A weekly archive of Canberra’s favourite glossy magazine
QUEANBEYAN Tigers player Cynthia Hamilton, of Macgregor, is a name to look out for. The 17-year-old has secured a spot in the AFL Women's All-Australian Team for players under 19 and, reports NICK OVERALL, is a draft prospect for the game’s top league. Story Page 7.
Colleen and Steve Hill are two remarkable Canberrans. Well into their 60s, they foster tiny babies born into tumultuous circumstances, with disabilities or fatal diagnoses, with many addicted to drugs. Reporter BELINDA STRAHORN has the heartwarming story on Page 3.
FROM October 1 until April 30 officers at the Alexander Maconochie Centre thought it was okay to strip-search a woman prisoner, on average, every day. "Seven Days" columnist IAN MEIKLE thinks it's shameful.
COLUMNIST ROBERT MACKLIN set the cat among the crows with his "Stone (shoot, gas or trap) the crows" piece from June 17. He's not fussed about them, but plenty of others are, and they wrote to tell us why in this week's "Letters" selection on Page 12.
TAKING time to listen to people’s stories is all part of the service for the volunteers, Canberra Hospital Auxiliary president Therese Colosimo tells KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK. “Sometimes people just need to tell someone about their day,” she says.
LETTER writer JANE ALLEN, of Watson, determined to make a contribution to cleaner air, set off to buy an electric car… but bought a petrol one instead. She explains why on our letters page.
COLUMNIST ROBERT MACKLIN says the cat containment plan is a welcome first small step in what must become a national drive to "contain – or better still, eliminate – the carnage to native wildlife perpetrated by this imported predator". More on Page 13.
WAS it a reunion? Yes. Was it the one many TV viewers were hoping for? Almost. Streaming columnist NICK OVERALL looks at the massive global anticipation of the new "Friends" episode.
OVER the last eight years, the number of Aboriginal people sent to prison in Canberra has increased by 279 per cent. The highest rate of increase in Australia. Columnist JON STANHOPE says: "Without argument, this is more than a disgrace – it is obscene."
A CRACKING edition… columnist PAUL COSTIGAN outs the plan to build housing on a park, arts editor HELEN MUSA talks to an artist thinking big for the last time, streaming writer NICK OVERALL shares a little fantasy and gardening guru CEDRIC BRYANT admits to being a softie for blossoms… And more. Lots more.
INDIGENOUS leader JULIE TONGS writes that we have to face the awful truth – the worst-performing government in Australia, when it comes to locking up Aboriginal peoples, is the ACT government. And enough is enough.
"IN the few days after my AstraZeneca shot, I was suddenly aware that my lungs felt much more expansive. The 50 laps in the pool – previously a bit of a struggle towards the end – were easy as pie." Why ROBERT MACKLIN can't wait for his second shot.
ROBERT MACKLIN continues his account of being robbed while asleep in bed and discovers he's not alone – there are around five burglaries and three cars stolen every day in Canberra. But what about the mental wellbeing of the victims?
IAN MEIKLE, editor, here: I want to highlight our letters page (P18) this week. We love publishing the views of our readers and over recent months the number of letters to the paper has gone nuts. Don't stop! Write to editor@citynews.com.au
The sooner we're all vaccinated against COVID-19, the better but don't panic, says MICHAEL MOORE. "Australia is in good stead thanks to the preventive measures taken by our range of governments."
“I PROBABLY don’t care what people think any more,” thespian John Bell tells arts editor HELEN MUSA. “When you get to 80, you’ve got nothing to hide." He's about to bare his soul on stage. Story Page 19.
“The ACT government has consistently cut funding for emergency departments despite an increase in demand and complexity, while virtually every other government increased funding." JON STANHOPE wonders how ACT Health gets it so wrong.
PALMERVILLE Memorial Forest is a seemingly forgotten piece of Canberra, where trees once planted to remember passed loved ones now lie dead or missing entirely, reports NICK OVERALL.
“Vaccines available in Australia have been widely used… had there been disastrous side effects, these would have become obvious through the multi-millions of people who have already been vaccinated," writes MICHAEL MOORE.
