“THE week of the Italian way of living” culminates with Vivere all’Italiana Day and an open day at the Italian embassy on Sunday, November 25. Visitors will be invited into the embassy gardens where Italian […]
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Review / ‘Shoplifters’ (MA) ****
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Thirty years of bonza ‘Australianisms’
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Review / Unpronounceable maybe, talented definitely
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Canberra composer named ‘Songwriter of the Year’
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Arts / ‘Ethereal beauty’ in Hanley’s silverpoint drawings
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Review / ‘Engrossing’ production of classic legal drama
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See where all the plastic bottles go at depot open day
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Art exhibition shows a tonne of hope
A day to be Italian
“THE week of the Italian way of living” culminates with Vivere all’Italiana Day and an open day at the Italian embassy on Sunday, November 25. Visitors will be invited into the embassy gardens where Italian […]
Police scour Mt Ainslie for evidence
UP to 100 police and members of the ACT State Emergency Service will search on a large area of Mount Ainslie this weekend (November 17-18) in relation to a historic missing person case. Police say […]
Motorcyclist slams into car in Farrer
A BLACK Yamaha motorcycle was travelling north on Yamba Drive when it collided with another vehicle turning from Yamba Drive into Dookie Street, Farrer, this morning (November 16). Emergency services blocked the road following the […]
Arts / MoAD goes mad with cartoon show
THERE were exceedingly strange things going on at the Museum of Australian Democracy at old Parliament House this morning (November 16) with the launch by director, Daryl Karp, of its political cartoon show, “Behind the […]
Mobile health bus heads to help areas in drought
TWO faculties from the University of Canberra are providing support for drought-affected rural communities, with a caravan of researchers leaving tomorrow (Saturday, November 17) for the pilot of the “Creative Arts and Rural Health Initiative” […]
Review / ‘The Old Man and the Gun’ (M) ***and a half (**** on a good day)
IT’S being touted as his last film appearance, in his 81st year. His movements are a little slower, his hair perhaps chemically restored to a less-ancient shade. But the infectious grin and sparkling eyes are […]
Ngunnawal woman sources drugs from overseas
A NGUNNAWAL woman, 30, has allegedly used the internet to bring drugs to Canberra through the postal system. Police searched the woman’s home after a package was given to police earlier in the year, which […]
Review / ‘Shoplifters’ (MA) ****
WHAT comes to mind when you think about Japan? Booming economy? Friendly relations with? Funny way of writing? Funny kind of language? Bet you’d never list poverty as an important Japanese characteristic. But writer/director Hirokazu […]
Raged man pummels car amid Giralang traffic
TRAFFIC was brought to a halt on Thursday (November 15) when a man suddenly stopped his ute on William Slim Drive, got out and struck a white Toyota Camry a number of times. It was […]
Police tips to avoid scammers
MORE than 1200 cases of fraud have been reported in Canberra this year, says ACT Policing, as International Fraud Awareness Week comes to an end tomorrow (November 17). Acts of fraud cost the world about $3.7 […]
Arts / Namarari takes author on a trip through ‘country’
A NEW biography of an important Western Desert Aboriginal artist had its Canberra launch this week at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery. “The Master from Marnpi”, by scholar Alec O’Halloran, looks at the life and […]
Thirty years of bonza ‘Australianisms’
“DOING a Johhny Farnham”, the “thongophone” and Australia’s “koala diplomacy” are all contenders for the 30th edition of the Australian National Dictionary (AND). First published in 1988 by Oxford University Press Australia and New Zealand (OUP […]
Grattan / Morrison government brings back memories of McMahon days
AS the Morrison government thrashes around trying to stave off defeat or just save the furniture, it reminds one historian of the ill-fated McMahon administration. The run up to the Coalition’s 1972 ousting is detailed […]
Review / Unpronounceable maybe, talented definitely
Music / Benedetti Elschenbroich Grynyuk Trio. At Llewellyn Hall, November 15. Reviewed by GRAHAM McDONALD
Canberra composer named ‘Songwriter of the Year’
THE Australian Songwriters Association’s National Song competition attracts thousands of song entries each year from around Australia and abroad and this year a Canberran has been named APRA/ASA Songwriter of the Year at Canterbury […]
Arts / ‘Ethereal beauty’ in Hanley’s silverpoint drawings
VETERAN Brisbane artist, Gordon Hanley, is staging a unique exhibition at Aarwun Gallery in Gold Creek. Billed as ‘a golden opportunity in art’, this new body of work features over 40 drawings in 24ct gold, […]
Macklin / ‘Four Corners’ falls short of its high standards
“The attempt to throw light on the imbroglio surrounding the sacking of the ABC’s managing director was pathetic – and unworthy of ‘Four Corners’, an investigative flagship program for half a century.,” writes ROBERT MACKLIN
Review / ‘Engrossing’ production of classic legal drama
Theatre / “12 Angry Men,” by Reginald Rose, directed by Jarrad West. At the Queanbeyan Bicentennial Hall until November 24. Reviewed by JOHN LOMBARD.
See where all the plastic bottles go at depot open day
Go behind the scenes at the ACT Container Deposit Scheme depot open day tomorrow.
Smoke forces children and carers to evacuate
SMOKE forced 85 children, parents and carers to evacuate from ANU Preschool and Child Care Centre. At about 1.45pm today (November 15) ACT Fire & Rescue found a small amount of smoke coming from an aquarium. Crews […]
