“We need to speak out and about what is going on in the hearing-aid industry if we want change,” says Deakin audiologist Dr William Vass
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AS Sydney turns steamy, Opera Australia’s collective thoughts turn to fun. Well, fun opera-style, with a few duels, the death of a consumptive heroine and some weird magic from the dark forces – […]
MORE than 37,000 Murray Cod fingerlings were today released into Lake Burley Griffin. The fish, from the Uarah Fish Hatchery in Wagga Wagga, cost $20,000 and were paid for equally by the National Capital Authority […]
ACT Opposition Leader Zed Seselja has said today’s announcement that the Government will scrap the plan for $432 million office block, is a blow to Chief Minister Katy Gallagher’s credibility. “This is a building which […]
NICK JENSEN says its worth having a discussion about the idea of ACT becoming the first jurisdiction to ban the smacking of children.
JANET Fieldhouse has won the $20,000 main prize at the 2011 Indigenous Ceramic Art Awards. Fieldhouse, a Canberra-based Torres Strait artist and a CIT cultural arts teacher and coordinator in the Yurauna Centre, won the […]
BRAVO, director Martin Scorsese and co-producer Johnny Depp, for this charming film in which Hugo, after his clock-maker father dies, lives in the attic above the concourse of a Paris railway station where he maintains […]
AUSTRALIAN duo Sneaky Sound System are the first act announced for the 2012 Australia Celebrates Live concert. The concert, formerly known as Australia Day Live will be held on the lawns of Parliament House on […]
By Vanessa Lam ACTION bus drivers will be driving up their fashion sense tomorrow, to help celebrate and raise awareness of the ACT Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group’s Hawaiian Shirt Day. “Across Canberra, ACTION bus […]
THE news that Portia was selling Portia’s Place after 25 years came as a shock with rumours rife the famous Chinese restaurant in Kingston would close within months of the June announcement. But almost six […]
AS much as we love pure porcelain-toned skin, there are times when a girl just looks better with a tan. A beautiful bronze glow is a quick way to kick-start your best looks this party […]
THEATRE “Out of Order” By Ray Cooney, directed by Walter Learning, for Canberra Repertory, at Theatre 3, until December 3. Reviewed by Helen Musa ENGLISH playwright Ray Cooney is an expert at winding up ridiculous plots; Canadian director Walter Learning is an expert at unravelling them. “Out of […]
CINEMAS go to the expense of midnight screenings to tempt a franchise’s dyed-in-the-wool fanatics to see the film’s first local screening. I have it on impeccable authority that many fanatics voted with their feet and […]
SEVERAL items, including computer equipment were seized from The London Burger and Beers yesterday after detectives spent several hours searching the bar and restaurant. The detectives, from the Organised Crime and Crime Targeting Team, began […]
THE top level of a two storey apartment in Banks was destroyed by fire today. ACT Fire Brigade received phone calls at about 3.40pm of a fire at an apartment on Thomas Hart Street. Three […]
EVEN the sudden downpour couldn’t dampen the spirits at Strathnairn Homestead’s refurbished woolshed on Friday when the president of Strathnairn Arts Association, Anita McIntyre, welcomed former ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope as the organisation’s new […]
MANY journalists love to think that a carte blanche freedom to write what they want is as fundamental to democracy as the right to vote. Bunkum! First the Murdoch press in the UK and now […]
TREASURER Josh Frydenberg warned that Australia must navigate difficult economic currents in coming days, in a speech setting the government’s policy in a framework of “values” and “beliefs”. Addressing the Sydney Institute today (Tuesday, January […]
TWO Canberra brothers have plans to bring a community-owned nightclub to Canberra. The co-founders of The Dance Co-op, Rohan and Dallas Proctor, want to create a not-for-profit, member-owned co-operative, so members can collectively decide on all […]
THREE vehicles were found on fire during the early hours this morning (Tuesday, January 22) at a unit carpark in O’Connor. ACT Fire and Rescue extinguished the blaze after being alerted of it at about […]
MIGRANTS learning English as their second language use “Aussie words” such as “esky” more than English-speaking migrants, according to research by the Australian National University (ANU). The research from the ANU School of Literature, Languages […]
LIGHT rail testing will begin along Northbourne Avenue and the Federal Highway today (Tuesday, January 22). Transport Minister Meegan Fitzharris says all elements of the light rail infrastructure and system are being tested, including the light […]
