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Dame Kiri still aims to surprise
THE last time we interviewed Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, she was telling us how much she’d enjoyed playing the speaking part of the eccentric Duchess of Krakenthorp in Donizetti’s “Daughter of the Regiment”....
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Out and about with death cap mushrooms
IN recent weeks we’ve heard a lot about death cap mushrooms, with four Canberrans already in hospital after eating them and rangers reportedly being sent out and about to collect them wherever they may...
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Carr discussion at Manning Clark House
MANNING Clark House has snared Bob Carr for on May 8, where he will discuss his new book with Andrew Clark from the “Financial Review.” Bob Carr You’ll have to be quick to book, as Carr’s talks have...
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A Hail Mary pass to the mental health system from the bench
JUSTICE Penfold’s sentencing of Kenneth Weldon for assault occasioning actual bodily harm was published yesterday and raises difficult questions about the intersections of the legal and mental health...
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Weed, meth and cash siezed in Chifley
ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations Team has seized drugs suspected to be cannabis and a significant sum of cash from a search warrant at a residence in Chifley yesterday morning (Wednesday 30...
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Commission of Audit lays path for deep cuts
Commission of Audit lays path for deep cuts By Charis Palmer, The Conversation HEAVY on warnings that “business as usual” will leave future generations of Australians saddled with excessive debt, the...
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Alicia Coutts takes to the catwalk at Fashfest
PHOTOGRAPHER Andrew Campbell has filed stunning pictures from last night’s Fashfest featuring Anneliese Seubert and former Olympic swimmer Alicia Coutts. Pre-show the teams of organisers, designers and...
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Bad boys and other artists: weekend arts
THOSE bad boys of local music, George Huitker & Junk Sculpture, tell us that “the time has come” to celebrate one of their favourite bands. On Saturdays May 3 and 10 they’ll be staging their...
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Canberra self portrait wins People’s Choice award
THE People’s Choice award for this year’s National Photographic Portrait Prize has gone to Andrew M Lance for his Canberra-located self portrait, “Andrew 2013,” according to the National Portrait...
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Review: One ‘Island’, three dancers
CANBERRA choreographer and dancer, James Batchelor is on a mission to change his audience’s perception and expectations of what a dance performance should be. For his latest, very professionally...
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Canberra’s politicians get a pay rise amid entitlement changes
THE ACT Remuneration Tribunal has determined that the denizens of the Legislative Assembly are in need of a pay rise. The tribunal considered the Wage Price Index, Average Weekly Earnings (full time...
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Review: ‘Jeune et Jolie’ (R) *** and a half
MIDDLE-CLASS 17-year-old French student Isabelle (Marine Vacth) on vacation at her family’s beach house connives her defloration as the precursor to a clandestine career as a sex worker with Lea as her...
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Review: ‘Fading Gigolo’ (M) ****
CONTRARY to misinformed media blah, this is not a Woody Allen film. Sure, he plays a pivotal role in it as retired rare-book merchant Murray who sees a chance to improve his financial position when his...
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Review: ’52 Tuesdays’ (MA) *** and a half
WE must accept the unstated reasons for Jane’s (Del Herbert-Jane, in real life reportedly non-gender conforming) decision to undergo the discomfort and risk of becoming James because “52 Tuesdays” is...
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Canberra hoofers kick up their heels: Dance Week 2014
CANBERRA hoofers kick up their heels tomorrow, Saturday, May 3, with the launch of Australian Dance Week at the Belconnen Fresh Food Markets. Russian Don Quixote The markets will be brightened up...
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Ways to tell if your rental property is being used as a grow house or meth lab
LANDLORD insurers Terri Scheer have produced a list of things landlords should look for to make sure their properties are not being used to grow or make illicit drugs. “Tenants involved in cultivating...
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Socials: At the opening of ‘Beijing/ Unfurling the Landscape’, ANU
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Socials: At Karinya House Mother’s Day Ball, Southern Cross Club, Woden
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Fashfest 2014: Socials, night 3
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Fashfest 2014: Models of fashionable diversity
Models from racially inclusive Fashfest… Minthaka Wrjeyaratra, Eric Nugent, Wanile Mlaisa and Adam Ridwan. Photo by Gary SchaferFASHFEST, the biggest fashion show ever held in Canberra, is determined...
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