“The Canberra Raiders’ redevelopment proposal of Braddon Oval simply rips off ordinary Canberrans.”
“Once you tell the world, you encourage everyone to come here and presto! It’s a crowded and you can’t park anywhere.”
REMEMBER the terrifying Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”? She’s the nemesis of inmate Randle Patrick McMurphy in the stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel being staged by The Acting Company and Shadowhouse Pits at the Courtyard Studio, March 18-29. Who is sane? Who is insane? You’ll have to be there […]
CANBERRA’S city edge is set for a revamp with its ageing public housing making way for new residential and mixed-use development on Cooyong Street. A recent variation to the Territory Plan will allow the old complexes in Allawah and Bega Courts and the Currong Flats to be demolished and replaced by contemporary, high-density apartments, […]
JUST when Canberrans thought the Centenary celebrations might be over, news is to hand that the “Centenary of Canberra – short Documentaries” will be screened at the “Art Not Apart” festival this weekend. According to Annette Hurda, project manager for “Documenting the Commissions,” the documentaries, each about 10 minutes long, have never been seen by […]
WIND power will become the centrepiece of the ACT Government’s plan to meet its bold renewable energy target of 90 per cent by 2020. Later this year the Government plans to run a reverse auction, making wind power generators compete to sell up to 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity to power homes in the Territory. […]
THE “entitlement generation” has become a common catchphrase; it is even more widely used to describe young sportspeople. There is a perception that sportspeople believe they are entitled to certain things in life without actually working for them. We hear the phrase so often and it is supported by the colourful exploits of young, professional […]
CANCER researcher Professor Chris Parish was named Canberrra Citizen of the Year in a ceremony today. Prof Parish is Head of the Cancer and Vascular Biology Group in the Department of Immunology, within the ANU’s John Curtin School of Medical Research, where he undertaken ground-breaking research for over 40 years, and been a mentor to countless […]
AS Visit Canberra launches its new “101 Humans” tourism campaign today, the latest national survey from Tourism Research Australia reveals a 5 per cent upswing in overnight visitors to the ACT over the centennial year. The ACT’s 2,055,000 domestic overnight visitors in 2013 represents a 5.1 per cent increase on 2012, and compares with a […]
AWARD-winning author and screenwriter, Robert Macklin, and former Shanghai producer, Cindy Jia Li, are planning a film about Australia’s only Chinese bushranger, Sam Pu. The film, called “Aodaliya Gold”, is to be set at Gooromon Park Riding Centre in the hills of Hall. “Aodaliya” is Mandarin for “Australia”. Pu came to Australia during the Gold […]
