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This week in beer… Bridge Road Brewers
AS I stated in my previous article, the next few weeks of This week in Beer… will focus on the big players, and the not so big players, of Beer Day Out and the Canberra Beer Week. Beer Day Out, held...
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Canberra keeps it’s S&P AAA credit rating
ANDREW Barr is celebrating the affirmation of ratings agency Standard & Poor’s which still considers the ACT Government to be a low risk of defaulting on its debt. It is worth remembering this is...
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Police ask you to drive safely this long weekend
ACT Policing is urging Canberra drivers to stay safe over the Community Day long weekend, when police will be conducting high-visibility patrols. Traffic Operations Acting Superintendent Rod Anderson...
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Canberra UAV win the 2014 Outback Challenge!
DIY Drones reports Canberra’s own team of drone builders has bested an international field in the 2014 Outback Challenge. Not only did they find the body lost in wilderness, they dropped a waterbottle...
View ArticleReview / Flogging a dead horse
PETER Shaffer’s “Equus”, one of the most memorable and popular plays of the 1970s, details a harrowing investigation of a horrendous crime by a psychiatrist with serious self-doubts of his own. This...
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Suspicious fire in Ngunnawal
ACT Policing are investigating a Ngunnawal house fire which was deemed suspicious and handed over by ACT Fire and Rescue today (Sunday, September 28). About 10.30am, ACT Policing received a report a...
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Drink driver runs into Macgregor fence
A 28-year-old Charnwood man has been charged with drink driving and reckless driving offences after running into a fence at Macgregor. About 4.50am on Saturday, police went to a house in Marcus Faunce...
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‘CAPO 31’ art exhibition opens: artists supporting artists
THE CAPO 31 art exhibition swung into action on Friday in Galleries 2 and 3 at Canberra Museum and Gallery — and it’s a beauty. A section of the exhibition, foreground, a work by Adam Veikkanen With...
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GRATTAN / A homeland security super ministry? Perhaps not as good an idea as...
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra IT’S difficult to see how Tony Abbott can avoid a summer reshuffle and easy to believe he’s not relishing the prospect. Few around the Coalition believe...
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Colour variability in Crimson Rosellas is linked to a virus
A Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans) in the wild near Melbourne. Raoul Ribot, Author provided By Andy T.D. Bennett, Deakin University DESPITE its name, the Crimson Rosella is perhaps Australia’s...
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A revamp for the Majura Pines
SHANE Rattenbury has released the Majura Pines Recreation Concept Master Plan (complete with whizzy word clouds) which will guide the future planning, development and management of Majura Pines. “The...
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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Telstra rolling out a wifi network
TELSTRA have announced a cunning plan to grow their home broadband business. They’ve announced a trial for a few months of free public wifi using the infrastructure of their payphones. Civic here in...
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Arts in the city / Photos of courage and hope
One of Thomas Mukoya’s photos from his “Women Together: Conflict, Courage and Hope” exhibition.“WOMEN Together: Conflict, Courage and Hope” is an exhibition of 37 photos by Kenyan photographer Thomas...
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Try the buses says Shane
WITH pay parking arriving in the Parliamentary Triangle tomorrow Shane Rattenbury is encouraging workers in that zone to try his bus network. “Now is the perfect opportunity for workers in the...
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Arts / ‘Boulevard’ brings challenges
“Sunset Boulevard” cast member Vanessa de Jager, left, and musical director Sharon Tree. Photo by Gary SchaferONE of the hit numbers in the coming production of “Sunset Boulevard” at The Q is “Let’s...
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Simon would like you to stop tailgating
SIMON Corbell has launched a new road safety campaign highlighting the impact of tailgating. “Not only are rear-end collisions in the top three crashes for injuries, but the costs of these crashes...
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Government House open to the public this Sunday
CANBERRA’S grandest residence, Government House, is letting the public see what the corridors of power look like with an open day this Sunday at the Governor-General’s residence. The iconic property,...
View ArticleVideo / Biffo in the Monkey Bar
ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying offenders involved in a large disturbance involving up to 20 people in Civic in the early hours of Sunday, September 21. About 2.40am on...
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Springtime in Yarralumla – Japanese style
The cherry blossoms of Yarralumla may have already blown away, Japanese Ambassador Yoshitaka Akimoto remarked today —that was their way — but there was always time for a cup of tea. Ambassador Akimoto...
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