Digital edition January 30
JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED use three graphs drawn from ABS data to show a stark picture of the ACT's nation-leading incarceration of indigenous people.
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A Canberra startup is developing plastic-eating enzymes in a breakthrough for "infinitely recycling" fashion and bottles that would otherwise end up in landfill, reports MARION RAE.
For its twin summer exhibitions, the National Gallery of Australia has chosen to look at two female artists partly lost in the shadows of art history, reports HELEN MUSA.
The most rapid hair greying usually happens between ages 50 and 60. But does anything we do speed up the process? And is there anything we can do to slow it down? Here's the science.
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Digital edition December 19
There's the best of the best and the best of everything in this week's CityNews wrap of the year, from columnists to arts, streaming to books and food and wine, too.
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Digital edition December 12
"With a minority government installed, we can look forward to the New Year in the hope a government that's more accountable to the Assembly will deliver better outcomes for all Canberrans," says an optimistic MICHAEL MOORE.
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Digital edition December 5
Expect a week crammed full of crazy shenanigans, Geminis! And astrologer JOANNE MADELINE MOORE says Aquarians shouldn't expect close relationships to run like clockwork, either. And for Piceans? Your week in the stars is on Page 35.
Being a progressive in Canberra may seem ever so cool, that is unless you're indigenous, say JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED in a withering look at the people progressive Canberra is leaving behind.
"About this time each year, as Father Christmas raises his white bearded head, red cheeks glowing, I have a fantasy," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN. All is revealed on Page 12.
"A key element of rebuilding trust in government authority is to take the evidence, and communications on that evidence, out of the hands of politicians." MICHAEL MOORE reflects on how trust was a casualty in the fight against covid.
"The perception battle is already on for the next federal election. Strong, decisive, conservative Dutton from outer Brisbane, versus the intellectual, low-wage warrior from inner Sydney," writes columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
"Ageing is something we all have to adapt to but isn’t something we give much thought to until we get to middle age (between 40 and 65)." Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS has some advice about longevity.
"We have come to rely on the European honey bee for all our food and garden needs, but there are many native Australian bees that do just as much work," says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
In a mind-boggling parade of more than 200 faces, KEEPING UP THE ACT salutes 35 years of self government in a very familiar format and as a souvenir wall poster. Next week we're doing The White Album!
"If being terrible at something makes you happy, that’s great. But if somebody cares about you, they’ll ask you to get a lesson. Or give you the advice that takes courage to give," writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DI DIO.
"The transformation from a transient population to a tightly knit community is a testament to the city’s allure… yet, there persists a narrative that frames Canberra as a political experiment," writes JERRY NOCKLES.
"You do not have to follow advice from any political party. Seek the best people for the job, even if your numbering of candidates runs right across independent and party lines," sage voting advice from MICHAEL MOORE.
On a side road on Hawdon Place, Dickson, is a special café that serves wholesome, tasty food and creates opportunities for migrant and refugee women from diverse backgrounds. Thumbs up from dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
"With just weeks before the next election, it is now-or-never for so many candidates," says political columnist ANDREW HUGHES, who this week looks at the parties' all-important media strategies.
