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Hanson calls for Mr Fluffy Board of Inquiry
JEREMY Hanson is calling for a Board of Inquiry into the Mr Fluffy fiasco after work on a long term solution is complete. “The Mr Fluffy issue is a tragic saga that has affected thousands of lives...
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Queanbeyan rates fracas coming to a head
QUEANBEYAN Council informs “CityNews” that Mayor Tim Overall is heading to Sydney on Friday September 5 to seek relief on the Supplementary Rates issue from the Minister for Local Government Paul...
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Christian Lobby stamps its feet over chaplains in ACT schools
THE Australian Christian Lobby says the ACT government’s refusal to administer the school chaplaincy program unless the scheme allows secular counsellors is an overreach. ACL’s Managing Director Lyle...
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Seminar / How to know what you’re eating
THE Canberra Environment Centre is running a forum on the links between soil health and human health. Healthy soil grows healthy food, and healthy food makes for healthy people. We know that a vast...
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Canberra’s School Welfare Officers under the axe in chaplaincy row
LABOR Senator Kate Lundy says new Government documents show that the welfare officers of 25 schools across Canberra are facing unemployment as a result of the Abbott Government’s decision to only fund...
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ACTION bus timetable information to get a bit weird for a week
ACTION has tweeted that while Network 14 is starting on 1 September they’ve started rolling over the signage already. NXTBUS information can, apparently, be relied on. Some suburban bus stop...
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Chaplinitis and other arts this weekend
THE National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s Arc cinema program will stage a special tribute to the greatest of all movie stars, Charlie Chaplin this Saturday August 30. 2014 marks the 100th...
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Canberrans embrace “Appalling Driver Behaviour” Week!
ACT Policing is warning Canberra drivers it will not tolerate dangerous driving, after a week of appalling driver behaviour in the capital. Last weekend; Saturday and Sunday (August 23 and 24), ACT...
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This is your last warning. The bus timetable will be different on Monday
JAMES Roncon, ACTION’s Director of Public Transport is reminding public transport users the network is changing to a new timetable on Monday. “While there are changes to the existing routes and...
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The John Howard Reading Room opens here in Canberra
BILLIONAIRE Kerry Stokes will today formally open the John Howard Reading Room at UNSW Canberra (known to most Canberrans as ADFA) today with the former Prime Minister John Howard attending. The new...
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The signs do not align, what season is it anyway?
Laurie has sent us this strange sight. I took this photo today 1 September in Watson, corner of Northbourne Ave and Phillip Ave — is it Autumn or Spring? If you’ve seen something noteworthy around...
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Fire in a UC kitchen, someone’s getting a big fine
ACT Fire & Rescue has attended a small fire in a kitchen at the University of Canberra (UC). The fire started on a stove inside the University Village at UC, Cooinda Street, Bruce and was...
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Network 14 cops a flogging on Twitter
ACTION’S new bus timetable Network 14 has not been greeted with universal acclaim on Twitter as you can see below. It should be noted however that there are always winners and losers in any...
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The ballot opens for the trip of a lifetime world tour on the Young Endeavour
CANBERRANS between the ages of 18 and 30 would be well advised to get an entry into the ballot to crew the sail training ship Young Endeavour on its upcoming world tour. Governor‐General Peter...
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ACT Government wants to get us all out on the Centenary Trail next March
KATY Gallagher says the ACT Government will be a principal partner for the CBR 100 Challenge, a new sporting event. The ACT Government will contribute $50,000 to the event as part of its commitment to...
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Chenoeh Miller to run the 2015 Fringe
JOY Burch says local artist Chenoeh Miller will be the producer of the 2015 fringe festival, to be held in conjunction with the National Multicultural Festival. Ms Miller was chosen by an independent...
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A slight speed dip for the Naas Road
ROADS ACT is advising residents and visitors that the speed limit for a section of Naas Road in front of the Namadgi National Park Visitor Centre will be lowered from 100 kilometres per hour to 80...
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Did Qantas bet the house on the wrong planes?
By Hamza Bendemra, Australian National University WHEN Qantas posted a A$2.8 billion loss – the highest in the airline’s history – last week, one critical point was that $2.6 billion came from a...
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Open Gardens Australia pulling up stumps
THE Open Gardens Australia Board of Directors has decided to make the 2014-2015 season the not-for-profit organisation’s last. The decision was made in light of developments in the economy and...
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Macklin / Tram rolls on despite no decision
THE revelation that the ACT Government had applied for the rezoning of seven sites along the proposed Gungahlin light rail route strongly suggests that Cabinet has already decided to go ahead with the...
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