What's on in Canberra June 24-26
Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced is on at Canberra Theatre Centre. Photo: Prudence Upton All weekend TRUFFLE FESTIVAL Canberra's truffle season is in full swing, with the festival running until the end of August. There's local black truffles on the menu at restaurants around town, plus special dinners, events, cooking classes and of course hunts with the dogs to unearth truffles. For the full program and tickets, visit trufflefestival.com.au.TWO BIRDS TAP TAKEOVER All-female own..>> view originalStand Tall for PTS convoy cruises through Canberra to increase ...
Stand Tall for PTS convoy cruises through Canberra to increase awareness By Denholm Samaras Posted June 21, 2016 15:27:24 A convoy aiming to inform and increase public understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has cruised through Canberra en route from Brisbane to Melbourne.The Lightning Bolt convoy, comprised of military and local emergency vehicles, is run by Stand Tall for PTS, founded by ex-national serviceman and former Australian test crickete..>> view originalCanberra garbage truck drivers plan Friday strike
Canberra's garbage truck drivers will strike for the fourth time in just over a month as an industrial dispute with the contractor Suez drags on.It follows two strikes in May, and one earlier in June since negotiations between the Transport Workers Union and Suez began in February. Canberra's garbage truck drivers are set to strike again. Photo: Brian Pamphilon The ACT government has asked residents of the 28 affected suburbs to leave their bins on the kerb for collection over the weeken..>> view originalCanberra man sentenced to five years' jail for $530000 ATM theft
In the weeks after Salesi Latu Toumo'ua stole more than half a million dollars from Canberra ATMs serviced by his employer, he told his unsuspecting boss the thieves deserved 20 years behind bars.Toumo'ua's comments caught up with him when a judge sentenced him on Tuesday to five years' jail for stealing $530,000 from several machines in one night and which he gambled for months, eventually forcing the business into liquidation. Supporters of former G&A Security owners, the Tibbitts family..>> view originalNRL: Canberra Raiders lose Edrick Lee, regain Shannon Boyd ...
Canberra Raiders veteran Sia Soliola has backed Brenko Lee to cover for his cousin Edrick, who could be out for another month with a lingering hamstring problem.And back-up hooker Kurt Baptiste confirmed he's close to re-signing with the NRL club for 2017. Canberra Raiders winger Edrick Lee's hamstring is worse than first thought and he could be out until after their next bye in round 19. Photo: Jay Cronan Raiders coach Ricky Stuart brought prop Shannon Boyd and fullback Jack Wighton str..>> view originalCanberra weather: a day's reprieve before rain returns
The sun managed a peek through the clouds on Monday before predicted rain settles over the capital again after the weekend deluge.The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts about 1 to 2mm of rain to fall on the capital over Tuesday, ramping up to about 4 to 15mm by Friday. Dylan Valentine's shot of fog over Parliament House. Photo: Dylan Valentine It follows a wet and dreary weekend better suited to indoor activities.Canberra received close to 10 millimetres of rain on Saturday and with just ov..>> view originalCanberra bus driver who threatened Columbine style mass shooting ...
Yahoo7 on June 21, 2016, 7:59 am Canberra bus driver who threatened 'Columbine' style mass shooting has sacking upheld A Canberra bus driver, who threatened the possibility of a ‘Columbine massacre’ style mass shooting, has had his sacking upheld.Peter Lambos reportedly made the threat to ACTION buses health and safety boss Julie Mylchreest, during a phone call in December 2014.The Canberra Times reported Lambos was later sacked after a psychiatric assessment provided no justifica..>> view originalcranes and new cafes show Canberra's job market on the rise
Count the cranes in the sky and new cafes on the ground, Canberra's workforce is coming back.Canberra Business Chamber chief executive Robyn Hendry says rising confidence since the public service sector's freeze ended is reflected in jobs figures, retail and hospitality spending and more cafes and restaurants opening. Canberra Business Chamber chief executive Robyn Hendry said ACT exports grew 16 per cent last year. Photo: Supplied "We have seen lots of cafes and restaurants open, one wo..>> view originalChris Kimball leaves Canberra to switch Southcare for surf
Chris Kimball leaves Canberra to switch Southcare for surf after taking up role in northern NSW Updated June 21, 2016 16:16:39 A familiar face to thousands of Canberrans, former ABC broadcaster and current Southcare boss Chris Kimball has made the "difficult" decision to leave the city — heading for warmer pastures on the NSW north coast.For years Mr Kimball was the face of 7:30 ACT, before moving into his current job as CEO of the Snowy Hydro Southcare rescue helicopte..>> view originalCanberra mornings: June 21 2016
Charlie Salvestro helped to build the project that defined Cooma, but now he doesn't know where the town is going. Former Snowy Hydro Scheme worker Charlie Salvestro wants to see more investment in Cooma. Photo: Jay Cronan "Fifty years ago, here was a boom town, this was the best town in Australia," he said in the lilting accent that has stayed with him in the 65 years since he left Italy. 8.16am: There's apparently been a crash at the Canberra VW Centre on Park Street in Belconnen...>> view original
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
What's on in Canberra June 24-26 and other top stories.
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