"Canberra News, Views and Opinion"
[ 31 May, 2013; 8:00 pm; ] Canberra’s hottest bands and burlesque night, Tease and Tearaways, will be injecting you with its latest dose of live music and dance this May by bringing you the next in their event showcase – Leave Them With A S...
Shame shame! It’s fun to shout! Let’s shame some drivers shall we? If you see a parking attempt you think is worth a shaming at please send it to us at images@the-riotact.com. Remember to include the word parking in the subject and let us...
Rob, and I mix up the rugby ideas in Duxton, expound on matters rugby. The beer for review is the Forbidden Fruit Pear Cider. The music is by Fires in July. You can download it now. Our tips for this weekend are: Rob: crusaders, tahs, brumbies, forc...
Shane Rattenbury has annoucned that SITA Australia has won the contract to handle our garbage: A new contract has been awarded for the provision of domestic waste and recycling collection services in the ACT, Minister for Territory and Municipal Ser...
ACT Policing is now targeting road safety amongst heavy vehicle drivers and transport companies as part of Operation AUSTRANS. The operation is a joint effort across national police, transport and safety agencies which began yesterday (May 20) and w...
The ABC online is reporting that Canberra will get an extra month of daylight saving after the Legislative Assembly passed laws bringing the ACT into line with other states. The changes will bring the ACT into line with Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Minister for Industrial...
As I was recently in an accident that involved a bus and a pedestrian does anyone know what happens to bus drivers when this happens? I merely wish to know the process after the fact not to discuss the accident. ...
[ 31 August, 2008 to 2 September, 2008. ] For any budding pollies this upcoming seminar may be of interest, after all if our current, deputy and opposition PM's went it must be good stuff ;-)
Political Training Seminar
This year AUJS will host our 10th annual Political Training Seminar. Alwa...
has anyone seen the political party ads on the shop a dockets? don’t get me wrong, great idea, but most of the “readers” are looking for cheap holidays / free coffee etc. where are we headed? will ads for the upcoming election be printed on toilet paper next? I for one would love t...
From this month’s Australian Cyclist Magzine: (edited excerpt – it’s not on AC’s website) The streets of Canberra are infested or liberated or both, depending on your point of view. Tall Bikes, long bikes, bikes for two with a couch. These are the creations of The Rat Patrol....
Just Bands has this post from Paul Sweeney (ex Liquid) about a possible reunion/Camp Quality fundraiser for Finnigans, the classic Canberra music venue in the mid/late 90′s. A fantastic idea. If you or someone you know were part of a band that played at Finnigans, please get in touch with Sw...
I have a question. I’m no expert in this area but I was just browsing through a Development Applications at http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/pubnote/index.asp#F and noticed an application for sub-dividing a lease at 16 Geelong St Fyshwick into 5 separate blocks. In the document http://203.9.249....
Here’s your chance to lend your voice to the bid process for our very own Canberra A-League team.  http://ateam4canberra.wordpress.com/ ...
ABC recently reported that the laws are being upgraded in the ACT to allow our local police to possess and sell drugs. It brings our laws into line with other states, allowing officers to buy and sell drugs, without fear of being prosecuted themselves for possessing the illegal substance. It’...
It’s opening night! Hooray! There will also be shows Monday night, Tuesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and also Saturday afternoon. Tickets are still available for all shows. Come along, have a great night at the theatre and support the young people of Canberra. http://...
Carbon Trading is one of these things that economists love because it looks so clean and simple on the pages of a textbook. But in the real world it’s very hard to make it work like it should. If it’s not set up right, if it’s not policed right, then it can be worse than [...]...
Hi, I’d be really grateful for any recommendations on good Canberra seafood restaurants (not takeaway places). A couple that have been recommended are Maestral in Weston and Con’s Seafood in Mawson – has anyone been to them? ...
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