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Arts in the city / Hub buzz hits the inner south
EVER since the release of the Loxton Report in 2011, the phrase “arts hub” has become a “buzzword” around the local art scene. News is to hand that Artsound, Bilk Gallery, Canberra Glassworks, CCAS...
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Letters / Gripped by economic irrationalism
COLUMNIST Sonya Fladun’s experience of “Running into airport turbulence” (CN November 13) will be familiar to many. Treating people as cattle is the inevitable result of “economic irrrationalism”,...
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For the Centenary, we get a cancer chair
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher has announced the appointment of Professor Ross Hannan as the first Centenary Chair of Cancer Research at the John Curtin School of Medical Research. As Chair, Professor...
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Leigh, Lundy and Brodtmann want to know what Zed is doing about the public...
Local MPs Andrew Leigh, Gai Brodtmann and Senator Kate Lundy are jointly pointing out the turmoil in the Public Service locally in the wake of staff at the Department of Human Services (DHS) voting to...
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Arson suspected in Hackett
ACT Policing is investigating a minor fire within the living room of a Hackett residence today (November 18). About 11.30am, police received a report of a fire within a home on MacKenzie Street,...
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A life in prison. Marshall Steen up for another stint of parole in 2017
THE Supreme Court has just published the very complicated sentencing of career criminal Marshall Steen by Justice Penfold. On parole for multiple previous sentences he did not last very long at all...
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Arts / The little, lost suburb talks back
HOW do you make a theatre piece about a suburb? Easy, say, installation artist Louise Morris and theatre director/writer Pip Buining – just engage with the locals. In planning a site-specific...
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Volunteer campground hosts wanted
ACT Parks and Conservation Service is searching for suitable candidates with a passion for the outdoors and volunteering to apply to be a campground host at the Cotter or at Woods Reserve....
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Shane’s special buses now servicing Tuggeranong
SHANE Rattenbury says the ACT Government’s free flexible bus service is now available to transport disadvantaged residents in Tuggeranong. “There have been over 819 boardings on the flexible bus...
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Dining / The critic dishes it up
“CityNews” dining reviewer Wendy Johnson… “I’ve been the subject of a negative Twitter campaign, been accused of trying to ruin a family business and been called late at night by an irate...
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Arts / Rick’s back to make a splash
Singer Rick Astley… “I wanted to be a more normal dad.” WHEN you’ve had a hit as big as “Never Gonna Give You Up”, some would say you might as well quit while you’re ahead. That’s pretty much what the...
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Police arrest a man of no fixed abode for property offences
ACT Policing have apprehended a 29-year-old man of no fixed abode, believed to be responsible for a long string of property offences across the ACT. About 10am, members of Woden Crime and Crime...
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ACT Book of the Year shortlist announced
JOY Burch says five books, ranging from a non-fiction exploration of the Al Jazeera English news network to a verse novel covering the Petrov defection, have been shortlisted for the 2014 ACT Book of...
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Conolly / On the road to find out
WHEN I first began running six weeks ago, clad in enough lycra to shield the earth from a rogue meteor shower, fellow residents of the ‘hood were anxious and confused. Who was she? Would she ever make...
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Gas leak at the Morshead nursing home
FIREFIGHTERS are currently evacuating residents at the Morsehead Nursing Home, Archibald Street, Lyneham following a gas leak. Workmen have ruptured a gas line in the roof of the nursing home and ACT...
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The Turner Bowlo is dead, long live the RUC
THE ACT Rugby Union Club, known as The RUC Barton, has recently merged with the Canberra North Bowling Club to become The RUC at Turner. The merger will be celebrated at the official ‘birth day’ of...
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Did you see vandalism in Kingston last night?
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses following an incident of significant property damage to a commercial building in Kingston early this morning (20 November). About 4.10am, police received a report...
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The faithful rally to protest cuts to the ABC
THE ABC’s true believers gathered on Northbourne this morning to protest the Abbott Government’s planned $254 million cuts to the national broadcaster. Tony Abbott was there in efigy (sadly not put to...
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New monuments for the War Memorial
THE War Memorial have set an interesting precedent, bringing home the memorials used by Australian troops in the long struggle in Afghanistan. The two memorials from Australia’s Defence bases in...
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CarBQ at Oaks Estate
FIREFIGHTER are on scene at Underwood Street, Beard near Oaks Estate working to extinguish a fire in six cars at a wrecking yard. ACT Fire & Rescue has the situation in hand with no exposures...
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