"Canberra News, Views and Opinion"
[ 24 May, 2013 to 26 May, 2013. ] Morning Rioters, I hope you've all taken it easy this week and reserved your energies for the weekend ahead. Let's find out what you shall be doing! You know the drill: 1. Find suggestions I have missed....
Mayor Rattenbury has the happy news that The Green Shed (formerly Tiny’s) has handed over $10,000 to The Yellow Van: Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Shane Rattenbury, will tomorrow present a cheque for $10,000 to The Yellow Van ...
Summernats have the intriguing news that they’re taking the show to Malaysia: Today in Kuala Lumpur Andy Lopez, co-owner of the Summernats, signed a joint venture with leading Malaysian motorsport promoter JPM Motorsports to stage a Summernats...
ACT Policing is investigating an aggravated robbery which occurred in Wanniassa early this morning (Thursday, May 23). About 1.25am three people entered the 7 Eleven Service Station armed with knives and threatened the staff member, demanding cash. ...
The Chief Minister has gleefully announced that Turkey is giving us 17 seedlings (that rolls off the tongue rather pleasingly), from the stock of the infamous “Lone Pine” of Gallipoli, for his arboretum. It’s a little odd because they’ve been grown from the pine that’s ...
It’s a funny thing. Popular causes (ie building something, anything in Gungahlin) can apparently be announced without any effort or planning. And yet the ABC is reporting that the Planning and Environment Committee has been forced to shelve its inquiry into water use in Canberra so that it ca...
My husband, children and myself have been seeing a doctor at the WMC for the past 10 years on the repeated advice that the best family health care is found by building a solid relationship with one trusted GP. If all Australia GPs were polled today (including those contracted to factories such as th...
[ 13 September, 2008; 6:30 pm; ] Tickets for this year’s Vinnies Charity Ball – A Night of Magic are now on sale! The website has been launched at www.vinniesball.com.au.
All profits raised on the night will go towards Vinnies Youth, a group who assist hundreds of underprivileged Canberra kid...
With all the Todd talk going on i was wondering what other events have occurred in the Raiders history. Can anyone enlighten me as to what they have been up to off the field? I ask this because there always seems to be sportspeople in the paper or on the news for non-sport occurrences. I just...
Retiring ACT Legislative Assembly Speaker, Wayne Berry was on the ABC 666 news this afternoon lamenting and indicating that it is embarrassing that nepotism is very much alive, well and thriving within the ACT Legislative Assembly. (nothing on the ABC website yet)
Wayne is the Presiding member of th...
The Gungahlin police station is to go over to around-the-clock operations. GCC talked with Police Minister Simon Corbell about exactly this at the Meet the Ministers meeting on Monday 5 August. His response was that he has additional staff coming online soon, so yes, and it would be a matter of timi...
[ 15 August, 2008; 9:00 pm; ]
Lace up your corsets and sharpen your razorblades, the VAMP night is moving from Bar 32 to The Holy Grail (civic).
Now the children of the night can gather in gloom without getting hassled by the Northbourne Avenue scene.
According to the Facebook event page ...
The all-seeing eye of RiotACT has discovered this “Canberra Hobo” on the Discount Purses Blog.
“designed in beautifully soft mock suede with faux leather trim detailing.”
Opinions?
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The police media unit have been a bit slow of late but they’ve now made their August debut. 1. Last Friday morning saw a spate of burglaries in Garema Place as if the poor buggers there haven’t got enough troubles. ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to any suspicious behaviour in Civic e...
The first entry is in for our songwriting competition round one. Those with keen memories will recall the theme this time around is “Todd Carney“. And so I present to you Thumper and The KnuckF*ckles and their Ballad of Todd Carney, with help on the lyrics from Colin Dixon. Entries via m...
Google has launched its Street View today, with plenty of coverage for Canberra. Haven’t found any pictures of people yet, which is where the controversy comes in, but it’s a bit addictive. Google Street View Is it time to retire the tally room? Yes, move with the times! No...
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