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Gardening: March of the deadly beetle
The effects of Elm Leaf Beetle… now the pest has spread to Canberra.TO add to the traumas for gardeners, there is a new insidious insect on the march in Canberra attacking elm trees. Most gardeners are...
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Dining: Setting a mood in the street of food
FOOD is about mood and Mood Food in Braddon knows this to be very true. Wendy JohnsonPerched on super busy Lonsdale Street, the restaurant’s décor is sleek and the atmosphere warm and inviting, with a...
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Musical gems about to shine
Gaye Reid, left, and the cast of the musical “Winging My Way to the Top”… “Guys are going to love it.” Photo by Gary SchaferWHAT is it with precious gems and girl singers? In recent years “The...
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Fashfest 2014: Night 3 reviewed
THE large open space at the Brindabella Business Park was packed with a fashionable cohort of Canberrans who are bustling with curiosity and excitement about the much anticipated third night of...
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Customers in running for free shopping
WHAT if someone suddenly stepped in between you and the cash register and paid for your shopping? That’s the plan at the Canberra Outlet Centre at Fyshwick next weekend (May 10-11) when 20 randomly...
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Fashfest 2014: Night 4 reviewed
It was a sold-out, red-carpet affair. Fashfest 2014 released standing room only tickets to cope with demand and guests lapped up the experience, the fashion, the lighting, the music and ‘being seen’....
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DUI twice in two hours
ACT Policing retained a man in the Watch House on Saturday morning (3 May) after he was caught drink driving twice in two hours. About 2.50am on Saturday morning, police conducted a traffic stop on a...
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Fashfest 2014: The final night socials
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Car on fire near the Glenloch Interchange
FIREFIGHTERS are extinguishing a car fire on Caswell Drive near the Glenloch Interchange. Two ACT Fire & Rescue pumpers were called to the scene about 2:20pm. All occupants were out of the vehicle...
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Public Trustees Office fraud raid nets cannabis and hydroponics
ACT Policing Criminal Investigations Fraud detectives executed a search warrant yesterday (Sunday, May 4), as part of an ongoing investigation relating to the ACT Public Trustees Office. Detectives...
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Work starts on Gungahlin Park and Ride
SHANE Rattenbury has announced the start of work for a new Park and Ride bus facility in Gungahlin. “The project will include about 200 parking spaces conveniently located near bus stops on Valley...
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Florey house gives up another gun
ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations team has executed a second search warrant on a Florey home (Saturday, May 3) locating an illicit firearm from behind a stud wall in the toilet. Acting on further...
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Cheap lunches. Rice Tapas
Rice Tapas on Garema Place is a strange beast. Hopeful sandwich boards on street level promise the world while pointing to a, slightly terrifying, dingy staircase. (Often there’s mail for the...
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‘Don Quixote’ the ballet. A leap of the imagination
DANCE Week is now in full swing, but for members of the general public the highlight is probably the visit of the Imperial Russian Ballet Company, and there’s still time to get seats. Tonight and...
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‘Brush up Your Shakespeare’ in class
LOCAL theatre writer and drama teacher, Peter Wilkins, is mindful of the fact that in late April we were celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. With this in mind, he has announced that his next...
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Socials: Lyn Mills’ event of the week / Fashfest finale
WITH marketing to make many wax lyrical, reality had us follow the fantasy of fashion fabulousness to the coldest depths of Brindabella Park for the second year of Fashfest. It coruscated through our...
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Alleged Red Hill forced entry results in arrests
ACT Policing has taken two men into custody after an alleged aggravated burglary at a Red Hill residence last night (Sunday, May 4). Police will allege that the men forced their way into a Red Hill...
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Comments closing on Year 12 certificate review
Joy Burch has given notice that there’s just one more week for the community to have their say into the Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) review of the ACT Year 12 Certificate. “ACT secondary...
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Burst watermains afflict Tuggeranong
ACTEW Water are warning that a number of burst water mains in Tuggeranong have disrupted the water supply in Bonython, Gordon, Isabella Plains, Calwell, Richardson, Chisholm and Greenway. Residents...
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Nominations open for the Telstra Business Women’s Business Awards
THE Telstra Business Women’s Awards are celebrating their 20th anniversary and calling on Canberra women to nominate for this year’s iteration. Many remarkable stories of achievement have emerged...
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