Tuesday, March 8, 2016

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  • NAPLAN results: 23 Canberra schools significantly improve in latest ...

    NAPLAN results: 23 Canberra schools significantly improve in latest MySchool update Updated March 09, 2016 09:51:35 More than 20 Canberra schools have shown a significant improvement in literacy and numeracy skills among students, according to results from last year's NAPLAN tests.The Federal Government's My School website has been updated with the latest financial status and performance of more than 10,000 schools across the nation.Results show 23 Canberra schools have..
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  • Consumer confidence dips as Canberra, markets unnerve punters

    Consumer confidence dips as Canberra, markets unnerve punters
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Australia's economic outlook: a global economist's take JPMorgan's senior global economist says Australian consumers are spending a lot more than their overseas counterparts. PT1M31S 620 349 Consumer confidence dipped in March, according to the latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey, as talk of taxation reform, the federal budget and a possible housing crash wiped out some of the upbeat sentiment around Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership.Gl..
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  • Canberra (Long) Weekend: What's on in Canberra March 11-14

    Canberra (Long) Weekend: What's on in Canberra March 11-14
    All weekend CANBERRA BALLOON SPECTACULAR From Saturday morning, the lawns of Old Parliament House will fill with more than 40 hot air balloons, inflating and launching into the Canberra skies from 6.15-7am. Breakfast and coffee available. Until March 20. Free for spectators. For balloon flights see balloonspectacular.com.au.NIGHT NOODLE MARKETS As part of Enlighten, the Canberra Night Noodle Markets return for the second year and this year they've doubled in size. Lots of Asian street eats from..
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  • The Embassy's Trudy McGowan back home in Canberra and ...

    The Embassy's Trudy McGowan back home in Canberra and ...
    While the next series of The Embassy screens on WIN-TV on Wednesday night, its "breakout star" Trudy McGowan is happily ensconced back in Canberra suburbia,  preparing for her next posting to Dubai and about to start learning Arabic."That should be relaxing," she said, with a laugh, in her typical, forthright manner. Trudy McGowan, then consul and first secretary at the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, and blonde, left Thailand in early 2015.She is back home in Canberra awaiting her next pos..
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  • AFL: GWS Giants boss relocates to Canberra for $800million ...

    AFL: GWS Giants boss relocates to Canberra for $800million ...
    The GWS Giants have signalled how serious they are about the $800 million Manuka Green proposal, with the club's chief operating officer Richard Griffiths relocating to Canberra.Griffiths will move to the national capital to oversee the next phases of the ambitious redevelopment of Manuka Oval and surrounding precinct, which was announced on February 16. An artist's impression of the proposed Manuka Oval redevelopment. Photo: Supplied He will work with Canberra-based Giants board members..
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  • NRL: Canberra Raiders hand Lachlan Croker his first-grade debut ...

    NRL: Canberra Raiders hand Lachlan Croker his first-grade debut ...
    Canberra Raiders five-eighth Lachlan Croker has been named to make his NRL debut against the Sydney Roosters on Saturday. Photo: Rohan Thomson One by one, Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart asked his senior players if they wanted boom teenager Lachlan Croker to make his NRL debut.The response was an overwhelming yes.The exciting 19-year-old will line-up at five-eighth for the Raiders in Saturday's clash with the Sydney Roosters at Canberra Stadium.Injuries ..
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  • Canberra composers Stephen Leek and Michael Sollis take up ...

    Canberra composers Stephen Leek and Michael Sollis take up ...
    Rising young musicians across the country will be inspired to follow in the footsteps of two prominent composers who have recently taken up important new roles in youth education.Stephen Leek has succeeded Michael Sollis as general manager of the Canberra Young Music Society (YMS), a not-for-profit organisation that has provided music education for children since 1969. In turn, Sollis has moved on to become the first artistic director of education for Musica Viva, Australia's oldest independent..
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  • Canberra childcare worker pleads guilty to unreasonably ...

    Canberra childcare worker pleads guilty to unreasonably ...
    A childcare worker has pleaded guilty to subjecting a child to unreasonable discipline at a north Canberra childcare centre. Una Masters, 61, was among four workers police charged last October over allegations of excessive force on children at Northside Community Service's Civic Early Childhood Centre in Dickson.  Una Masters, 61, leaves the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday with a supporter (right) and lawyer Peter Woodhouse (left).  The offences were alleged to involve children as youn..
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  • Eels To Lose Powerhouse Forward?

    Eels To Lose Powerhouse Forward?
    Posted: 9 March, 2016 by Triple M NRL Eels To Lose Powerhouse Forward? Has Canberra coach Ricky Stuart poached one of Parramatta's best forwards Tags: Junior Paulo, Parramatta Eels, Canberra Raiders Junior Paulo of the Eels runs the ball Photo: Getty Images fox sports.com.au is reporting that powerful forward Junior Paulo will leave the Eels at the end of this season, signing a two-year deal with the Raiders. “Parramatta..
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  • NRL: Canberra Raiders prop Shannon Boyd goes on self-imposed ...

    NRL: Canberra Raiders prop Shannon Boyd goes on self-imposed ...
    Exhausted Raiders forwards Sia Soliola, Shannon Boyd and Jeff Lima during Saturday's win over Penrith. Photo: Getty Images Canberra Raiders prop Shannon Boyd credits a self-imposed booze break for allowing the 122kg giant to cope with searing temperatures and the reduced interchange in the NRL.The 23-year-old from Cowra will be crucial to getting the Raiders' forward pack off to another strong start when they host the Sydney Roosters at Canberra Stadium on S..
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