Think $5.50 is too much for a flat white? Actually, it’s too cheap
Think $5.50 is too much for a flat white? Actually it’s too cheap, and our world-famous cafes are paying the price, says EMMA FELTON.
Australians' Easter plans have been hit by inflation's impact with global product shortages spiking the prices of festive chocolate favourites.
Yarralumla Beach East on Lake Burley Griffin is to have a floating sauna by July.
Players boss Paul Marsh has spoken out over the AFL's drugs-test bombshell, saying clubs are aware of the program that affects an "incredibly small" group.
Concerns about the future of money handling company Armaguard prompted Coles to stop cash deliveries however it's now resumed normal operations.
Here's a special advertising feature with a twist of April Fool's Day fun and the chance to win a free night's accommodation for two, valued at $1850 at the award-winning Jamala Wildlife Lodge at the National Zoo and Aquarium.
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'Our passion is to change the old paradigm that dentistry has to be painful and unpleasant,' says Dr HENRIETTE MACRI-ETIENNE, principal of Integrated dental Canberra.
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Cate Blanchett has said that, thanks to technology and Instagram filters, "nobody's getting older - they just look like Barbie dolls".
Australians' Easter plans have been hit by inflation's impact with global product shortages spiking the prices of festive chocolate favourites.
Yarralumla Beach East on Lake Burley Griffin is to have a floating sauna by July.
Players boss Paul Marsh has spoken out over the AFL's drugs-test bombshell, saying clubs are aware of the program that affects an "incredibly small" group.
Concerns about the future of money handling company Armaguard prompted Coles to stop cash deliveries however it's now resumed normal operations.
As Australia pushes towards a more sustainable economy, the government will pump $1 billion into solar energy support to make panels at home.
Wallabies selection could be on the line when the ACT Brumbies head to Suncorp Stadium to face the Queensland Reds, coach Stephen Larkham says.
Chief of the Australian Defence Force General Angus Campbell has apologised unreservedly for the failures of the military.
A prescribed burn will be conducted at the Black Mountain Nature Reserve on Thursday.
Think $5.50 is too much for a flat white? Actually it’s too cheap, and our world-famous cafes are paying the price, says EMMA FELTON.
Minister Chris Bowen has moved into reverse over his EV ambitions, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
LAUREN KATE KELLY reveals the secret sauce of Coles’ and Woolworths’ profits: high-tech surveillance and control.
"All too often lately I’ve been left staring into the darkness and worrying about the real murders taking place in the Ukraine and the Gaza Strip," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Andrew Leigh uses the ACT government's economic call in powers to take over KEEPING UP THE ACT to explain how the brilliant ACT economy works...
If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool, say SEBASTIAN PFAUTSCH and RICCARDO PAOLINI.
Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has been accused of behaving improperly in the selection of the new ACT director of public prosecutions. On the facts so far, HUGH SELBY says no, he hasn't.
"As you grow up, Molonglo, aim to be the exception among the town centres of this city, a place that does not just destroy nature but gives back as much as it possibly can," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY
For letter writer GARY SHAPCOTT, of Hughes, the federal government's plans for aged care have become painfully personal.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews an exhibition of drawings by Kirrily Humphries.
Canberra author Aidan Scott's first novel, The Garden, was published in America on March 7 by Chicago-based publishing house Anxiety Press, reports KATARINA LLOYD JONES.
There's arts aplenty over Easter. Here's taste of what's in store in this week's Artsweek column by HELEN MUSA.
"No histrionics. Just brilliant pianism leaving no doubt that this is a fabulously talented young musician, who, if fate favours him, is destined for a brilliant career." BILL STEPHENS reviews Reuben Tsang.
Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story, The Body Snatcher, the in-demand Canberra actor and videographer, Craig Alexander, has embarked on his first feature film, Snatchers, to be shot exclusively in Canberra during April.
HELEN MUSA has some news for Harry Potter fans in her latest Arts in the City column.
"The whole orchestra was visibly engaged and responsive under Louis Sharpe’s baton," says DANTE COSTA in his review of the National Capital Orchestra.
HELEN MUSA reviews the Luminescence Chamber Singers concert Glass Heart.
"I can confidently pronounce this to be the most exciting West Side Story I’ve seen since the original one that opened at the Tivoli in 1961," says arts editor HELEN MUSA of the latest production on Sydney Harbour.
"The Collector fiano was perfect to drink on a hot day: crisp, textural and with an element of preserved lemon. It is not a low-alcohol wine with a nudge above 13 per cent alcohol by volume," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
Here's a special advertising feature with a twist of April Fool's Day fun and the chance to win a free night's accommodation for two, valued at $1850 at the award-winning Jamala Wildlife Lodge at the National Zoo and Aquarium.
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It’s a café by day and a Japanese-fusion restaurant by night. Dockside Kingston, by Chong Co Group, now offers dinner with picturesque views of the water, writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
Chartered accountant GAIL FREEMAN offers pragmatic advice to a young couple wanting to buy his parents' house.
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Canberra author NOEL BEDDOE continues his occasional series in praise of the ACT, this time in the company of the remarkable Binh Le Thanh.
"The sky-blue flowers are most interesting with a little frill on each of the petals that make up for this drab looking plant," says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON of common chicory.
"Maybe for our region, the increasing cost of land and the problems with issues of water supply will see a switch from growing grapes to more housing development," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER.
“CityNews” rounds up some of the Canberra region’s best activities that the whole family can enjoy over the school break.
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Campbell shops are mighty fine on the food front and one of the most recent destinations is The Bloom. So dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON went there.