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Grumpy / Getting up the energy to change the meter

Smart electricity meters aren't such a clever move if the frustrating experience of reader MJ Brown, of Yarralumla, is any guide.

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Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON thrills to the taste

Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON thrills to the taste of a smoked-trout pizza, but has reservations about the preparation of a couple of others at a new place in Kingston.

The Tumut River Brewing Co was opened by two mates with one dream – to make craft beers in a microbrewery. That was sometime in 2014.

Fast forward to last month and the operation has opened in Kingston with beers made in the Snowy Mountains, wines primarily from Tumbarumba and pizzas made on-site in a huge oven that looks like an igloo. 🍷🍕

Rows of beer, in black cans sporting bright colours, are there for the tasting, and the “True Brew Crew”, wearing black, branded T-shirts, are busy patting down operations. 🍻

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“It’s difficult to justify the ACT’s excess

“It’s difficult to justify the ACT’s excess taxation when debt’s rising, the hospital system is the country’s poorest and services for disadvantaged groups are the nation’s worst,” writes JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED.

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Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins s

Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins since 2001, and while she loves the area, she says she is “fed up” with the neglectful ACT government.

The Higgins shops have been completely abandoned, says Vanessa, preventing the opportunity for residents to have a community-centred space to socialise.

They only received bins nine months ago, she says, and requests for a water station and repairs to the bus station have gone unanswered.

“It’s very, very slow,” says Vanessa.

“I asked for the zebra crossing on Fullagar [Crescent] to be repainted, and we had to wait about six or nine months.

“That’s just such a long time… we pay a lot of rates.”

Vanessa says assistance from the government only seems to go to communities with time-rich and assertive communities, leaving places such as Higgins, where the majority of households have both adults working full-time and English may not be the first language of the family, at an automatic disadvantage.

“If you’ve got two people working, paying a mortgage, raising two or three kids, they don’t have the time,” says Vanessa.

Vanessa says the lack of attention quieter places such as Higgins is receiving is starting to look a lot like favouritism.

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Vanessa Jones loves living in Higgins, but tells r

Vanessa Jones loves living in Higgins, but tells reporter KATARINA LLOYD JONES she’s “fed up” with the ACT government; the local shops have been abandoned, preventing residents from having a community-centred space to socialise.

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“It’s the food that makes Beltana Farm shine,” writes dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON. “Farmhouse shared plates are the go, served alongside a carefully selected list of Australian and local wines.”

Newly opened Beltana Farm in Pialligo – set in a picturesque truffle orchard of more than 800 trees – is worth a visit just for the surroundings and to take in the rustic charm of architecture and interior design.

But it’s the food that makes Beltana Farm shine. Farmhouse shared plates are the go, served alongside a carefully selected list of Australian and local wines. 🍷

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