MORE than 70 per cent of staff at the University of Canberra voted to reject UC management’s new enterprise agreement. The National Tertiary Education Union has been negotiating with UC management for a new agreement since August. […]
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Gardening / Great tree for tight spots
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Woman could help find Safa’s murderer
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Arts / Peelman goes Bach to the future
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Review / Power, sex, politics and an entertaining play
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Review / Tognetti’s uplifting and inspiring Beethoven
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Hero Ernie’s story carries Nichole over the line
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Welsh / Armistice brings a busy time for a ‘silent soldier’
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
UC staff ‘resoundingly’ reject new offer
MORE than 70 per cent of staff at the University of Canberra voted to reject UC management’s new enterprise agreement. The National Tertiary Education Union has been negotiating with UC management for a new agreement since August. […]
Have you seen Garth?
THE family of missing man Garth Jensen is “seriously” concerned for this wellbeing after he went missing yesterday (November 12). Garth, 52, was last seen about midday at the 7-Eleven petrol station in Mawson. He’s […]
Socials / At the 2019 Canberra International Music Festival program launch, Civic
Man goes on spending spree with lost wallet
A MAN has allegedly gone on a spending spree in Civic with bank cards he found in a lost wallet. On Friday, September 28, the man spent about $1300, both in store and online, within […]
Gardening / Great tree for tight spots
WALTER Burley Griffin’s vision of a garden city has long given way to the bush capital, which has now been replaced by a concrete jungle as block sizes shrink and towering high-rise developments reduce the […]
Letters / No, Cedric, glyphosate is safe
CEDRIC Bryant’s recent letter (CN, October 31) contains a number of factual errors that need to be corrected. Not one country around the world has a ban on the use of glyphosate. Nor is glyphosate […]
Keeley tops women in business awards
TRACY Keeley, a woman with a passion for transforming cafes and showing their full potential, topped the Canberra women in business awards last week. She was one of 43 finalists from nine categories awarded for […]
Grattan / Morrison Government falls further behind
THE Coalition has taken another knock in Newspoll, now trailing Labor 45-55 per cent on a two-party basis. Scott Morrison’s personal ratings have also worsened, in a poll that comes in the wake of his […]
Woman could help find Safa’s murderer
IN a bid to find more information about Safa’s final days, police are looking to speak with a woman, who is not a suspect but may help find Safa’s killer. Safa Annour, 2, died in […]
Arts / Peelman goes Bach to the future
THERE was never going to be any mystery about what we’d see in the 2019 Canberra International Music Festival if director Roland Peelman had anything to do with it – it was always going to […]
Review / Power, sex, politics and an entertaining play
Theatre / “Exclusion”. Written and directed by David Atfield, at The Street Theatre until November 17. Reviewed by LEN POWER
Review / Tognetti’s uplifting and inspiring Beethoven
Music / “Tognetti’e Beethoven”. Australian Chamber Orchestra, at Llewellyn Hall, October 10. Reviewed by GRAHAM McDONALD
Hero Ernie’s story carries Nichole over the line
AS “the war to end all wars” drew to a close on November 11, one hundred years ago, an Australian corporal, a volunteer stretcher bearer from Cooma, had just become the only soldier in the […]
Welsh / Armistice brings a busy time for a ‘silent soldier’
Armistice bring a busy time for a ‘silent soldier’, says “Seven Days” columnist MIKE WELSH
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Drugs, cash and ammo seized in Monash police raid
SUSPECTED cocaine with an estimated street value of $100 000, ammunition, cash and a prohibited item were seized by police during a raid on a Monash residence yesterday. A 36-year-old man was arrested and has […]
Review / Song Company triumphs over difficult works
Music / “One-Equal-Music”. The Song Company. At Wesley Uniting Church, November 9. Reviewed by CLINTON WHITE
Five fatal factors kill on Canberra’s roads
SEVEN of the nine fatal collisions from the past year in Canberra were caused because of five irresponsible behaviours. According to ACT police, in each of the seven crashes, at least one of five irresponsible […]
Sally breathes new life into arts space for kids
“SALLY Smart” is the name of a new installation in the National Gallery of Australia, and it’s also the name of the artist who created it. Her interactive show is filled with collages, cut-out assemblages […]
Review / ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ (MA) ***
IN 2015, when David Lagercrantz published the fourth title in the “Millennium” series that we all thought would end when Stieg Larsson died, many readers who probably picked it up out of curiosity put it […]
