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Robogals to the rescue…
Robogals, from left, Stephanie Nguyen, Pallavi Sehgal and Yanny Li… “We’re giving girls a different perspective of what they can be in life.” Photo by Gary SchaferAS a kid, Pallavi Sehgal would take...
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Katy wonders where all the extra Emergency Department patients are coming from
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher has expressed some satisfaction at improved statistics from Canberra’s emergency departments while expressing some concern at rising numbers of patients turning up...
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Bhutanese royalty in Canberra today
HERE’S a royal visit with a difference. Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck The Queen Mother of Bhutan, Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, is in Canberra today and tomorrow, October...
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From Russia with love: Kostroma
FROM Russia with love comes the Australian premiere tour of “Kostroma”, a spectacular, high-energy dance production that conjures up the Arctic north, the southern Steppes, the peaks of the Caucasus...
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ACT Policing hunting Sonny Oeti
ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to locate 27-year-old Sonny Oeti, who they believe is responsible for a number of aggravated robberies earlier this year. Police have identified the...
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Canberra Confidential / Graffiti in a new guise
Literary graffiti in the pages of the Dickson library’s copy of “Leonardo, the First Scientist”.ONLY in clever-clogs Canberra? Watson reader and gardening writer Cedric Bryant loves reading...
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Brown water warning for Molonglo
ACTEW Water will be undertaking work in Coombs on tomorrow which may result in temporary discolouration of water in the Molonglo area. ACTEW Water advises that any discolouration will clear with...
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Kite festival in Belconnen this Sunday!
THE Belconnen Arts Centre and Belconnen Community Service will be hosting the inaugural Spring Winds Kite Festival this Sunday between 12 and 4pm. They’re asking the community to join them to...
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Now they’re turning off the phones in Crace – UPDATE – Ngunnawal and Amaroo
UPDATE: A representative from iiNet has been in touch to point out they have monumentally cocked this up. My mistake was naming the suburb of Crace (the NBN’s technical name for the area) rather than...
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What Brisbane’s ferries can teach us about funding public transport
By Barbara T.H. Yen, Griffith University Traditional funding sources are becoming inadequate to meet public transport demands in Australian cities, despite the broad economic and social benefits...
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Andrew Barr does away with the EPIC board
ANDREW Barr has announced he’s legislating to abolish the showground board. “Legislation introduced in the Legislative Assembly today will pave the way for the integration of Exhibition Park in...
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Socials / At the ‘Certified Australian’ exhibition opening, ANCA Gallery,...
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Socials / At the Pink Dinner, Hyatt Hotel
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Party Cadre swap with Shenzhen
CHIEF Minister Gallagher has announced a new StudyCanberra student intern program between Canberra and Shenzhen to attract the best and brightest students from Shenzhen to Canberra and give local...
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Wisdom from the cafe sandwich board
NESTLED in the bus interchange is the Superfine Cafe. Today they were advertising their wares with this sign which I thought worthy of sharing with you dear readers. Seen something of note around...
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Fish kill remains mysterious at Yerrabi Pond
THE Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate have explained they can’t explain why there was a major fish kill event in Gungahlin’s Yerrabi Pond. Test samples analysed by experts in Sydney...
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Indigenous arts leadership at the National Gallery
THE National Gallery of Australia yesterday announced an Indigenous Arts Leadership Ambassador program and an International Fellowship to the United States as part of a commitment to professional...
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Rain radar turns to black
THE Bureau has issued no warnings but there’s a mighty electrical storm raging over Canberra. The rain radar showing the black of the heaviest rain which it doesn’t do very often at all. For...
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We finally get to see the Memorandum of Friendship Exchange and Economic...
SHENZHEN is a vast coastal industrial city in Southern China with a population estimated around 15 million. For some reason someone has decided they have a lot in common with our landlocked Capital...
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Moncrieff blocks go on sale
ANDREW Barr has announced the start of sales for 317 single residential blocks in Moncrieff, ranging in size from 250m2 with an average block size of 486m2. The blocks will sell for less than...
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