlight ACT Committee and their respect and admiration for her was evident with the final flurry of finishing touches for their second fundraising...
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Socials / At the opening of ‘The Peculiar Library’, Dickson
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What’s on and where in the arts this weekend
THE Indonesia Fair 2015 introduces us to our biggest near neighbour via a culinary bazaar, a tourism expo, a craft and souvenir show and arts and cultural performances, including dances from different...
View ArticleZed’s having an Ice Forum
ZED Seselja has created a facebook event for a public discussion of the drug ice. The scourge of Ice is spreading into our local community and across the entire country. I believe that close...
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ANU’s graduates again the nation’s most employable
GRADUATES from The Australian National University (ANU) have been named the most employable in the nation. “ANU is Australia’s top university for getting a job for the third year in a row in the...
View ArticleAt the Canberra Centre, water and electricity do mix
AT lunchtime today a brief spot of wet weather had water gushing from the light fittings of a Canberra Centre shoe shop. Fortunately the staff seemed well drilled and calm. Seen something around town...
View ArticleAn interactive website to explore Icon Water’s history
ICON Water has launched a new web portal dedicated to telling Canberra’s water story. The site is intended for educators, students and historians. Angie Drake, Icon Water’s spokeswoman acknowledged the...
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Review / ‘SPECTRE’ (M) ***
IN 1961, in “Thunderball”, Ian Fleming invented the Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, the evil organisation controlled by Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Fifty-four...
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Possible Worlds Film Festival opens tonight
CANBERRA may be inundated with rain and festivals, but the ten-year-old Possible Worlds Film Festival running today and tomorrow, aims at being different. Dedicated to bringing the best new independent...
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Review / ‘He Named Me Malala’ (PG) ***
DAVIS Guggenheim’s documentary (in 2006, his “An Inconvenient Truth” delivered Al Gore speaking persuasively about global warming) is a gentle, sweet observation of the 17-year-old Pakistani girl who...
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