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Project of peace, born out of war
THIS May 9 is unique because not only does it mark Europe Day which we celebrate every year on this day, but this year makes this date significant in many ways. Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove,...
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Wildlife science and art under the spotlight
COCKROACHES, if the director of the CSIRO Discovery Centre Cris Kennedy is to be heeded, have long suffered from an undeservedly bad reputation. Kennedy and Rentz discuss the misunderstood cockroach...
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Skippy gets the pill as Shane seeks alternatives to culling
SHANE Rattenbury has announced a trial of kangaroo population control as an alternative to this year’s cull. “I have excluded one site from the cull program to allow for a project proposal to be...
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Gemcraft show hits Exhibition Park at the end of May
The Canberra Lapidary Club’s Winter Gemcraft and Mineral Show is on Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June. Entry is $5 adults, $9 family, $2 children/concession. It will be held in the Mallee Pavilion,...
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Review: Singing violins ‘an inspired decision’
“The Violin Sings”, Concert 8 Canberra International Music Festival The Fitters Workshop, May 12 Reviewed by Bill Stephens IT was an inspired decision by artistic director Christopher Latham to present...
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Moore: How the public service is a free kick
THERE has been no talk from the government around Budget time of ensuring the very wealthy and the very, very wealthy shoulder their share of the tax burden. Instead, all we hear is about cutting and...
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Teen girl kicks fat attacker in the groin
A 17-year-old girl escaped a frightening attack this morning by kicking an overweight middle-aged man in the groin. Police say the man grabbed her and threw her to the ground as she walked around Lake...
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Macklin: How to disappoint everyone but Labor
LET’S hope Treasurer Joe Hockey’s Budget guests got their money’s worth from rubbing shoulders with his most senior staff and key ministers. At $3000 a pop to his North Sydney Forum they certainly...
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NUTS about Donne – new play at drama lab
HERE at “CityNews” we have no idea what contemporary feminist thinking is about poet/sermoniser John Donne, but we can guess. Now news is to hand that those iconoclastic folk at NUTS – the National...
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Civic Pool and CIT car parks shrink for a month
THE Civic Pool and Reid CIT car parks will be partially closed until late June, although “vacant spaces on the Parkes Way side” of both have been made available to make up for it. There will be 130...
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Cartoon: Dose of Dorin
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Volunteers wanted for Camp Quality
CAMP QUALITY needs 50 new volunteers to help run its fun camps for kids with cancer in the ACT. With 94 female volunteers and only 54 males on the books, the local arm of the charity is in particular...
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Gardening: Picking the right roses
When it comes to roses, you get what you pay for… consider where you buy them, says Cedric.ROSE-PLANTING time is fast approaching when all the new roses – plus the older, well-known varieties – arrive....
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New premmy playgroup/support group starts in Tuggeranong
A new playgroup for premature and sick babies that doubles as a support group for their parents will be held in Isabella Plains on the last Friday of the month starting late May. Sally McCabe with her...
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Michael D’Elboux the ACT 2014 Volunteer of the Year
Last night the National Museum played host to the 2014 Volunteer of the year awards. The winners are: Individual Awards ACT Volunteer of the Year 2014, Michael D’Elboux, nominated by Kulture Break ACT...
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Review: Love triumphs over darkness in ‘extraordinary concert’
IT is difficult to write about yesterday’s “Triumph of the Heart” concert. Simone Riksman, Alice Giles, photo Peter Hislop To say that at least half the audience left the Fitters Workshop looking...
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Cheap lunches. Cocorea on Garema Place
THE world of bento boxes available for lunch in Canberra could almost be the subject of its own series. Are you a bento ingénue? Wikipedia explains: Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed...
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Merici girls rally for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
When the story of the abduction of 276 young girls from a Government Girls Secondary School, in Chibok in Nigeria hit the world news, the women of Merici College in Canberra were horrified. Not only...
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More traffic calming for Holt
SHANE Rattenbury has announced more changes in the seemingly interminable struggle to calm traffic along Spofforth Street in Holt. “Seven of Spofforth Street’s eleven speed cushions will be removed...
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New services launched at Calvary
Calvary Hospital CHIEF Minister Gallagher has done the honours at today’s launch of new services at Calvary Hospital. The new services include an 8 bed Rapid Assessment and Planning Unit, a 12 bed...
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