"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...
So what are you doing to celebrate this pagan festival? Hint: Christmas ...
I imagine that like me most of you will be hopping in your cars and heading out of town this weekend but for those who remain, let the rest of us know what’s happening in town this weekend. ...
As is my custom of sharing my latest music news with Riot-Acters, I thought I’d post the youtube clip to the music video for my new single “Desire”. It was made in Sydney, directed by Tajette O’Halloran, over two long nights in November. I’m pretty darn happy with it, a...
I have always been interested but never able to get an answer on the make and model of what appears to be an early era jet fighter (or possibly trainer) based at the Canberra Airport. They are located near the intersection of Majura Rd and Fairbairn Ave. From my amateur knowledge of military aircraf...
The CT has this story on the new Rudd government declaring that they will have the House of Reps sitting Monday to Friday. So you should now see all your MP’s and staffers hanging out at the Holy Grail on Thursday nights instead of Wednesday. You’ll also no longer be able to get a fl...
It was with absolute dismay that I read on page 12 of the CT this morning that the “National Parks Association” patrol Valerie Tylor is calling for 30 percent of the NSW Coast to be made into marine sanctuaries. This is coming from a woman who with her husband Ron were responsible for a ...
That’s right, Folks! Kate plays her final MEATBEE gig tomorrow night (Thursday 20 December) at the ANU Bar in Canberra. With help from The Chuffs and Looking Glass, two of Canberra’s most handsome* bands, Ben, Charlie and Chris will be putting up with Kate’s crap one final time! Don’...
According to the The ABC, the Clea Rose coronial inquest is due to publish findings today. But in a bad case of unfortunate timing, the ABC are also reporting that a 17 year old male is in a serious condition after a bungled police chase last night. ...
It seems that most of Canberra’s Christmas Carols are on obscenely early, and therefore it seems I have missed most of them (again). Does anyone have any idea of where Christmas Carols are being held between now and the big day? ...
It seems the crash of Centro stock, a 50% owner of the Tuggy Hyperdome, hasn’t baulked Westfield nor the ACT Government as they announced (with the obligitory spin) a massive refurb of the Belconnen mall and the bus interchange which is to include an additional 80 odd shops, a 10 story office ...
While surfing the JJJ Unearthed website on Thursday night I was astonished to find that a local band called Manilla Green was 16th on the overall ‘Top 100 Chart” for the long running competition, with all their 3 possible entries in the top 5 on the Indie Chart. Unearthed is designed to ...
I was scrolling through the development applications on the ACTPLA website (I like to see how the rich live in Forrest) when I encountered these gems of further examples of public artwork that uber-meister Stanhope will be installing around Canberra. http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/plandev/e-registers...
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