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• Samsung sending free washing detergent to Canberra suburbs to help product recall

  

  A Samsung washing machine that caught fire at a Sydney home after it was repaired.Photo: SuppliedCanberrans might receive a surprise in the post this week - but the good news could end there.Residents across the capital, particularly those living in the suburbs of Kambah, Wanniassa, Gordon and Chisholm, will receive free washing detergent in the mail over coming days from Samsung, with a message urging them to check the model of their washing machine.Six Samsung top loader washing machine models..

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• Christmas appeal: Marymead named charity partner for ABC...

  

  Christmas appeal: Marymead named charity partner for ABC Canberra giving treeUpdatedNovember 23, 2015 14:29:49 Children's support service Marymead has been named charity partner for 666 ABC Canberra's giving tree appeal this festive season.For almost 50 yearsMarymeadhas delivered support programs across the ACT and regional NSW to some of the community's most vulnerable families.Marymead chief executive Camilla Rowland said donated Christmas gifts would bring welcome relief for the organisat..

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• Miss Muddy Canberra: 'Great pride in our mud'

  

  Runners have fun with foam on the obstacle course.Photo: Jeffrey ChanThe pictures tell the story.Women crawling through mud, running through foam and carefully making their way across, over and around obstacles.And they were shot at with a paint cannon.Cara Cotter of Queanbeyan gets in amongst it during Miss Muddy at Thoroughbred Park Canberra.Photo: Jeff ChanHundreds of women took part in Miss Muddy, a female-only fundraiser held at Canberra's Thoroughbred Park on Sunday.AdvertisementThe event ..

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• Canberra building industry facing shake-up - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Canberra building industry facing shake-upPostedNovember 23, 2015 07:47:57 The ACT Government is taking steps to fix problems in the building industry that are causing financial loss and safety concerns.Complaints about building work have doubled over the past six years in the ACT and the cost of rectification work has been estimated at $150 million a year.The Government has released a discussion paper that includes options such as the introduction of design inspectors for apartments and oth..

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• Review: Don’t Dress For Dinner, Canberra Repertory Society

  

  Peter Holland is a philandering husband and Monique Dyson his wife in Don't Dress for Dinner.Photo: Helen Drum Don't Dress For Dinner. Written by Marc Camoletti​. Adapted by Robin Hawdon. Directed by Walter Learning. Canberra Repertory Society. Theatre 3. Until December 5.Canadian director Walter Learning returns to Canberra to direct Canberra Rep's final production for 2015. In keeping with a popular tradition of ending the year's program with a comedy, audiences are treated to Marc Camolet..

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• Canberra boy seriously injured in Goulburn skydiving accident

  

  Canberra boy seriously injured in Goulburn skydiving accidentWitnesses comfort each other at Goulburn airport.Photo: Darryl FernanceMessages of support from friends and family have poured in for the Canberra teenager who was critically injured in a skydiving accident on Saturday.The boy was injured when a "freak" gust of wind swept the 14-year-old andAdrenalin Skydive instructor Tony Rokovinto an uncontrollable freefall about 10 metres above the ground, the group's chief instructor said.Mr Rakov..

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• Canberra Times 404 Page

  

  Hollywood Retro Film Festival. Dendy Canberra. November 26- December 13. Adult $15/club-concessions $12. See: dendy.com.au. Whether you're a film buff ...

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• ICON: Federal Government considers selling off secret 'dark fibre' Canberra communications channels - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  ICON: Federal Government considers selling off secret 'dark fibre' Canberra communications channelsUpdatedNovember 23, 2015 16:58:49 The Turnbull Government is in the final throes of weighing up the sale of the communications network that connects all its departments, in the midst of a storm over foreign investment in strategically important assets.Key pointsICON links Government departments via a secret fibre networkGovernment considering option to sell it offNetwork is 2,000 times faster t..

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• NZ Labour leader on a mission to Canberra | SBS News

  

  New Zealand's opposition leader Andrew Little is heading to Canberra hoping to convince Australian MPs that Kiwis living across the ditch are getting a raw deal.The Labour leader will appear before two parliamentary committees, and meet Immigration Minister Peter Dutton."It's pretty clear that New Zealanders who live and work there are disadvantaged," he told NZ Newswire."This visit is about opening those things up and gaining the attention of the politicians on the committees."Mr Little says Ne..

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• Canberra property market builds momentum despite house, unit development lag

  

  Canberra’s property market is set to strengthen despite a lag in new developments as house values continue to surge and unit prices begin to play catch-up.House values are forecast to jump by 9.9 per cent in the 2015-16 year after what has been Canberra’s weakest 12 months in six years, the Housing Industry Association’s September Outlook Report revealed on Monday.It’s a sign of things to come with a 20.8 per cent increase forecast for 2016-17.While house prices have increased by 5.1 per cent fr..

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