Video / The mighty 6029 back on the rails and here in Canberra!
THE Canberra Railway Museum has posted this film to YouTube about their massive restoration project on one of the most powerful steam locomotives ever made. From Austography Film Image Inc, producer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bell emboldens school actors with The Scottish Play
BELL Shakespeare and the Canberra Theatre Centre are about to astonish Canberra, and by implication the rest of the country, with their inaugural “Bell Shakespeare Schools Festival” running this week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frank Vincent taking over 2CA’s breakfast
FRANK Vincent, aka Uncle Frank, aka Franco Vincenzo Movizio, is returning home to host 2CA’s Classic Breakfast show replacing fill in guy, Rob Duckworth. Some may remember him as: Franko Vincenzo...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Explainer / who gets invited to the G20 summit, and why
Sally’s design By Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian National University The G20 is full of traps for the unwary punter, new to its byzantine ways. There are not 20 member countries in the G20, for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opera scholarship for Canberra’s Chloe Robbins
A year 12 student at Burgmann Anglican School, Chloe Robbins, won an Opera Australia inaugural Regional Student Scholarship. Chloe is one of four recipients selected from over 100 applicants from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gungahlin’s Bunnings is going up
BUNNINGS have announced the development of a new Bunnings Warehouse in Gungahlin. Development of the new $59 million Bunnings Warehouse Gungahlin is currently on schedule. Construction has recently...
View ArticleVideo / Rosanna Stevens’ winning Three Minute Thesis
ANU has youtubed their winning “Three Minute Thesis” by Rosanna Stevens with this explanation: The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an international competition for research students to showcase their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do you know who killed Irma?
ACT Policing has renewed its call for anyone with information as to who killed Irma Palasics in 1999 to come forward after major developments in the cold case murder were aired on the ‘60 Minutes’...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Like men possessed: what are illicit drug laws really for?
By Desmond Manderson, Australian National University ACCORDING to the UK government’s “first evidence-based study”, released at the end of last week, tough laws for personal possession of illicit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trolleys marching on the Assembly gates once more
THIS week I made it most of the way around the Legislative Assembly before striking a shopping trolley. The crafty thing seemed positioned for a run at the rear entrance used by our dear leaders. And...
View ArticleReview / ‘Sound’ of a lavish, musical treat
Fans of “The Sound of Music” won’t be disappointed by this production. With its live orchestra and huge cast of accomplished singers it’s a lavish, musical treat. Some of the acting is a bit wooden...
View ArticleReview / KATHRADA 50/25 – Homage
Inspired by the life and experiences of South African activist and political prisoner, Ahmed Kathrada, this program of six short works, four of which were choreographed by Lea, provided a compelling...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stolen dogs in Canberra’s North
RSPCA ACT has received a number of enquiries about dog theft within the Canberra Region. The RSPCA is aware of reports online and on social media of dogs that have been targeted using markings such as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The ACT Australians of the Year for 2015 are…
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher has announced the 2015 ACT Australian of the Year Award recipients at a ceremony at the National Museum of Australia. 2015 ACT Australian of the Year – Glenn Keys 2015...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smoke at Parliament House
FIRE crews are investigating the cause of smoke from an electrical switchboard room at Parliament House, Capital Hill. ACT Fire & Rescue are conducting ventilation operations from the western side...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Simon v The Stench
SIMON Corbell says the Environment Protection Authority is developing guidelines to help developers and planners prevent industrial air emissions from adversely affecting sensitive land uses such as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gardening / When a garden makes scents
The climbing rose “Zephirine Drouhin”.A GOOD time to enjoy the scents of the garden is in the still of a warm evening. Along the drive in our garden is the truly wow factor of Rosa “Zephirine Drouhin”,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Cup Day a representative of the regulator announces CTP insurance is going up
KAREN Doran, a representative of the ACT Compulsory Third Party (CTP) Regulator, has announced that CTP insurance premiums charged by NRMA Insurance for ACT motor vehicles will increase with effect...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Macklin / Tram-cost fears and Fluffy tears
THE much touted release of the business case for the Gungahlin to city tram line was not terribly convincing; and that’s the easy one with a ready made track down Northbourne Avenue. Robert Macklin.It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Griffiths / Danger lurks when the WiFi runs free
THERE’S good news and bad this week. John Griffiths.The bad news is you probably need to get a VPN provider. And that’s going to be $10 a month from here until the end of time. The reason for this is...
View Article