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WHEN her blood sugar levels started to rise after taking a new job in Woden last year, business analyst Kate Swan set out to figure out why. She couldn’t believe what she found, reports DANIELLE NOHRA.
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"I'M interested in all cultures, so why is no one interested in ours?” asks indigenous entrepreneur Mark “Dion” Devow, the 2018 ACT Australian of the Year.
FROM the tragic Canberra bushfires of 2003 comes a group of women – the "Singed Sisters" – whose friendship is forged in fire and food. KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK reports they're putting together a nostalgic cookbook.
THE rule at the top of the list for our Y-registered vehicles these days seems to be "every man for himself", bemoans columnist CHRIS COLEMAN of his fellow drivers and, worse still, parkers!
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POLITICAL columnist MICHAEL MOORE gives pollies a glimpse of what life would be like if we did to them what they do to us!
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THE idea that we have a government in crisis is simply nonsense, writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE. It's an interesting argument and it's on Page 8.
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"FROZEN caramel custard. Salted hazelnut praline. Chocolate parfait. Chocolate and cocoa fragments. Divine". Has dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON tasted dessert heaven?
MUM in the City columnist SONYA FLADUN exposes the pain "fake news" is bringing to a very public crisis in her family.
“IT'S about using my stutter as a strength, not a weakness," says life-long sufferer Ros Mullen, who is well on his way to being an eloquent and effective speaker. Page 3 has the story.
"MY little boy asked me: 'Mummy, what does our baby do?' I didn’t know how to answer his question." So starts a delightful column by KATE MEIKLE on Page 10.
"I OFFER a way to turn your back on the cold, potentially embrace some romance and enjoy a jolly good, old-fashioned drink." Mulled wine, anyone? RICHARD CALVER has the recipe on Page 29.
"NOBODY goes into politics to be in opposition," Alistair Coe tells ROD HENSHAW in a profile piece on the new, determined ACT Opposition Leader.
JON STANHOPE is grumpy at the way a modest, little charity he's the patron of has been suddenly defunded by the ACT government. He says the Minister hasn't thought it through and explains why on Page 6.
PETS columnist HEIKE HAHNER says that in our air-conditioned world it's easy to forget about how dangerously hot pets can get in the summer. She offers some ideas to help them through the warmer months.
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KAREN Hewitt is a sound curator at the NFSA, but in the '80s she was a recording engineer in London working with the likes of Paul McCartney, Donna Summer, Bananarama and Kylie Minogue. She tells tales to DANIELLE NOHRA
"CANBERRA is a city of great beauty. It must not be blighted by overhead wires," writes MICHAEL MOORE in a plea to get the light rail right.
TIM GAVEL wrote this week's column about how Nick Kyrgios was starting to become likeable. Then came the tennis star's meltdown at the Shanghai Masters, sending our columnist back to the keyboard. "I write about Nick Kyrgios at my own peril. A week is a long time in sport!" he says.
Dietitian CLARE WOLSKI tackles the contentious health benefits of cows' milk, historian NICHOLE OVERALL reveals a local bushranger with a big reputation and KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK discovers that marching girls (and boys) are back.
