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This week in beer… Hopscotch!
Dire economic projections in the ACT seem not to deter would-be hospitality professionals from opening new venues around Canberra, trying to get a piece of the ever decreasing pie. The latest offering...
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Local production of SuperStar to rock AIS
WORD is just in from indomitable Coralie Wood that a local production of Jesus Christ Superstar is going to give it the full works at the AIS Arena next June. The production will be brought to life by...
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THE ACT Parks and Conservation Service is encouraging residents to report dangerous driving and vandalism on rural roads after a driver was recently issued with an infringement notice for negligent...
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Consultation starts on a new plan to preserve the brush-tailed rock-wallaby
SIMON Corbell has announced the start of consultation a new action plan for the endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby, to better help the species recover from near extinction. “Action plans protect...
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Grattan on Friday / In Conversation with ASIO chief David Irvine
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra DAVID Irvine retires next month after five years as Director-General of Security, heading ASIO; before that he was head of the Australian Secret...
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It’s time to get nominations in for the 2014 Young Canberra Citizen of the...
MICK Gentleman is letting people know that nominations are now open for the 2014 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Awards. The Minister for Children and Young People is encouraging nominations for...
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Dale Frank makes major donations of his work to the National Gallery
THE National Gallery of Australia says senior artist Dale Frank – one of Australia’s most significant contemporary painters – has donated a major gift of works valued at $4 million, including...
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Katy courts the ladies
CHIEF Minister Gallagher has blogged of her desire to get more women running as candidates for the expanded Legislative Assembly in 2016. “For the first time since 1989 there is a unique opportunity...
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It’s a boy for Content Group’s Jamie Bradnam
Back in May “Canberra Confidential” had some fun with spinner Jamie Bradnam’s comparisons of pregnancy to PR Campaigns. Today Jamie has tweeted at us the arrival of his boy Jack. Congratulations to...
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Agreement with the feds on environmental approvals
A draft bilateral agreement that provides a single process for environmental approvals in the Australian Capital Territory has been released for public comment by the Minister for the Environment,...
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Garage Sale Trail’s ready for your registration
GARAGE Sale Trail is gearing up for its second year in Canberra and fourth in Australia. It’s a day of simultaneous garage sales across the country on October 25 and encourages Australian households,...
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Socials / At ACT launch of National Science Week 2014
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Out of petrol in a stolen van
A 36-year-old Dickson man, found early this morning in a stolen van in Mitchell, will appear before the ACT Magistrates Court this afternoon (August 15) charged with multiple property offences and...
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Socials / At the ‘Stella Fella’ fundraiser, The Loft, O’Connor
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What parents need to know about learner drivers: four key lessons
By Bridie Scott-Parker, University of the Sunshine Coast LEARNER drivers and parents are often thrown in the deep end when it comes to learning to drive and recording hours in the logbook. As part of...
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NSW Government comes to Queanbeyan’s Mr Fluffy party
QUEANBEYAN Mayor Tim Overall has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of an independent investigation into loose-fill asbestos. Mayor Overall said the Government’s move to appoint an independent...
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Thomas wins Rookie title
Rookie Stella fella winner Thomas Campagna and mum Alanna Davis.THOMAS Campagna, the 10-year-old Canberra Grammar student who featured on the cover of “CityNews” earlier this month was last night...
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Westpac gets chalkbombed on City Walk
THE staff in Westpac’s City Walk branch probably thought little off it when artists set to chalking a monumental work on the pavement outside their bank. It would only have been when the words were...
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Hit and run outside Canberra Hospital
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a hit-run incident in Garran this morning (Saturday, August 16) in which a person suffered serious leg injuries. About 5.50am members of Woden patrol responded to...
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Socials / At India’s Independence Day reception, Yarralumla
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