Dining / Dropping into Molly’s mysterious world
Molly’s speakeasy. Photo by Gary SchaferIF you’re great at coordinates you’ll find it easy to get to this fabulous new speakeasy everyone is talking about. If not, then head to Hobart Place. Find the...
View ArticleCanberra Pollen Count app is out, but not necessarily active
FOR those who suffer the affliction of hayfever there’s some good news with a “Canberra Pollen Count” app out on smartphones. It is, however, returning results of “low” as far as the eye can see which...
View ArticleElections ACT finds 20 problems with the Electoral Act
THE ACT Electoral Commission has issued a special report making a swag of recommendations to the Legislative Assembly which the Commission views are needed for the Electoral Act to be legal,...
View ArticleChief Minister disheartened that rising sexism is deterring young women from...
KATY Gallagher has blogged her disappointment in a new survey showing sexism is keeping young women from entering politics. “It is disheartening today to see the results of a new survey of girls and...
View ArticleBunda Street, a real mess and it won’t look like the design drawing
CANBERRA CBD Limited are warning business of unholy disruptions to Bunda Street as it is converted into a shared space. The entry from Akuna Street will close from Thursday 8 October 2014. Therefore...
View ArticleFadden shed fire
FIREFIGHTERS have extinguished a fire in a garden shed on Maughan Crescent, Fadden. ACT Fire & Rescue has two fire pumpers on scene as well as the Breathing Apparatus Van. ACT Ambulance Service...
View ArticleSocials / At the opening night of Wharf Review, Canberra Theatre Centre
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View ArticleSocials / At the South Korean National Day, Yarralumla
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View ArticlePine Island grass fire
THE ACT Rural Fire Service and ACT Fire & Rescue is working to extinguish a grass fire burning at Pine Island, Tuggeranong. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set at...
View ArticleLand for Tuggeranong’s Southquay goes for $10 million
BIDDING by 11 registered parties has seen three multi-unit sites at the new waterfront development at Southquay in Greenway sold at auction for a total of $9.705 million with all blocks being...
View ArticleDrawing Godot and other arts in Canberra this weekend
‘DRAWING Godot’ is a series of etchings by Nicholas Harding, inspired by many hours sitting in on rehearsals of the Sydney Theatre Company production of Samuel Beckett’s play ‘Waiting for Godot’....
View ArticlePictures / “The Wharf Revue” at the Canberra Theatre
EVERYONE’S favourite lampoonists return for a special edition of The Wharf Revue packed full of their trademark irreverent, anarchic political satire. This brilliant blend of side-splitting sketches...
View ArticleNew traffic lights for Sternberg Crescent
SHANE Rattenbury says new part-time traffic signals have been installed on the eastern approach to the Sternberg Crescent and Erindale Drive roundabout to complete stage 1 of upgrades to Ashley and...
View ArticleACCC greenlights sale. “ACTTAB has not been a vigorous competitor”
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the go ahead to Tabcorp buying the ACT’s legacy betting agency ACTTAB. The ACCC’s public review focused on whether, as a result of the...
View ArticleJoy Burch announces pokies changes
Joy Burch has announced changes to the clubs sector. “The reforms I announce today are a result of much hard work between the government and industry over the past two years, following the commitments...
View ArticleBelconnen teens allegedly throwing rocks at cars
ACT Policing has apprehended two juveniles after a rock was thrown at a moving vehicle in Belconnen (Thursday, 2 October). Around midnight last night, police were called to Emu Bank, Belconnen after...
View ArticleAnd they’re off and racing to be the ACT Labor Party President
THIS October ACT Labor will be holding its first ever members’ ballot for the position of Party President. This will be ACT Labor’s largest election ever held by ACT Labor with nearly 1,000 members...
View ArticleHotels cry foul as Government does deal with Clubs
THIS morning we noted a cosy deal between the Labor Government and the Clubs sector, which the Labor Party owns a big slice of, over poker machine regulation. This afternoon Canberra’s licensed hotel...
View ArticleDouble demerits this weekend
SIMON Corbell is reminding drivers that double demerit points will be applied over the Labour Day long weekend as part of the government’s commitment to improving road safety. Double demerit points...
View ArticleTrampolines, camels, and lots of blinky lights for this year’s Christmas In...
CANBERRA CBD Limited has announced their plans for Christmas festivities in Civic this year. The beloved odiferous camels are back, the Flip-Out trampoline centre will be bringing bouncy fun, and a...
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