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Griffiths / Why advertising trumps bad social media ideas
LET’S get this out of the way: I work for a company that pays the bills by selling advertising. This article is going to be about why your organisation should pay for advertising. Having said that,...
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Canberra Confidential / Power, at last, to the people!
CC is celebrating the threat of competition on the price of electricity and gas in the ACT. And you can, too. Those nice interlopers Origin Energy have been helpfully sending out letters offering...
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A memorial to the journalists at the AWM
ZED Seselja has congratulated the C.E.W. Bean Foundation on their successful application for a grant under the Federal Government’s “Saluting Their Service Commemorations” programme. The C.E.W Bean...
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Fladun / Running into airport turbulence
I HATE airports, where people are treated like cattle being herded into their pens and the prevailing ethos seems to be animal management rather than customer service and satisfaction. Sonya...
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‘It’s in the blood’: new NGA director Gerard Vaughan
IN what was surely the fastest, smoothest media call on record at the National Gallery of Australia, the incoming director Gerard Vaughan this morning introduced himself to the assembled media,...
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Canberra City Farm sustainable living exhibit in Turner opens
SHANE Rattenbury has opened the Canberra City Farm sustainable living exhibit in Turner. “The sustainable living exhibit created by Canberra City Farm provides locals with a great demonstration on how...
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Katy launches the Ride or Walk to School program’s 50th school
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher and Physical Activity Foundation CEO Lucille Bailie have joined the students and staff from Arawang Primary School to celebrate the recruitment of the 50th ACT School to...
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Coombs Primary construction kicks off
JOY Burch has donned fetching safety gear to get work started on construction on the new $47 million Coombs primary school. “The school will open in time for the 2016 school year and will cater for up...
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Grattan / Abbott’s blindsided by US-China climate deal
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra AFTER Tony Abbott did everything he could to keep discussion of climate change out of the G20, he has been ambushed almost on the eve of the weekend...
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Did you see the dinosaur go walkabout from Gold Creek?
WITNESSES are being sought to the theft of a fibreglass Deinonychus dinosaur statue from Gold Creek, Nicholls, on Tuesday night (November 11th). Sometime between 10:30pm on the 11th of November 11th...
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Moochers at Glebe Park and weekend arts around Canberra
CANBERRA band Moochers Inc. is launching its debut EP at a free event in Glebe Park this Saturday, 15 November, 2pm, performing with Pocket Fox and the Hoary Sunrays. Moochers Inc. Moochers Inc. has...
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Socials / At RAW arts soiree, Uni Pub, Civic
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Calvary calls off Defence Health ban
CALVARY Hospital group has announced that its threatened termination of its hospital contract with Defence Health , which was due to take effect on November 20, has been suspended. The parties are...
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James Turrell’s “Perceptual cell” is selling out fast
SOMETIMES, dear readers, when I hear about great give-aways I’ve been known to avail myself of them before alerting the broader public. But in a first for me I have gone and bought my ticket for the...
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Canberra’s Sirens off to the Cheerleading Nationals
CANBERRA’S cheerleading squad “Sirens” is gearing up for the Australian All Star Cheerleading Federation’s All-Star Nationals on the Gold Coast from November 28-30. Top cheerleaders and dancers from...
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Total fire ban tomorrow
ACT Emergency Services Agency Commissioner Dominic Lane has declared a Total Fire Ban for the whole of the ACT under Section 114 of the Emergencies Act 2004 from 12:00am Friday 14 November, 2014 to...
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John Harrington eligible for parole in 2016
THE ABC reports that Canberra restaurateur John Harrington has been sentenced to four and a half years for his efforts to get into the cocaine trafficking business. The court heard Harrington and...
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Grattan / Palmer tells ‘drama queen’ Lambie to put up or shut up
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra CLIVE Palmer has lashed out at his Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie, calling her a “drama queen” and telling her to challenge his leadership or...
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No third seat for the ACT
THE Australian Electoral Commission says Canberra has failed to grow sufficiently for a third seat, but those on the Canberra/Fraser border should prepare to find themselves on the other side of the...
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Sparrow-folk to roost in tent at folkfest
THE National Folk Festival has been rolling out the red carpet – and there’ll be more of the same in the coming months as it unveils its 2015 line-up of artist for the big Easter event at EPIC – so far...
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