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Wellington comes to Canberra for a celebration

IT’S just over one year since Singapore Airlines’ Canberra-Wellington “Capital Express” flights started and NewActon is marking this sister-city connection with craft beer, food, wine and music this weekend. It’s not just a Canberra thing. […]

Punk hero remembered in film – Elliott Smith

FAMOUS for a while, then gone as fast as he’d surfaced, revered folk-punk hero Elliott Smith’s legacy lives on. Now Canberra fans have the chance to celebrate his life with a one-night-only screening of a […]

NewActon wins national design prize

IN less than a decade, a forgotten corner of Canberra’s CBD has been transformed into one of Australia’s most memorable new neighbourhoods. The NewActon precinct has been awarded the Australia Award for Urban Design for […]

It’s our town and the living is easy…

CATHERINE CARTER says Canberra is coming of age with new colour springing from our special suburban character.

‘Immersive experience’ in performance art

“N O P L A C E” is the name, but this performance is taking place ‘somewhere’, in the newish Nishi Gallery NewActon. Directed by Adelina Larsson, it’s a performance installation about four women tracing […]

Kim loves power of pilates

WHEN public servant Kim Ballantyne suffered a spinal stroke in 2008, it left her wheelchair bound and spending up to six hours a day in “intense” hospital rehabilitation. “While it helped – I am now […]

Plan to rebuild Acton Pavilion

AS HE watched his business erupt in flames Johnathan Efkarpidis was already thinking of the future for the NewActon Pavillion. The heritage-listed NewActon Pavillion, was severely damaged yesterday at around 4.30pm, after a fire is […]

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Canberra International Riesling Challenger

American riesling rises to the Challenge

by CityNews

US winery Black Star Farms has won the Canberra International Riesling Challenge’s top award – Best Wine of the Challenge – with its 2017 Black Star Farms Arcturos Dry Riesling. The wine was also named […]

Firefighters barge through door to save person

by CityNews

FIREFIGHTERS have barged through the door of a home to save a person unconscious and surrounded by heavy smoke. ACT Fire & Rescue were alerted of the smoke yesterday (October 18) at about 4pm when […]

Winner... Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery.

Collaery wins national civil justice award

by CityNews

CANBERRA lawyer and former ACT Attorney-General Bernard Collaery has won the Australian Lawyers Alliance 2018 Civil Justice Award, recognising his work in fighting for justice for the Timor-Leste people. ALA national president Noor Blumer said […]

Drink driver crashes into car and barrier

by CityNews

A WOMAN, six times over the legal limit, chaotically crashed into a car and a steel barrier on Wednesday (October 17) afternoon. The woman, 47, of Dunlop, was driving a Jeep Cherokee, when she crashed into a vehicle […]

Campbell High student dies after ‘tragic’ accident

by CityNews

A YEAR 10 Campbell High student has died after he was injured in an accident on Mount Ainslie yesterday (October 18). The teenager was on Mount Ainslie as part of a school lesson at about […]

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Wellington comes to Canberra for a celebration

Punk hero remembered in film – Elliott Smith

NewActon wins national design prize

It’s our town and the living is easy…

‘Immersive experience’ in performance art

Kim loves power of pilates

Plan to rebuild Acton Pavilion

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American riesling rises to the Challenge

Firefighters barge through door to save person

Collaery wins national civil justice award

Drink driver crashes into car and barrier

Campbell High student dies after ‘tragic’ accident

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