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[ 31 May, 2013 to 11 August, 2013. ] As part of Canberra’s centenary celebrations, the National Portrait Gallery will honour the life and work of Hilda Rix Nicholas. Autumn evening’s golden glow c. 1942 by Hilda Rix Nicholas, oil on canvas, W...
ACT Policing arrested four teenagers following an aggravated robbery in Mawson early this morning (Friday, May 24). Around 1am ACT Policing’s Woden Patrol attended the 7 Eleven Service Station following a report of an aggravated robbery at the sto...
Andrew Barr is breaking out the champagne over this year’s Enlighten numbers: More than 115,000 people attended the free and ticketed events during ENLIGHTEN 2013, an increase of 290% on last year’s figure of 29,437, according to an independ...
It’s been a while, but Mobile Office Reviews are back in full swing. Johnboy and rode our bikes down to Dickson to try out Deli Marco as a place of business. How was it? Technology: No public WiFi. However there were of power points along the ...
I do believe I have a new favourite restaurant in town. Sure Copa got off to a bad start. But I figured the most scrutinised kitchen in Canberra was worth a go and so we set off last night to check it out on Woolley Street in Dickson. Arriving at 6....
Hey guys, you’re all super clever at answering these sorts of questions, that’s why Roundhead89 wants to ask you guys something:
I was in my backyard and a flock of birds descended. I took this pic and I was wondering if Rioters could positively identify it. I’ve always called t...
[ 31 May, 2013; 8:00 pm; ]
In what promises to be one hell of a blast Fun Machine have announced their upcoming single launch at the Polo:
Fun Machine are releasing a new single, Canberra, and you're invited to celebrate it with us on the 31st at the Polish Club.
THEME: Don't trust unnake...
Territory and Municipal Services wishes to advise motorists and other road users that Two Sticks Road, between Picadilly Circus and Curries Road, in Namadgi National Park, will be closed tomorrow (Friday 10 May 2013). This is to allow for a controlled burn to be undertaken in Brindabella National Pa...
Heather and Arthur Shakespeare have a square named after them. Opened today by Andrew Barr the square is meant to honor the commitment the Shakespeare family have made to the Canberra community. The Square, located in City West, was renewed as part of the Government’s City Improvement Program, wit...
The thing about being a fully functioning high-tech mobile office from the dark far flung future of twenty thirteen, is that your list of possible office locations is limited only by your imagination.
Well you’re imagination, and cellphone reception.
Also some laws… and physics.
Also we...
[ 13 May, 2013; ]
Think of Canberra and visions of hot air balloons drifting over the lake on a crisp autumn morning come to mind.
It’s therefore no surprise that in our Centenary year a hot air balloon sculpture has been commissioned to celebrate Canberra’s love of, and reputation for, ...
Chief MInister Gallagher is making compelling arguments for expanding the Legislative Assembly. The ABC however reports that the Liberals Jeremy Hanson wants more public consultation. But what if the public is wrong? ...
The returns of gifts have thrown up some Green tinged donations from Hackett’s Annette Doran.
Lucky old them.
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ACT Fire & Rescue has extinguished a fire on a cooktop in a townhouse at Yallum Gardens, Ashley Drive, Wanniassa. Whilst cooking, a resident utilised a fire blanket on the stove top to contain and suppress the fire. On arrival Fire crews fully extinguished the fire and are currently conducting...
One has to admire the ingenuity of smokers to find new and exciting ways to dispose of their filthy by-products.
One has to wonder who was the first to stub one out here and then I guess the others just followed the lead.
It’s on Ainslie Avenue just across the road from the Legislative Assemb...
Rioter Stephen sent us this brilliant bit about “a leading entertainment retailer.”
One of the Canberra stores of a leading entertainment retailer has re-organised there Blu-Ray discs to include a “Kids” category.
Unfortunately with not enough titles to fill the section, t...
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Prime Minister Gillard has announced a referendum’s coming on constitutional recognition of local government.
We are asking the Australian people to support a small but important change to our Constitution so that the existing practice of Federal Government support for local communities is fo...
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