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A Centenary gift from Beijing, new Chinese garden at Lennox Gardens
KATY Gallagher has joined the Chinese Ambassador, Ma Zhaoxu, to open the traditional Chinese garden at Lennox Gardens as a Canberra Centenary gift from the Beijing Municipal Government. “The new...
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Grattan on Friday / Game of cat-and-bear as Abbott pursues Putin
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE Russians have started coming. On Thursday, an aircraft with about 80-90 Russians arrived in preparation for the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane. There...
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Canberra’s water still awesome! (says Actew Water)
ACTEW’s Drinking Water Quality Report 2014 has been released and they say they are delivering some of the highest quality drinking water in Australia. Highlights of the report include: Supplied 48GL...
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Just in time for Beer Week, BentSpoke fills their final 18th tap
DESPITE the best efforts of many craft beer aficionados to drink them dry, BentSpoke Brewing Co. will tomorrow fill the last of its enormous 18-tap bar with a brew that celebrates not only the...
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Socials / At opening night of the British Film Festival, New Acton
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Review / ‘Testament of Youth’ (M) *** and a half
THREE weeks ago, James Kent’s film, based on Vera Brittain’s memoirs of 1914 to 1918 when she postponed her ambition to go to Oxford and instead became an army nurse, had a brief season at the British...
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Review / ‘Interstellar’ (M) ** and a half
THERE’S much brouhaha and conjecture going on about how Christopher Nolan’s 169-minute futurist astrophysical space-travel climate-change fantasy polemic will fare at the next Academy Awards. Leading...
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Review / ‘Love, Rosie’ (M) ** and a half
THE source of this German/British co-production is a novel “Where Rainbows End” by Cecelia Ahern, about Rosie (Lily Collins) who at 18 had won a bursary that would let her accompany Alex (Sam Claflin),...
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Belconnen Police Station Open Day!
BELCONNEN Police Station will open its doors to the community on Saturday, November 8, between 10am and 2pm for its Open Day and Security Expo. The Open Day and Security Expo will feature a guided...
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The Dutch PM fails to plant an elm at the Arboretum
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher has joined the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, and Tony Abbott to plant a Silver birch tree at the National Arboretum in recognition of the...
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A slew of planning variations from Mick Gentleman
MICK Gentleman has released a suite of planning changes designed to redevelop a number of sites across Canberra. “The Omnibus Territory Plan variation process seeks to make changes that support the...
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Asbestos found in building supplies in Canberra
ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe has warned the Canberra community and building industry to be diligent when ordering building products from overseas. The warning comes after some building...
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Controlled burn planned for Holt tomorrow
THE ACT Rural Fire Service will tomorrow weather permitting, assist a private landholder with a hazard reduction burn at the property “Sunny Corner”, Victoria Street, Hall. The burn is expected to...
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This month the police are after impaired drivers
ACT Policing puts drivers on notice; if you drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you will be caught – any time and any where. ACT Policing will conduct targeted and random roadside alcohol...
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This week in beer… Victorians!
FOR weeks, this week in beer has been building up to Canberra’s BIGGEST EVER beer event, this Saturday’s Beer Day Out (November 8), emanating out of the former transport depot (Old Bus Depot Markets)...
View ArticleReview / A fun night of strut, mince, high-kick and tap
“WE are what we are,” proclaim Les Cagelles, six dancers of indeterminate sex, who strut, mince, high-kick and tap energetically in grotesque make-up and a succession of tacky costumes at La Cage Aux...
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Socials / At the Cancer Support Group’s Hawaiian Ball, Southern Cross Club
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Socials / At the inaugural SCA (ACT) Strata Awards, Hyatt Hotel
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Melrose High Fire
ACT Policing is investigating a suspicious fire at Melrose High School in Pearce last night (Saturday, November 8). About 9.30pm, police attended Melrose High School on Marr Street, Pearce, following...
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Katy opens a Hungarian Gate
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher and Bronwyn Bishop welcomed the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary László Kövér to Bowen Park on Sunday where they accepted a unique Centenary gift – a hand...
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