Friday, June 17, 2016

Canberra eateries score worst hygiene result after government ... and other top stories.

  • Canberra eateries score worst hygiene result after government ...

    Canberra eateries score worst hygiene result after government ...
    More Canberra eateries than ever failed hygiene checks in the same year the ACT government ditched its proposal for "scores on doors" restaurant safety ratings.In the past year, three in every 10 inspections found failures to comply with public health laws, twice as many as the government's target maximum failure rate. Live and dead cockroaches on the floor of a Canberra eatery. The image was among several that health officials showed in court during a recent prosecution.  The result – th..
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  • Canberra Raiders' class of 1989 proves a coach production line

    Canberra Raiders' class of 1989 proves a coach production line
    GET a group of talented young men together and their potential can be limitless.But you would never have imagined just how far the Raiders’ class of 1989 would come.No, even the men in question could never have envisioned a career in rugby league quite like they have achieved since coming together as a bunch of bright-eyed footballers 27 years ago.Perhaps when Canberra won the competition that year it should have clicked that something special was brewing in the nation’s capital.Fast forward to ..
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  • Artist Benjamin Shine's Canberra Centre tulle installation goes viral ...

    Artist Benjamin Shine's Canberra Centre tulle installation goes viral ...
    Artist Benjamin Shine has gone globally viral thanks to a video posted by The Huffington Post.The internationally-renowned Canberra-based artist works predominantly with tulle, and many locals would know him from his dramatic installation at Canberra Centre in April 2015 of ballet dancers. Artist Benjamin Shine with his artwork The Dance at Canberra Centre last year. The Canberra Times Photo Jamila Toderas Photo: Jamila Toderas The Huffington​ Post contacted Benjamin last week asking i..
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    Become a Canberra Times member today
    When Canberra Olympic take on the Cooma Tigers on Saturday, they'll be doing it for more than an FFA Cup finals berth.The Canberra community was stunned when former Olympic player Yusuf Kamara was given no more than 12 hours to live after being involved in a serious car accident in late April. Pierre Johannessen says they are "hoping on a miracle" for former Canberra Olympic player Yusuf Kamara. Photo: Jay Cronan It is the motivation driving Canberra Olympic on their FFA Cup campaign in ..
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  • Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident brings a strong dose of Canberra

    Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident brings a strong dose of Canberra
    Canberra is taking over Foxtel's series production. First it was through the city itself in political thriller Secret City, and now it's through the talent in new show The Kettering Incident. The eight-part mystery thriller tells the story of Anna Macy, played by Elizabeth Debicki, who leaves her home town at 14 shortly after her best friend disappears. Matthew LeNevez and Henry Nixon in Foxtel's The Kettering Incident. Photo: Supplied She returns 15 years later, and theories and rumours..
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  • Light Translations: Impressive young artists on show at Canberra ...

    Light Translations: Impressive young artists on show at Canberra ...
    Light Translations - Lisa Cahill and Holly Grace. Canberra Glassworks On until 17 July.Light Translations is an exhibition by Lisa Cahill and Holly Grace that was originally conceived for the Glasmuseet (Glass Museum) in Ebeltoft, Denmark in January this year. It is not often we are able to view the work that our artists exhibit abroad so it is very gratifying to be able to see this significant exhibition by two very impressive young artists. Lisa Cahill, Tide #7. Light Translations Canber..
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  • Canberra weather: rainy weekend predicted as low system hits east ...

    Canberra weather: rainy weekend predicted as low system hits east ...
    With the soil and catchment saturated from the last weather event, there will be an increased chances of flooding this weekend. Photo: Elesa Kurtz Showers on Friday were just a preview for even wetter weather Canberra can expect over the weekend, but the territory is likely to be spared the deluge predicted for the coast.As of 5pm Friday, Canberra had received close to five millimetres of rain with more expected to come.But it was nothing compared to what the..
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  • 'Move Canberra to South Australia'

    'Move Canberra to South Australia'
    By Michele Levine, Gary Morgan & Julian McCrann, Roy Morgan Research By Michele Levine,  Gary Morgan & Julian McCrann, Roy Morgan Research ‘Move Canberra to South Australia’ is the quickest way of solving Australia’s economic problems including massive unemployment, Michele Levine (CEO, Roy Morgan Research) claimed at Roy Morgan’s State of the Nation presented in Melbourne yesterday. Roy Morgan State of the Nation – Focus on Polit..
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  • Exhibition at Canberra's Megalo celebrates the art of the bookplate

    Exhibition at Canberra's Megalo celebrates the art of the bookplate
    Ex Libris: Juanita Gabriel. Photo: supplied Art – Sasha GrishinEx Libris: Celebrating the art of the bookplate Ex Libris: Melinda Woodward, Cosmos, 2016. Photo: supplied Megalo Print Gallery, 21 Wentworth Avenue, KingstonCloses June 25, Tues-Sat 9.30am-5pm Ex Libris: Peter McLean, The Walker, 2016. Photo: supplied From ancient Egypt through to the Middle Ages, ownership of manuscripts was indicated with a small ornate inscription. With the advent of the printing press, not..
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