Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Canberra family split as right to live in Australia is revoked and other top stories.

  • Canberra family split as right to live in Australia is revoked

    Canberra family split as right to live in Australia is revoked
    An 18-year-old Watson student has been stranded in South Africa since last September when the Immigration Department revoked his family's right to live in Australia.Brett Ingram, a former student at Brindabella Christian College, is struggling to find work to support himself in the country he has not lived in for five years. Clive and Jacqui Ingram and their daughter Caitlin are from South Africa and have been living in Australia since 2011.  Photo: Jay Cronan His parents and sister, mea..
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  • Canberra's foreign diplomats have $500000 in unpaid speeding, red ...

    Canberra's foreign diplomats have $500000 in unpaid speeding, red ...
    Saudi Arabian diplomats in Canberra have clocked up more than $140,000 in traffic fines, hooning around the capital in their official cars but authorities are powerless to make the Saudis pay. Diplomatic immunity on Canberra's streets Embassy staff have been using their right to diplomatic immunity to get out of all sorts of trouble on Canberra's roads. The Saudis are Canberra's worst-behaved diplomats with more than 550 fines outstanding for speeding, running red lights and parkin..
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  • Canberra Raiders winger Jordan Rapana 'upset' at teammates' efforts

    Canberra Raiders winger Jordan Rapana 'upset' at teammates' efforts
    Canberra Raiders winger Jordan Rapana hadn't heard coach Ricky Stuart's praise for him and centre Joey Leilua, but he was upset at the effort of some of his teammates in the Cronulla Sharks loss.And half Sam Williams was confident the Raiders could turn their two-game losing streak around against a desperat" Wests Tigers at Canberra Stadium on Saturday after Stuart gave the team an honest talking to. Canberra Raiders winger Jordan Rapana on his way to the tryline. Photo: Graham Tidy Stua..
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  • Sasha Grishin on critiquing the Canberra art scene over 40 years

    Sasha Grishin on critiquing the Canberra art scene over 40 years
    Late in 1976, I returned to Australia after a prolonged stay in Europe. At the time we were expecting our second child and I quickly realised that I could no longer survive on scholarships and was in need of a less itinerant existence.The Australian National University made me an offer that I could not refuse, an invitation to establish the academic discipline of art history at the university on a 0.5 appointment to the Faculty of Arts and a 0.5 appointment as a Visiting Fellow at the Humanitie..
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  • Review: Group show at Nancy Sever Gallery in Canberra a glimpse ...

    Review: Group show at Nancy Sever Gallery in Canberra a glimpse ...
    Gilbert Riedelbauch – metal, Avi Amesbury – ceramics, Mel George – glass. Nancy Sever Gallery. Until May 1.Gilbert Riedelbauch, Avi Amesbury and Mel George are well known in Canberra for their high professional standing in teaching and arts administration. However, they are also widely recognised in their own right as practising artists and designers. Avi Amesbury, After the fire series. 2016 Photo: Supplied Mel George studied at the ANU School of Art in Canberra, graduating with a bach..
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  • Canberra mornings: April 19, 2016

    Canberra mornings: April 19, 2016
    The ACT Supreme Court has awarded a soldier $800,000 in damages after his foot was ripped off when he became tangled in a tow rope in a freak jet ski accident.  Australian Army private Nathan Whittington, pictured last year in Canberra. Photo: Jeffrey Chan Nathan Whittington was an 18-year-old army recruit posted in Townsville when he went water-skiing with two brothers, who were also army recruits, in November 2010.​  8.08am: There's a whole bunch of fog around the Canberra region this ..
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  • Canberra students attempt to solve world's problems at UN Youth ...

    Canberra students attempt to solve world's problems at UN Youth ...
    Canberra students attempt to solve world's problems at UN Youth Voice competition Updated April 19, 2016 15:24:57 Young Australians are presenting their solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges at a national public speaking competition in Canberra this week.The students from years seven to 10 have been taking part in the United Nations Youth Voice event.They are asked to present their perspectives on and solutions to problems that plague the world's leaders.T..
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  • Retired Chinook helicopter handed over to Australian War Memorial ...

    Retired Chinook helicopter handed over to Australian War Memorial ...
    Retired Chinook helicopter handed over to Australian War Memorial in Canberra Updated April 19, 2016 16:53:01 A retired Army Chinook Helicopter involved in four deployments to Afghanistan has today been handed to the Australian War Memorial.Chinook A15-202 was part of the army's fleet of CH-47D Chinooks that were in near continuous use in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2013.It is the only D-Model in the fleet to have taken enemy fire — during an incident in 2009, for whic..
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  • SAP picks CDC for Canberra cloud site

    SAP picks CDC for Canberra cloud site
    German software giant SAP has announced it will host its HANA cloud platform out of facilities run by Canberra Data Centres so it can deliver a local solution to its federal government customers. In November 2014, SAP revealed it would sink $150 million into onshore sites to serve its Australian customers, and committed to opening a HANA facility in Canberra to complement its footprint within Equinix in Sydney. More than a year later it has now confirmed a partnership with Canberra Data Centres..
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  • Canberra to cough up for new Hobart bridge

    Canberra to cough up for new Hobart bridge
    A sweeping four-lane bridge across Hobart's Derwent River will cost $535 million and represent Tasmania's most significant transport infrastructure project in more than half a century, the state government says.The city's northern Bridgewater Bridge has long been marked for replacement and on Tuesday state infrastructure minister Rene Hidding unveiled the plans, with construction set to start in 2019-20."This will be the most important single transport infrastructure project in the state since ..
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Bad batch of GHB sees eight overdose .Mal Brough's replacement chosen by LNP with 'fresh start' promise for seat of Fisher .
GWS Giants see benefits of growing game in Canberra .Victorian man Daniel O'Keeffe laid to rest, almost five years after he went missing .

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