"History will be kind to us, because we will write it"
[ 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...
In a match that means very little in world terms, unless you happen to be playing, Canberra batsman Stewart Heaney has made his first class and international debut playing for Canada against Kenya. Although Kenya and Canada are not thought of as world powers, it must be noted that Kenya almost made ...
Helen Musa in the Canberra Times today reports the Multicultural Festival’s funding is set to be cut by about half. She mainly quotes Jorian Gardner, because he was the only one of her eight sources who could go on the record (though she appears to have talked to festival director Domenic Mico...
Our Brave Leader has proudly announced a 40% jump in planning approvals over the last year. This is compared to the next highest state of WA with 9%. Apparently this is proof of our strong economy (so strong we’re shutting down a third of the schools). Others might think its a totally rooted h...
This Saturday night at The Pot Belly Not 1 band, not 2, we give you 3! All for the price of $5 you’ll see The Clap, Schlauncher and Australian Kingswood Factory Doors open at 8, just for over 18s And you’ll be able to buy their CDs These are the bands you’ve just gotta see This Sat...
In a desperate effort to kill time when I [c|sh]ould have been coding, I was looking for interesting places to go with some help from Google Earth.
I noticed that Commonwealth Park was in Floriade mode, which made me think that surely someone out there would be able to recognise the bed design.
So, ...
The ABC informs us that Our Brave Leader, Jon Stanhope, is going to order an inquest into the death of Clea Rose in the wake of coronial dis-interest in the case. Also the Canberra Times is on the story. A desperate attempt to get school closures off the front page? Or a genuine desire to explore [....
I’m hoping something comes online soon, but I just heard Simon Corbell explaining why his vote against the Government (of which he is a cabinet minister) at the ALP’s conference on the weekend was not a major issue. Apparently his breaking of Cabinet solidarity was not a big deal because...
Marty has sent in a great picture taken by his wife from a hot air balloon. Enjoy.
Got a picture in, or of Canberra you want to share with the world? Email it to johnboy@the-riotact.com
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The Canberra Times reports that despite the ACT having nearly twice the national average of poker machines per capita, our Chief Minister thinks his “targeted harm minimisation” strategy is better than just reducing the numbers of machines around the place. I’d like to believe him,...
Joel Rheinberger from ABC’s 2CN had me in for chat on Sunday morning. If you’re interested in my thoughts on “citizen journalism” there’s a recording over on The Concatenate ...
On Saturday afternoon the RiotACT team was kindly invited out to Christoph Zierholz’s amazing brewery in Fyshwick to have a look at what he’s doing out there and to inspect the product.
(Who are those handsome men reflected in the boiler?)
With 16,000 litres of beer brewed, and capacit...
The SMH has news of Canberra’s disgraceful capitulation to the cellar dwelling South Sydney last night. The final score was 21-8 and it’s now going to be very hard to make the finals. Your thoughts? ...
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