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Police raid the prison
ACT Policing executed four search warrants on cells within the Alexander Maconochie Centre last night (Tuesday, May 13) following an extensive police operation into the suspected supply of drugs...
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Socials: At Hays EA Networking Event, QT Hotel, Civic
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Four hornet flyover above Manuka tomorrow
The Air Force has advised that the funeral of Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara, KBE, AO, AFC, AE at Manuka’s St Christopher’s Church tomorrow will be honoured by a large “Missing Man Formation”...
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Skippy cull delayed by ACAT intervention
TERRITORY And Municipal Services have advised that their planned kangaroo cull has been delayed by court action. ACAT ordered that the Territory not enforce the licence issued by the Conservator of...
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When the whipper snipping’s left too long…
WE all have moments when mowing lawns when circling something delicate leaves a regrettable tuft of long grass. But this old school road marker in Reid in in danger of disappearing beneath the unmowed...
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FOR months the local Liberals have been carrying on like pork chops over Labor’s Joy Burch retweeting a disparaging remark about Education Minister Christopher Pyne that included a regrettable four...
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Canberra climber John Price forced back from unclimbed peak
WORD came through from Nepal last week that Canberran mountaineer John Price (“The high Price of Adventure”, “CityNews” magazine, February 20) and his Kiwi companions Paul and Shelley Hersey sadly did...
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Socials: At QT Lounge launch, QT Canberra, Civic
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Cheap Lunches. East Bar and Grill on East Row
EAST Bar and Grill is hanging on tenaciously in the burned out wreckage of the Sydney Building facing the bus interchange. The mimimalist decor is not immediately welcoming, it’s all but empty at...
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Canberra’s illicit firearms chopped up by a plasma torch
ACT Policing has released video of illegal guns being destroyed in the wake of the Illicit Firearms Rewards Campaign. Chief Police Officer for the ACT, Rudi Lammers was joined by Minister for Police...
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John Calvert-Jones appointed to the NGA board
Commonwealth Arts Minister George Brandis has announced the appointment of John Calvert-Jones to the National Gallery here in Canberra. “Mr Calvert-Jones is currently a Trustee of the McClelland...
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Al fresco lunch up the hill for Dame Kiri
“NOT everyone gets a chance like this,” the opera-loving Speaker of the House of Representatives Bronwyn Bishop enthused earlier today, as she hosted al fresco lunch for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at...
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Feathery things and other fine art this weekend
“FEATHERY Things” is a great title for the group exhibition of Wildlife Art now running at the Bungendore Wood Works Gallery until June 24. You can meet the artists, Joanne Barby, Jan Barnett, Wayne...
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Crime continues to drop
SIMON Corbell is celebrating an ongoing fall in crime rates. “Today the 2014 ACT Criminal Justice Statistical Profile was tabled in the Legislative Assembly and revealed a considerable drop from...
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Holt gas leak under investigation
Firefighters are currently investigating a possible gas leak at the 7/11 Service Station, Hardwick Crescent, Holt. The service station is closed for a period however no evacuations have been...
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Chief Minister Gallagher shares her thoughts on the budget
KATY Gallagher has shared with the public her statement to the Legislative Assembly on the impacts of this year’s Commonwealth budget on the people of Canberra. It is, as one might expect, not good...
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Cheap lunches. Asian Noodle Cafe on Garema Place
IT’S not every day I walk into “CityNews” palatial offices after lunch and exclaim “God Damn That Was A Good Lunch!” But today’s $10 laksa from the Asian Noodle Cafe more than warranted it. For a...
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Treatment of women at the prison improving
THE Human Rights Commissioner has released a report on the treatment of women at the Alexander Maconochie Centre and found things are improving, but there does remain more work to do. “Rehabilitation...
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Review: Godzilla (M) *
What can contaminate a cinema screen for 122 minutes (including credits) without saying anything useful ? Surprisingly, the answer is not Gareth Edwards’s fresh-from-the-effects-suite update of Ishiro...
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Review: Child’s Pose (M) *** and a half
DIVORCEE Corneila (Luminita Gheorghiu), angry that her adult son Barbu (Bogdan Dumitruche) is trying to make a life for himself with Carmen (Ilinca Gola), gets called to the Police station after Barbu...
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