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Canberra Confidential / Singer’s lost beats to the Barr
Singer Little Mac… silenced on Facebook. Photo by Nathan J LesterIT appears the managers of Andrew Barr’s Facebook page are thin-skinned when it comes to criticism. “Should you express even the most...
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ACT Government moves to avoid children in cages
JOY BURCH says the ACT Government has committed $7 millionin 2016/17 to support teachers, families and the community to understand and deliver the best for students with complex needs and challenging...
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Open garden / Beyond the exotics, the bush calls
Photos by Andrew Finch A SECRET garden welcomes visitors to Peter and Lyn Woodbury’s Googong property, with camellias, rhododendrons, peony roses and other exotics tucked away around curved paths...
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Classic protest song makes it to ‘Sounds of Australia’ list
REDGUM’S classic 1983 track about the plight of returned Vietnam soldiers, “I Was Only 19,” is one of 10 recordings added today to Sounds of Australia. John-Schumann- This forms the ultimate selection...
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Hotel Hotel’s third ‘Fix and Make’ tonight
THIS evening Hotel Hotel will host its third Fix and Make event, “The Ownership of Things.” Speaker Bruce Jeffreys, photo by Lee Grant It’s a panel discussion hosted by 666ABC’s Genevieve Jacobs, in...
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Regional artists take centre stage at Museum of Australian Democracy
LAST NIGHT former director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Edmund Capon, launched a new art exhibition in the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House focusing on the role regional...
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ACAT appointments
SIMON Corbell has announced the temporary reappointment of the General President and the appointment of four other presidential members to form the executive leadership team at the ACT Civil and...
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Your chance to rally against racism this Sunday
THE CANBERRA Anti-Racism Network is calling on all who oppose racism and bigotry to join the third rally against the anti-Islam group Reclaim Australia. Anti-racist protesters will be assembling at...
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Barr lines up with the Property Council against the unions over GST
The ACT Property Council has applauded Andrew Barr’s support for an increase in GST. The Council’s Catherine Carter says that during a debate in the Assembly yesterday Andrew had confirmed his support...
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week
THERE was a lovely lunch to enjoy on the lush lawns under the mature trees of Lambrigg Homestead, at Tharwa, for the Children’s Medical Research Institute. It is the quintessential Australian...
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What’s on and where in the arts this weekend
THE NEWEST GAME in town is the “Public Theatre” venture by Aspen Island Theatre Company in the pop-up Greek theatre in Civic Square. THE program has already started, with afternoon, and evening and...
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Suspicious body found in Majura
ACT Policing is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding an unidentified body found in Majura this afternoon. Police are currently at the scene and in the process of determining the cause...
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ESA warns of hot windy weather for Canberra
THE ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) has called on the Canberra community to take extra care tomorrow with elevated fire danger and wind damage conditions on the horizon. The Bureau of Meteorology...
View ArticleCurlews finally breeding at Mulligans Flat
BUSH Stone-curlews went extinct from Canberra woodlands 45 years ago. A partnership between the Woodlands and Wetlands Trust, the ACT Government, Canberra Ornithologists Group and the Australian...
View ArticleSoon you’ll be able to keep using your phone satnav legally
SHANE Rattenbury says ACT motorists and riders will be able to use their mobile phones’ GPS systems when the phone is mounted correctly while driving and riding. The GPS function found on most current...
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Grattan on Friday / Turnbull jokes about communications failure over Darwin...
ONE can only speculate how the discussion would have gone if Tony Abbott had survived as prime minister long enough to meet Barack Obama during this week’s summit circuit. Obviously Abbott would not...
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Brookfield Multiplex to build the UC hospital under another PPP deal
ANDREW Barr and Simon Corbell say that Brookfield Multiplex has been chosen as the Head Contractor for $139 million University of Canberra Public Hospital project. “Brookfield Multiplex will design...
View ArticleHomicide team investigating Majura death and missing person Andrew Carville
ACT Policing Homicide Team is investigating the circumstances surrounding a body found in Majura yesterday (Thursday, 19 November). On Tuesday (17 November), police appealed to the public to locate the...
View ArticleSlow travel to Sydney as fire closes the Hume Highway at Goulburn
A GRASS fire has lead to the closure of the Hume Highway around Goulburn. There’s a diversion through Goulburn so we’re not completely cut off but we’re seeing reports the traffic is slow. .@NSWRFS...
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Punk hero remembered in film – Elliott Smith
FAMOUS for a while, then gone as fast as he’d surfaced, revered folk-punk hero Elliott Smith’s legacy lives on. ‘Revered’ – the late Elliott Smith Now Canberra fans have the chance to celebrate his...
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