Calvary Hospital on notice for bullying

WorkSafe ACT has issued four Improvement Notices on Calvary Hospital management in relation to the hospital’s bullying and harassment policies. Work Safety commissioner Greg Jones says following a referral from the coroner’s office, WorkSafe ACT […]

Bearded man approaches primary students

TWO students at a primary school in the Belconnen area were approached, near the school fence, by a man this morning (August 17). The man, who is described as having a dark complexion and […]

Maddie Cardone, Madisyn Zabel, Noah Hartley and Yuseke Takemura

Socials / At the opening of Alexander Boynes’ ‘Last Light’ exhibition, Deakin

Photos by ANA STUART

National Eisteddfod 2017 - Choirs. Open Australian Choral Challenge.
ANU Vocal Fry directed by Tobias Cole

Arts / Choirs prepare for national eisteddfod

The 2018 Australian National Eisteddfod Choirs competition will wind up on Saturday (August 18) night. Kicking off from 7pm at Llewellyn Hall, the evening will feature six leading choirs from Canberra and Newcastle singing music […]

Review / Impressive Chen plays with technique and passion

music / “Musica Viva”, Ray Chen & Julien Quentin, at Llewellyn Hall, August 16. Reviewed by GRAHAM McDONALD

UnionsACT: Charity’s million dollar gift is ‘unprecedented’

“DEEPLY concerned” by the ACT government’s gift of $5 million to a corporatised charity, UnionsACT says it’s calling on the government to reverse this “gift” at Saturday’s Labor Party Conference. Secretary of UnionsACT Alex White says UnionsACT is deeply […]

Grattan / Turnbull’s NEG remains in snake-infested territory

MALCOLM Turnbull had a party-room victory but a god-awful week, and it wasn’t because his approval plunged in Monday’s Newspoll. His energy policy is back in the mire, and Tony Abbott is being – as […]

Second man arrested for historic offences

A SECOND man has been arrested following as a police operation, which is focused on linking and solving long-term aggravated offences. The man, a 29-year-old Calwell man, was arrested yesterday (August 16) and will face charges […]

Kathy O'Sullivan, Bill Lawrence and Richard Denniss

Socials / At Menslink’s ‘Midweeker’, Griffith

Photos by ANA STUART

Review / Austrian choir opens window into song

music / “Hohes C”, at All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie, August 15. Reviewed by HELEN MUSA.

Howcroft calls for ‘creative commission’

“AUSTRALIA is constipated, it needs to loosen up,” said businessman and media personality Russel Howcroft, to intermittent laughter at the National Press Club of Australia yesterday (August 15). And no, it wasn’t some kind of […]

Torrens Primary School’s award-winning Wakakirri performance. Photo by Winkipop Media

Arts / Hundreds of students tell stories through dance

THE annual Wakakirri performance season began last week with 235 schools and hundreds of primary and secondary students taking to the stage at professional theatres across Australia to perform their original “story dances” in dance […]

Courageous victims help catch ‘serious’ criminal

INFORMATION provided by “courageous victims” has lead to police charging a man with 22 charges, one of which is attempted murder. The man, 25, is also facing charges such as forcible confinement and aggravated robbery […]

Dr Lee Alissandratos demonstrates how easy it would be to reconstitute one of his new diagnostic kits. Photo by Lannon Harley, ANU

Dr Lee joins the fight to control ‘devastating’ diseases

A SCIENTIST at ANU is developing a new “just-add-water” diagnostic kit for use in remote communities to detect malaria and other diseases. Dr Lee Alissandratos from the ANU Research School of Chemistry said the diagnostic […]

Arts / What’s on this weekend

HELEN MUSA’s weekly arts column features opening concerts and shows in Canberra

Cartoon / Dose of Dorin

Shane Rattenbury... seems to have resolved in favour of pragmatism or “whatever it takes”.

Stanhope / Oh, Shane, the price the poor will pay for this

“Analysis of the ACT Budget uncovers some quite startling detail. Most remarkable perhaps is the revelation that the claimed surplus is an illusion,” writes JON STANHOPE

Parton hits back at Cody’s ‘offensive’ claim

SHADOW Minister for Gaming and Racing Mark Parton is demanding an apology from two Canberra Labor MLAs after “wild, inaccurate and offensive claims” during a debate about the community contributions scheme. According to Parton, Labor member Bec […]

Macklin / It’s time we had the neighbours over

“Trump’s America is the battleground; and the great fear of our defence planners is that this unstable leader is retreating from the Asia-Pacific, leaving us prey to an ever more aggressive China,” writes ROBERT MACKLIN

Fault in water network causes discolouration

A FAULT in the water network is causing discolouration around Belconnen and Gungahlin. Icon Water crews are currently investigating the cause but says it does not recommend drinking water that tastes or smells objectionable. “We anticipate that […]

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