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River Festival launched across the border
THE inaugural Queanbeyan River Festival has been officially announced today by Mayor, Tim Overall. Tim Overall launches the Queanbeyan River Festival The event, due to run on October 11, is intended to...
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Review: Exacting play takes new look at Cowra
BY any Australian estimate, this look into the 1944 Cowra Breakout is an exacting piece of theatre. Photo by Michihiro Furumoto Conceived and written by the eminent Japanese director Yoji Sakate after...
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Socials / At Lifeline’s Women of Spirit Awards, Hyatt Hotel
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Ginninderra’s inglorious three cycle around the committees
LABOR’s back bench, weirdly all based in the only electorate that returned a majority of Labor members (Ginninderra), have announced they’re still working hard for their electorate even as they get...
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$222 off the average bill thanks to carbon tax repeal
ACTEWAGL have been updating their systems to remove the price on carbon from electricity and gas bills and backdate these changes to 1 July 2014. Effective from 1 July 2014, ACT electricity customers...
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A new cycling peak body brings a new cycling festival
PEDAL Power ACT, ACT Cycling Federation, BMX ACT and Canberra Off Road Cyclists (CORC) have joined up to form “Capital Cycling”to promote all things cycling and provide a stronger voice for cyclists...
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Recognise this mugger of pizza drivers?
ACT Policing has released the facefit of one of two males who robbed a pizza delivery driver in Banks on Thursday (July 25). About 9.25pm, a pizza delivery driver attended an address in Adcock Place,...
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Gas leak at Charles Conder Primary
Firefighters are currently on scene at Charles Conder Primary School, Tom Roberts Avenue, Conder, working to isolate a gas leak. Approximately 330 students and staff have been evacuated as a...
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Grattan / There is a data deficit in government’s metadata plan
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra IF there is one member of cabinet who understands the ins and outs of metadata, it’s Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Yet Turnbull has so far been...
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At Vice-Chancellor’s Diplomatic Reception, University of Canberra
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Socials / At ‘Not Waving’ opening, CCAS Gallery, Manuka
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Socials / At Canberra’s Best Beard quest, King O’Malley’s, Civic
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Young alleged Gordon burglars nabbed
ACT Policing has arrested a 23-year-old man and 16-year-old teenager following a burglary in Gordon yesterday (August 7). Around 12.15pm a woman returned to her home and suspected that someone was...
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168kmph down the Tuggeranong Parkway
An 18-year-old man has lost his provisional licence after police caught him travelling 68km/h over the posted speed limit yesterday afternoon (Thursday, August 7). About 2.28pm ACT Policing members in...
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This week in beer… The India Pale Ale in Canberra and International IPA Day
SO I hope everybody is well rested after their day off yesterday. You of course did have a day off yesterday, as you celebrated one of my favourite days of the year, International IPA (India Pale Ale)...
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Simon rolls out the environment grants
SIMON Corbell has announced which community groups working to protect Canberra’s natural environment have been winners under the ACT Environment Grants. “These grants will support projects to...
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Sold out, but here’s a way to see ‘Our Man in Tehran’
(14.11) Win tickets to 'Our Man in Tehran' What's to be won?"CityNews" has five double passes, compliments of the Canadian High Commission, to be won to the sold-out screening of the enthralling...
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Floriade starts its takeover of Commonwealth Park and Avenue
FLORIADE 2014 is gearing up for the grand unveiling on Saturday 13 September. On Monday 11 August a fence will be erected around the park to protect the event’s garden beds throughout the festival....
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Grattan on Friday / How Abbott united the Greens and the Institute of Public...
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra PROPER “process” might sound like bureaucratic jargon but a prime minister ignores it at his or her peril. Applied to cabinet, it includes making sure...
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Review / ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ (M) *
BEHIND me watching this two-hour futurist fantasy actioner set somewhere within a galaxy, presumably ours, were three young men who looked as if they might be fans of films from the same conglomerate...
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