Clik here to view.
Dining / Of beer, bikes and having fun
IT’S fun drinking beer where beer is made. Truth be told, I only had a sip of a friend’s beer, being more of a wine lover myself, but it’s still fun. Especially on the last day of the weekend when you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Private schooling has little long-term pay-off
By Jennifer Chesters, University of Canberra IN a recent article for The Conversation, Barbara Preston examined the link between type of school attended and progress at university. Barbara concluded...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts in the City / Cool, digital Monteverdi
The digital set for “L’Orfeo”.MONTEVERDI’S opera “L’Orfeo” (Orpheus) will never be the same after the ANU School of Music stages it soon in with a cool, interactive digital set designed by Andrew...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Science of art and the art of science
AS Chief Minister Katy Gallagher and astronaut Rick Hieb open Science Week (August 16-24) amidst fire and ice, Canberra’s premiere chamber music group The Griffyn Ensemble is asking the question,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Canberra Confidential / Night of consenting science
IT’S adults only at Questacon when the next SciNight explores the science behind sport. A curtain raiser for National Science Week, Questacon describes it as a “geeky night for grown-ups, where...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts / Earnest importance of the right accent
John Worthing JP (Yalin Ozucelik) and Algernon (Nathan O’Keefe) in “The Importance of Being Earnest”. Photo by Shane Reid.PROFESSIONAL accent coach Simon Stollery astonishes me in the first minute of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grattan / Tell us more about policy overseas, Turnbull exhorts media
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra COMMUNICATIONS Minister Malcolm Turnbull has criticised the Australian media’s lack of interest in how other countries tackle the big policy challenges that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts / Suzi takes her cue
“I’M a strange gypsy,” Suzi Quatro tells me by phone from Spain as she reflects on her mixed origins. You know Suzi Q – one of the rock world’s hard-rock tomboys and one of the first female rock stars...
View ArticleClik here to view.
300 sheep in truck rollover on the Monaro Highway
ACT Fire & Rescue firefighters and ACT Ambulance Service intensive care paramedics are currently on scene at the roundabout of Johnson Drive and Monaro Hwy, Calwell following a single vehicle...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Portrait Gallery visits Arcadia
“ARCADIA: Sound of the sea” is an unexpected exhibition that brings together 40 photographs by John Witzig, the co-founder of “Tracks” magazine and founder of “SeaNotes.” Wayne Lynch at Possum Creek...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Socials / At ‘Arcadia’ opening, National Portrait Gallery
The post Socials / At ‘Arcadia’ opening, National Portrait Gallery appeared first on Canberra CityNews.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review / ‘The 100-Foot Journey’ (PG) *** and a half
TWO restaurants face each other on the outskirts of a French provincial town. Le Saule Pleureur (The Weeping Willow) has one star in “Guide Michelin” but Mme Mallory (Helen Mirren) is desperate for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joe Roff to chair the UC Vikings rugby team
FORMER Brumbies and Wallabies star, and current CEO of the University of Canberra’s women’s basketball team the Canberra Capitals, has been appointed the chair of the new University of Canberra...
View ArticleClik here to view.
There are no free rides to the future: Australia’s Chief Scientist
By Ian Chubb, Office of the Chief Scientist THIS is a transcript of the 2014 Jack Beale Lecture on the Global Environment, hosted at the University of New South Wales. Tonight I want to talk about the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joe Hockey gets outnumbered in the battle of the stats
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra When a government has to negotiate with crossbenchers there is often an element of humiliation involved, especially if that government suffers from a touch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Queanbeyan Council throws itself at the tender mercy of the NSW Government
QUEANBEYAN Mayor Tim Overall says an extraordinary meeting of Council has unanimously agreed to put all outstanding rates notices, levied as a result of an audit on Council’s property database, on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shane tries to keep the Commonwealth interested in the Canberra environment
SHANE Rattenbury said the ACT Government will not be walking way from a Parliamentary Agreement item to maintain an ongoing approvals role for the Federal Government in environment protection matters....
View ArticleClik here to view.
A new award announced. “ACT Scientist of the Year”
KATY Gallagher has announced a new science award, the ‘ACT Scientist of the Year’, will be awarded annually by the ACT Government with the recipient to receive $30,000 to assist with an identified...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ABC digital radio off the air
FOR the few Canberrans relying on digital radios it will no doubt be distressing to hear the ABC has lost it’s broadcast due to a power outage at Telstra Tower. “In the early hours of this morning, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meanwhile in the ACT, developer donations are legal and common
WHILE the nation watches in horror as a seemingly endless string of NSW politicians file through the political gallows in NSW, it is worth remembering what they are going down for is perfectly legal...
View Article