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• Canberra IKEA opening hacked with 'FAKEA' price tags

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.IKEA opening dayHear from the people who got there first and why.PT0M55S620349​IKEA may design its price tags first, but a series of fake tags littered around Canberra's brand-new store got tongues wagging on Monday.Lobby group Fair Go For Canberra sobered Canberrans' giddy glee at flatpacks and meatballs at Monday's Majura Park store opening by drawing attention to the company'smulti-national corporate tax avoidanceusing parody price tags.Parody price tags were lit..

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• Canberra Weekender: What's on November 20-22

  

  Pick up a bargain at the Suitcase Rummage mini market.All WeekendRADICAL REELSNine high-adrenalin outdoor films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival will screen at the National Film and Sound Archive's Arc Cinema. See films about skiing, speed flying, climbing, biking, highlining and more, brought to life on the big screen.MAJORS CREEK FESTIVALA three-day music festival in the countryside near Braidwood with stalls, bands and more. Heath Cullen is the headliner with acts including Canberra musi..

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• Canberra Close Up: Professor Stephen Parker - ABC Canberra - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

  

  Professor Stephen Parker is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Canberra - a role he has held for the better part of a decade. In September, he announced his intention to step down as Vice Chancellor in July, 2016. Professor Parker joined Alex Sloan on Canberra Close Up to reflect on his time in Canberra, and share his early influences, upbringing in the United Kingdom and passion for music. "I grew up in the UK," he told Alex. "I was sent to boarding school when I turn..

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• ACT government to move 1100 ACT Health and Access Canberra staff to Woden

  

  Woden Town Centre will get a boost from the announcement.Photo: Graham TidyThe ACT government will move about 1100 territory Health Directorate and Access Canberra staff to Woden in a bid to revitalise the ailing town centre.Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced plans on Tuesday to occupy 15,500 square metresof public service office accommodation in the Woden town centre, bringing all health staff other than hospital workers under one roof.Woden calling: ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr with deputy..

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• Canberra taxi driver claims he was beaten and racially abused in Civic attack

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Canberra cabbie explains his injuriesCanberra taxi driver Vishal Sachdeva claims he was physically assaulted and racially abused.PT1M26S620349A Canberra taxi driver says he was physically assaulted and racially abused while working on Bunda Street in Civic during the early hours of Saturday morning.Vishal Sachdeva, who has been working as a taxi driver for only five months, said his confidence was shaken after allegedly being struck in the head and called an "Indian m..

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• Raiders tie up one of Sticky's 'big three'

  

  Canberra Raiders re-sign fullback Jack Wighton as premiership contenders of future take shapeHello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.LAST week Ricky Stuart nominated Jack Wighton as one of three players the Raiders were building their finals hopes around.Now he’s repaid the faith.The 22-year-old fullback has re-signed with the Green Machine until 2018 just a week after hulking 23-year-old centre Joey Leilua recommitted to a club starting to pu..

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• WA and Canberra negotiating new deal over scaled down Perth Freight Link project - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  WA and Canberra negotiating new deal over scaled down Perth Freight Link projectPostedNovember 17, 2015 15:00:11 The State and Federal governments are renegotiating a billion-dollar deal for the Perth Freight Link after Premier Colin Barnett shelved the critical second stage of the project.The Commonwealth has pledged $925 million towards the $1.6 billion heavy transport link, which originally aimed to provide a seamless link from Perth's industrial eastern suburbs to Fremantle Port.But the ..

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• Pop-up Public Theatre in Canberra by Aspen Island Theatre Company

  

  Actor Mary Helen Sassman, of Aspen Island Theatre Company, in front of the Public Theatre in Canberra's Civic Square.Photo: Jeffrey ChanFor the next two weeks Civic Square will be transformed into the modern equivalent of a Greek amphitheatre – but the content will be decidedly modern.Aspen Island Theatre Company  artistic director  Julian Hobba said The Public Theatre was a project done by the company as part of Design Canberra in collaboration with Cox Architecture, in particular architect R..

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• Woman faces court over alleged assault at Canberra childcare centre - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Woman faces court over alleged assault at Canberra childcare centreUpdatedNovember 17, 2015 12:13:45 A 49-year-old childcare worker will fight four charges of assault over alleged incidents at a facility in the city, ACT Magistrates Court has heard.Rajani Gautum is one of four people charged over alleged incidents in 2014 and 2015 at the Civic Early Childhood Centre.The four accused face 20 charges of common assault between them.The allegations came to light after an audit at the centre.In O..

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• Brumbies recruit Michael Wells picks Canberra ahead of Brazil beaches and Olympics

  

  Brumbies recruit Michael Wells has traded a potential spot at the Olympics for a Super Rugby contract.Photo: Getty ImagesMichael Wells picked Lake Burley Griffin over Brazilian beaches and the ACT Brumbies recruit says he made the right decision to sacrifice an Olympic Games dream to take a shot at Super Rugby.Wells will arrive in Canberra in the coming days to start his Brumbies career after helping the Australian sevens team book its ticket to the Olympics in Rio at a tournament in Auckland la..

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