Last Top Stories: Thousands head towards Parliament House in Canberra for climate march

• Thousands head towards Parliament House in Canberra for climate march

  

  More than 6000 people turned out for the People's Climate March in Canberra on Sunday.Photo: Graham TidyThousands of people have descended on Parliament House to demand action on climate change as part of demonstrations throughout the country.More than 6000 people attended the People's Climate March in Canberra on Sunday as world leaders prepare to meet in Paris for the United Nations climate summit on Monday.Canberra was one of more than 600 cities around the world to take part in the largest i..

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• Breakfast radio host Mark Parton quits Canberra's 2CC

  

  Changing focus: Canberra radio host Mark Parton.Photo: SuppliedVeteran radio host Mark Parton has quit his breakfast show on 2CC, the latest shake up in Canberra's breakfast radio offerings.Parton said his final show would go to air on December 18, ending seven years with the station and 16 years as a regular fixture on Canberra radio.Parton stood unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2008 ACT election, after presenting breakfast on Canberra's Mix 106.3 FM for more than nine years. H..

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• Canberra's November temperatures two degrees above average

  

  A blue bottle at Moruya Heads, snapped by Alan Nicol on his iPhone for the Canberra Times spring photo competition.Photo: Alan NicolNovember proved to be a warm chaser to Canberra's thirsty October, with temperatures hovering two degrees above average."[November] has been close to the record but not quite there," Weatherzone meteorologist Rob Sharpe said.A severe heatwave throughout southern Australia during October helped to smash early season temperature records, with the month recording 17 da..

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• Business groups release recommendations for Canberra CBD overhaul - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Business groups release recommendations for Canberra CBD overhaulPostedNovember 30, 2015 08:33:00 Petrie Plaza's iconic carousel could be on the move, and a big screen could be installed in Garema Place, under recommendations from Canberra's business community.An agenda jointly developed by the Property Council of Australia, the Canberra Business Chamber and Canberra CBD Limited floats several proposals aimed as revitalising Civic and Braddon.It points to older areas of the city, such as Cit..

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• Man questioned over suspected murder of Canberra man Andrew Carville - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Man questioned over suspected murder of Canberra man Andrew CarvillePostedNovember 30, 2015 15:59:59 A man has been questioned by police as part of a murder investigation into the death of a Canberra man whose body was found on Defence land earlier this month.Andrew Carville's body was at Majura on November 19, about three weeks after he was last seen at his home in Evatt.Police previously said they were treating the death as suspicious, but they now suspect he was murdered.ACT police confir..

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• Wrap of Canberra's biggest fishing weekend

  

  Adam Samios and Sasha Booker try their luck at Orana Bay in Yarralumla during the Pride of the Perch fishing competition on Lake Burley Griffin.Photo: Graham TidyFishing fanatic Adam Samios has travelled to most of Australia's major lakes for fishing competitions, but is passionate about increasing participation of the sport in the capital.In what he called "one of the biggest weekends of fishing in Canberra's history," Mr Samios held three fishing competitions to prove the capital has the pote..

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• Bicycle theft on the rise in Canberra's inner north, police say - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Bicycle theft on the rise in Canberra's inner north, police sayPostedNovember 30, 2015 16:15:09 Bicycle thieves are increasingly targeting Canberra's inner north, according to ACT police.Figures released by ACT Policing showed 983 bikes were stolen in Canberra during the 2014 to 2015 financial year, up nearly 25 per cent from the previous year.The main hot spots for thieves were Braddon, Acton and Civic.Police tips to deter bike thievesUse a heavy-duty U lock to secure your bikeMake sure you..

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• Canberra United cruise to W-League win without Matildas stars

  

  Canberra 4 Western Sydney 1Canberra United star Ashleigh Sykes says stepping down from international duties was the right decision for her soccer career after she made the agonising call to withdraw from Matildas availability.But Sykes' decision paid off for Canberra's W-League campaign as the speedy forward led from the front to lift the defending champions to a 4-1 win against the Western Sydney Wanderers on Sunday.Sykes told Australian coach Alen Stajcic she was unavailable for the trip to So..

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• Gang-gang. City of contrasts. Bollywood and Handel's 'Messiah' for...

  

  Bollywood comes (at last!) to Parliament House.Imagine an emaciated Phar Lap, a Phar Lap with cow-like teats.Once you've achieved that feat of imagination you will begin to imagine Sian​ Watson'sDrongo,a hard-to-forget sculpture in the ANU School of Art Graduating Exhibition.Sometimes you go to a gallery and particular exhibits seem to stalk you. In that famous Pete and Dud sketch Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, at a gallery, feel that the bottoms of Rubens' voluptuous female nudes are following th..

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• No time for surf as the Canberra Raiders belt each other in beach footy sessions

  

  Edrick Lee and Josh Papalii fine-tune their tackling technique at Corrigans Beach in Batemans Bay.Photo: SuppliedThere was plenty of sand and surf, but the Canberra Raiders' beach retreat was anything but a summer holiday as the players were put through a gruelling NRL pre-season camp at Batemans Bay.Raiders coach Ricky Stuart put his squad on a bus and took them to the south coast to break the monotony of training at the club's Bruce headquarters.The players swapped their boots for barefoot san..

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