We Canberrans are often accused of having a chip on our shoulder, that we just dont stack up against the States. Well here’s a young bloke who’s taking the bit between his teeth, who’s not holding anything back in the struggle to prove we too can stand proud at the Pantheon of Tools …
The ABC [...]

Our Chiefly Leader (wearing his “Minister for Business and Economic Development” hat) has put out a press release announcing the release of the outcomes of the Governments review into supermarket competition policy – A review prompted by the desire to achieve greater competition and diversity in Canberra’s retail grocery sector.
Those with memories longer than a [...]

The Canberra Times online is running an odd story about the cost of a stubby of beer at the Belgian Cafe in Kingston.
Before digging deepier I imagined that this would have been a little puff piece on some new and exotic beverage from some distant land or a super-premium offering form one of our [...]

The good folk at the Bureau of Meteorology have made the call:
Scattered showers, falling as snow on the ranges and lowering to around 600 metres overnight, with the chance of some light snowfalls locally.  Fresh and gusty westerly winds.
Time perhaps to crack out the mittens, warm up the gluhwein and keep and eye out for [...]

The Australian is reporting that the developer of the proposed Data Centre in Hume – Technical Real Estate – hopes to start construction of the facility in early May.
Interestingly, what seemed to be insurmountable problems associated with moving from their preferred site across the road from the Mugga Lane tip have been overcome with TRE [...]

The ACT National Trust has nominated 18 places they believe possess heritage values and that are at risk from a range of potential impacts incliuding neglect, demolition, drougy, vandalism and poor planning decisions.
The Trusts top three places include:

The Dickson-Lyneham Flats on Northbourne Avenue;
Redwood Forest, Pialligo; and
The Yarralumla Brickworks

Numbers two and three seem pretty straight forward, [...]

An oil painting by famous Australian artist – Tom Roberts – has gone missing from University House on the Australian National University campus. An extract from the AFP media release (below) provides a bit more detail.
ACT Policing is investigating the theft of a valuable oil painting by renowned Australian landscape artist Tom Roberts.
The work, [...]

It seems that the ACCC has spoiled Woolies plans to further its strong position in the local grocery market by rejecting their bid to acquire a supermarket site in Karabar (apparently that’s somewhere in Queanbeyan). Acording to ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel:

The ACCC had strong evidence to suggest that in the absence of the acquisition by [...]

Local ABC radio (666) is reporting that The Holy Grail bars in Kingston and Civic have been fined $30,000 by the Office of the Workplace Ombudsman for underpaying their junior staff. There’s nothing on the WPO website in terms of a press release as yet.
It’s kind of poignant really, given the sometimes robust discussion on [...]