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Socials: At Donald Friend and Norman Lindsay opening, Aarwun Gallery
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Happy as Larry – concert marks Sitsky’s 80th
GIRLS’ Grammar School piano teacher, Suzanne Hewitt, was first off the mark in a year marking the 80th birthday of Canberra’s most famous composer, Larry Sitsky, with a concert in which her talented...
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Suspicious fire at the Downer Community Centre
ACT Fire & Rescue have extinguished a small fire at the Downer Community Centre, Frencham Street, Downer. Three fire pumpers, a Commander and the Breathing Apparatus (BA) Van arrived on scene to...
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Rare beer heist at The Abbey
ACT Policing is seeking assistance in its investigation into a burglary at The Abbey Function Centre. Between 6.30am and 7.00am yesterday (Saturday, March 29), two men attended the business and gained...
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Did you see anything suspicious in Scullin last night?
THE small hours of the morning saw a string of alerts from the ACT Emergency Services Authority about a fire in Scullin: ACT Fire & Rescue are on scene at a garage fire in Dallas Place, Scullin....
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Wet weather closes Angle Crossing
TERRITORY and Municipal Services advise they have closed Angle Crossing due to the recent wet weather. The road will be closed until further notice. For more information on road closures call Canberra...
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Top director abandons troubled musical
THE future of the beleaguered “Broadway-style” musical, “Winging My Way to the Top”, is in doubt after distinguished Sydney director Rodney Fisher pulled out of the locally written show after only two...
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Race act changes are what you get when you champion bigotry
By Simon Rice, Australian National University FEDERAL attorney-general George Brandis is serious when he says that under his watch, “people do have a right to be bigots”. As drafted (and it is very...
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A proposal for a new, mature Australian flag
By John Blaxland, Australian National University AS we know, there’s a divide between those who would support a new Australian flag and those who believe the current flag is fine. And even those who...
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Medibank Private IPO: no sure thing for investors
By Ian McAuley, University of Canberra THE proposed sale of Medibank Private is not popular, but as I wrote last year, and as Finance Minister Mathias Cormann points out, it’s hard to find public...
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Royals release tour portrait with baby George
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their son Prince George and dog Lupo, photographed at Kensington Palace, March 2014. Also pictured is their dog Lupo.HERE is the latest portrait, taken mid-March,...
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Driver goes DUI three times on one morning
A man will face ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Monday 31 March) after being caught drink driving three times in five hours on Saturday morning (29 March). About 6.05am on Saturday, police...
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Climate change and health: IPCC reports emerging risks, emerging consensus
By Anthony McMichael, Australian National University; Colin Butler, University of Canberra, and Helen Louise Berry, University of Canberra THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC)...
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The politics of unshackling the NBN from politics
The politics of unshackling the NBN from politics By Michael de Percy, University of Canberra NOBODY can ever state with certainty how much it will cost or how long it will take to deliver broadband...
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John Griffiths to edit citynews.com.au
Digital editor John Griffiths. Photo by Cole Bennetts ONE of Canberra’s best-known digital journalists, John Griffiths, has been appointed editor of citynews.com.au “CityNews” editor, Ian Meikle,...
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Boundless playground and the sporting shooters sharing an ethos
THE Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia (SSAA) has announced it is donating to the Boundless Canberra playground under construction near Kings Avenue bridge. The all-abilities playground might...
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Fyshwick Bunnings putting on Easter fun for the kids
BUNNINGS Fyshwick store is offering free kids DIY workshops throughout the Easter holidays. Bunnings Warehouse Fyshwick Complex Manager, Victor Furlan, said the free School Holiday Workshops are...
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Freedom from the tyranny of loose change comes for Canberra’s drivers
ANDREW Barr has announced the long awaited rollout of 300 new pay parking machines which will free commuters of the need to bank large volumes of coins daily. “The first of the new machines are being...
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Review: ‘Leela’ crosses the boundaries of convention
THIS recital represented the culmination of an artistic residency at Canberra Dance Theatre between the Canberra born, bharatanatyam dancer, Jennifer White, and Carnatic (Southern Indian) vocalist,...
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Australia’s largest mountain biking event returns to Canberra this weekend
THE Mont 24 hour mountain bike race is returning to Canberra this weekend with 3,000 riders to descend on Kowen Forest for the festive event. This is a weekend event in which 587 teams of four to six...
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