NEWS
Police, government defend need for more patrols, station
ACT police are satisfied that the number of officers on the beat have continued to keep the streets safe and criminal offences to a low.
OPINION
What’s the risks if Australia opens its international borders?
The long-debated reopening of international borders could be a reality soon after the Trans-Tasman bubble kicked off this week, but what are risks and will it mean a spike in cases? Epidemiologist TONY BLAKELY explains.
Letters / How Rebecca will succumb to the system
Letter writer MARTIN GORDON, of Dunlop, is concerned new Greens minister Rebecca Vassarotti is destined to lose the will to fight and succumb to being an insider. "You may want to change the system from the inside, but usually it ends up changing you!" he warns...
POLITICS
Dutton takes public aim at defence force chief
As he grasps the reins of a portfolio he has long coveted, Dutton is sending the message that (unlike his predecessor) he wants be an activist minister who is in the public eye, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
ARTS
Kennedy collection at Museum ‘like Aladdin‘s Cave’
According to National Museum of Australia director Matt Trinca, Trevor Kennedy had been collecting Australiana since he was very young and he was still collecting now – “this is a life’s passion”.
Folk Festival manager moves on
General manager of the National Folk Festival since 2019, Helen Roben, is moving on, having been appointed CEO of Music for Canberra.
LIFESTYLE
QUEANBEYAN
Teachers and students step in to fix eternal flame
Queanbeyan's eternal flame, snuffed out for safety reasons two years ago, has been relit – just in time for Anzac Day.
Club celebrates a game that’s accessible to all
From international competitors to a 91-year-old who still plays three days a week, the Queanbeyan Croquet Club proudly continues to celebrate the obscure, yet deeply historic game with an event on “World Croquet Day” (May 1).
HOME & GARDEN
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Concert explores a lack of human compassion
A post-Easter concert of songs exploring human compassion — and the lack of it — will be Luminescence Chamber Singers’ next project titled, “The Little Match Girl Passion”.
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