A weekly archive of Canberra’s favourite glossy magazine
New columnist HAMOUDI AL-SAGHIR is a remarkable young Syrian refugee with a terrible story of survival. In his first piece, he shares a glimpse of his confronting past and his youthful optimism as he thrives at studying law at the ANU.
It's 2031 and humans no longer remain on earth. Amid the debris, tiny Lego people are creating a new society, building new homes inside the waste left behind. That's the premise of a record-breaking, new exhibition, reports HELEN MUSA.
Craft writer MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE traces the laborious renovation of the feted, though fated, Hanna Cabinet and the role a Canberra company had in saving it after being damaged by floodwater.
"Especially at this troubled point in our national history, it would have been valuable for the census to have included an extra tick-box to record the presence and lives of Jews in Australia," writes columnist ROBERT McMAHON.
"Should parents and teachers be afraid of the use of AI in the classroom, or should it be used as a tool for improved learning," asks political columnist and former high school teacher MICHAEL MOORE.
"Introducing five electorates with seven representatives in a 35 MLA Assembly would deliver a much more diverse representation and a wider range of views," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Frozen fruit and canned veg are cheap, but are they as healthy as fresh food? MARGARET MURRAY has the answers.
"Men have arrogantly tended to think women wear make-up and high heels to try to subvert them into a relationship and marriage. That may be partly true, but it’s much more complex than that," says Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
The ACT Government is a landowner, developer and also the regulator. So we'd be entitled to expect an adequate supply of appropriately priced land for the full range of housing choices. But there isn't, say JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED.
While the conventional wisdom seems to be that Pauline Hanson’s rise has been a function of mass disillusionment with the major parties, ROBERT McMAHON suspects there's more to her popularity than mere protest.
Cold and flu tablets are marketed to “clear the sinuses” and get us through a cold. But on Page 7 we look at what’s actually in these medicines and explain why they don't work as well as they should.
"In 11 of the past 14 years, the ACT Government has borrowed to pay interest on accrued debt." JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED reveal how borrowing to pay interest is stunting the ACT's growth.
Labor's “Aquatic Strategy” promises that “options to deliver a new public 50-metre outdoor pool in Woden will be progressed”. But progressing options differ from a commitment, writes columnist BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
Ever wondered if that dent in the bottom of a wine bottle served any practical purpose? It does! And the history of it goes back to French monks making sparkling wine in the 1500s, writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
"The ACT Legislative Assembly has issued Minister Yvette Berry with a yellow card. The widespread support for a censure motion should serve as a serious warning to her and to the government," warns MICHAEL MOORE.
Country music has a huge following in Canberra, so the title of the coming concert, Country Love: The Ultimate Date Night, is bound to have fans packing in, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"We didn’t wear watches and we didn't have phones so there was no way for parents to tell us it was time to come home. Streetlights were a curfew warning you to be home in time for tea." A little nostalgia from PAUL DORIN.
"The art of being seen to act while deliberately obfuscating has been taken to a new level by the ACT Government," says MICHAEL MOORE in urging the government to get on and make a decision on a voluntary assisted dying issue.
"Anger can get that cut-through and then some… It stays in our minds longer than a positive message," writes ANDREW HUGHES as he explains how anger is a useful tool for messaging of brand and narrative in politics.
