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‘Heartfelt Theatre’ touches the audience
IN a time when slick professionalism is the name of the game it’s worth remembering that at its base, theatre is about human beings. Robbie Matthews and Adele Lewin in ‘Darling I’m Sorry’ In “Couples...
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Missing: Police search for mother and son
Missing… Lilie Kipruto and son Oscar.POLICE are looking for 44-year-old Lilie Kipruto and her seven-year-old son Oscar who have not been seen since Friday afternoon (October 3) in O’Malley. They are...
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Unconscious man found on roadside
AN unconscious man with facial injuries was found on the side of the road in Knoke Avenue, Gordon early this morning (Monday 6 October) and police are calling for witnesses to a possible assault. About...
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New York Times declares Canberra the best place in the world to be
I have long championed Canberra’s charms. But it remains pleasing to see the Old Grey Lady explaining to the Manhattoes that our own city tops the world as the best place to live. It turns out that...
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Brown water after Macarthur water main burst
A water main in Macarthur has burst overnight with a large amount of water lost to the area, and patches of water discolouration expected around the surrounding suburbs – Fadden, Gowrie, Gilmore...
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Questacon teams up with Samsung
QUESTACON and Samsung have announced a new partnership. Samsung will provide products to support technology skills and education programmes at Questacon. The collaboration will help to connect young...
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Zombie Walk 2014 set for 1 November
SOME might say the whole zombie thing has been utterly overdone. Others would rip your brains from your living skull for daring to suggest such a thing. Either way a lot of people do seem to like...
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Latham Handy Mart robbed
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at the Latham Handy Mart yesterday afternoon (Monday, October 6). About 4pm, a male walked into the Latham Handy Mart on Dalley Crescent,...
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Another birthday party for Sitsky
THE ongoing 80th birthday party for Professor Larry Sitsky, Canberra’s most famous composer, continues tomorrow at the National Library of Australia, where the eminent music curator, Robyn Holmes,...
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Canberra’s Michael Milton to be inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
Paralympian Michael Milton. Photo: NPG THIS Thursday in Melbourne Canberra’s remarkable paralympic athlete Michael Milton will join the greats of Australian sport in the Hall of Fame. Milton competed...
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AT “CityNews” we see heart-warming examples of community spirit all the time, though rarely have we seen such a high level of support and endeavour for the Curtin at 50’s Party at the Shops on October...
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Griffiths / Beware the old, blinking modem
LAST month a guy called Stéphane Chazelas discovered a really fundamental security problem in the software that would let bad people remotely take over computers. John Griffiths.System administrators...
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Canberra Confidential / Snappers showing off
THIS is photographer Geoff Comfort’s aerial shot of a gravel carpark, in Tuggeranong and it scored him a gold award at the recent Australian Professional Photography Awards. Geoff has curated the work...
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Arts / Comic classic keeps ballet on its toes
Andre Santos as Alain in West Australian Ballet’s production of La Fille mal gardée . Photo by Emma Fishwick. THE West Australian Ballet has been treating us to evenings of romance over the years, but...
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And the finalists for the 2014 ACT Telstra Business Women’s Awards are…
LEADERS from a diverse range of workplaces have been named as the 20 finalists for the 2014 Telstra Business Women’s Awards. The 2014 finalists join a prestigious list of ACT Awards winners including...
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Dining / Oh, brother, there’s a new kid atop Red Hill
Food with a view… Saffron polenta chips with sorrel aioli, left, and salmon rillete with eggpalnt caponata and rustic bread. Photo by Gary SchaferTHERE is no denying that the views from the top of...
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Fladun / Being a girl just gets harder!
WE all know that when it comes to the sexes all is not fair. But what I’ve come to realise as I’ve got older is that many of the things I loved about being a girl have become more burdensome while...
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ACTEW Water still begging parts of Tuggeranong to not bathe
ACTEW Water continues to work to undertake repairs to the burst water main in Macarthur and is again requesting that residents of Macarthur, Fadden, Gilmore, Wanniassa, Richardson and Chisholm...
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Moore / Conflicted Labor can’t get snout out of pokies
THE politics of pokies in the ACT are quite challenging. Freedom of choice; conflict of interest; party political funding and the harm they cause to many of their users are issues that create an untidy...
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Arts / Whirlwind world of the salsa sisters
IT’S been a whirlwind year for Canberra’s salsa sisters Raquel and Andrea Paez and it’s about to get pacier. Peter Ricciardo and Raquel Paez with Juan Pablo Blanc and Andrea Paez… “There are lots of...
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