Music / “Llewellyn Series” concert one, Canberra Symphony Orchestra. At Llewellyn Hall, Wednesday, February 21. Reviewed by IAN McLEAN
AS Malcolm Turnbull heads for his time with Donald Trump, which carries its own challenges, he has left behind a very untidy-looking ship of state. Treasurer Scott Morrison and former prime minister Tony Abbott are […]
CANBERANS who have pre-purchased their 2018 Royal Canberra Show ticket will be eligible for free bus travel on any Transport Canberra bus service to the event by presenting their ticket to the driver. A free […]
“OH, What a Lovely War!” – the satirical stage musical created by Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop, is being revived by Chris Baldock for Canberra REP, in part as a WWI commemoration. Theatre 3, […]
IN its 52nd year, the National Folk Festival will move closer to Northbourne Avenue and away from the relatively dusty Flemington Road side, creating “a good flow”, according to festival director Pam Merrigan. Merrigan announced the […]
Visual arts / “Head over Head” by Tony Ameneiro. At Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, Kingston until March 10. Reviewed by CAREN FLORANCE
CANBERRA hairdresser and Bond Hair Religion owner Jenni Tarrant, has been nominated as a finalist, alongside six other hairdressers nationally, in the 2018 Australian Hair Fashion Awards (AHFAs) for the Avante Garde Hairdresser of the Year. Jenni says […]
BETWEEN 2016-17 ambulance officers have worked almost 36,000 hours overtime and have also failed to meet minimum crewing levels during more than 40 per cent of shifts, says shadow Minister for Emergency Services Giulia Jones. Ms Jones […]
Author Fay Maddison takes on helping with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on children from a very personal place. DANIELLE NOHRA reports…
BARNABY Joyce has dismissed a call from the Western Australian state Nationals for him to stand down, bluntly telling their leader they are irrelevant to the issue. WA Nationals leader Mia Davies contacted Joyce on […]
A COMMUNITY project that encourages locals to grow more fruit and veg at home is looking for backyard gardeners interested in arranging harvest swaps, says Elizabeth Goodfellow, founder of 100kilos.org. Elizabeth started the initiative in […]
DESPITE progressively losing her sight, author Leonie Pye has written a second children’s book, which she says has become the next stage of her grieving and healing process. “The Broken Shell” follows on from Leonie’s […]
“Le Très Bon is a labour of love by master chef Christophe Gregoire, born and raised in France’s Les Vosges region,” writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON
By Tulitha King
IN a four-cornered triumph for Canberra, Goulburn, Sydney and Melbourne talent, The Street Theatre and Goulburn Regional Conservatorium are about to stage an original song-cycle that tackles the devastating psychological effects war can have on […]
CANCER sufferers have a lot more to contend with than their illness – there’s also the reaction of their friends. Lara Veitch knows all about it. Diagnosed with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, a rare mutation that predisposes […]
CANBERRA cricketer Jono Dean vividly remembers the phone call that changed his life. Admittedly, it was only five years ago, but plenty has happened since then. It was the day after the PM’s XI in […]
“CEO Alan Joyce is paid close to $100,000 a day while Qantas has paid no corporate tax for around a decade,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE
“I think that the portion of the indigenous population intent on turning every circumstance into a battle cry of dispossession and disadvantage do themselves a disservice,” writes BRIAN FRANKLIN
Reader MICHAEL ATWELL, of Dunlop, is grumpy about the fire risk of his overgrown local reserve
POLICE have slapped five infringement notices on a man caught on Hindmarsh Drive, Phillip, driving with four children not wearing seat belts. The fines totalled $2056 and 12 demerit points. About 4.45pm yesterday (February 26), police stopped a […]
AS a teenager, Menslink helped Josh Turk through, what he calls, “your not-so-typical teenage issues”, so later on in life it was fitting he took on a role as mentor to give someone the help […]
THE ACT government says its providing Canberra children, aged between six months and five years, a free influenza vaccination this winter. Minister for Health and Wellbeing Meegan Fitzharris says they’ll be available from any of […]
ALL Libraries ACT branches and the ACT Heritage Library will be closed Wednesday, February 28, for the annual Libraries ACT Planning and Development Day. Director of Libraries ACT Vanessa Little says the Annual Planning and […]
ONE man’s disaster is another man’s serendipity. If Barnaby Joyce hadn’t fallen spectacularly, Michael McCormack, 53, the new deputy prime minister, would likely never have become the Nationals’ leader. In the normal course of events, […]
