MARK McKenna was the winner of the 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for Non-Fiction for his biography, “An Eye For Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark,” so he’s a logical choice to present the thirteenth Dymphna […]
INDONESIAN poet Khairani Barokka, known as “Okka”, appears today in a reading session at the School of Music’s Biginelli Espresso. An Indonesian writer, performer, artist and researcher who was, last year, was the first Indonesian […]
THE government is scrapping its $A8.2 billion planned increase in the Medicare levy, declaring a stronger budget outlook means it is not needed to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme. The levy, the biggest new […]
LAST WEEK trafficable amounts of cannabis were seized in Chisholm, Monash and Duffy. The first lot was in Chisholm on Monday, April 16, when police found a number of jars containing cannabis head and cannabis plants. A […]
ON an overcast Australia Day morning, author Craig Cormick began his drive down the Hume, picking up hitchhikers Captain Cook, Henry Lawson, Caroline Chisholm and Ned Kelly along the way. Curious? The story’s on Page […]
MIDWIVES, birth workers and consumers will be marching on May 5 to raise awareness of the restrictions on privately practicing midwives that limit home birth as an option for birthing mums. The nationwide Mothers for […]
A CYCLIST has become the fourth person to die on ACT roads following a collision with a vehicle in the bicycle lane on Tharwa Drive at Conder on Saturday, April 7. The cyclist succumbed to […]
