Canberra adopts New Zealand capital as sister city and other top stories.

• Canberra adopts New Zealand capital as sister city

  

  Canberra adopts New Zealand capital as sister city Posted July 07, 2016 11:26:38 The city of Canberra has adopted a third sister with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the ACT Government and Wellington council.The regions' business chambers also formalised an agreement overnight to bolster trade ahead of the launch of direct, three-hour Singapore Airlines flights in September.The Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, was in the New Zealand capital to promote..

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• Nature Play CBR: Canberra families encouraged to put down the ...

  

  Nature Play CBR: Canberra families encouraged to put down the phone and play outdoors Posted July 07, 2016 12:09:53 Canberra families have been encouraged to step away from technology and play with children outdoors — rain, hail or shine.Nature Play CBR is a new website hub giving parents and carers ideas for things to do outside, as well as connecting them with outdoor activities, events, programs and community groups across Canberra. "Canberra has a great natural..

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  Landholders along the ACT border roads want Yass Valley Council to enforce planning regulations before a growing number of Canberra haulage trucks hit children getting off school buses. Activist Geoff Gorrie wants tighter policing of the trucks: "If something happens it will be an absolute disaster".  Photo: Rohan Thomson Yass Valley council says Canberra truck companies are exploiting a loophole in the NSW law.  Road closures: Ginninderra Drive eastbound, from Coulter Drive and William ..

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• Canberra Casino loses bid to suspend industrial action and protect ...

  

  Canberra Casino has lost a bid to suspend industrial action by union members campaigning for better conditions at the newly renovated revenue.Staff at the casino have been negotiating a new pay deal since February and voted for protected action last month, which was approved by the Fair Work Commission. Staff at Canberra Casino are calling for better pay and conditions.  Photo: Jay Cronan The industrial action was described by United Voice organiser Lyndal Ryan as "modest" and involved ..

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• What's on in Canberra's arts scene

  

  Highway to the wilderness, Scandi styleAnja Loughhead has a new solo show opening this week at ANCA Gallery, based on a month spent travelling throughout regional Finland. It's satirical, to boot: "Examining the archetypes of Finnish culture, Anja Loughhead utilises drawing, assemblage and video performance to navigate familial narratives and to deconstruct romanticised views of the Scandinavian landscape," says the gallery. "A body of work that straddles a line somewhere between pilgrim and to..

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• ACT government says it can no longer support greyhound racing ...

  

  ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr will ban the greyhound racing industry in Canberra saying it has turned a blind eye to animal cruelty for too long.The decision was made after NSW Premier Mike Baird announced the sport would become illegal from July 2017, after considering an 800-page report tabled by a Special Commission into the industry. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Greyhound racing banned in NSW Storm clouds over Sydney Greyhound trai..

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• Canberra to get its free-to-air feed of junk TV as 9Life channel restored

  

  Canberra fans of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the US version of The Bachelorette will have their free-to-air feed of junk TV restored on July 17.Southern Cross Austereo says the lifestyle and reality channel 9Life will be back on the air in the TV markets of Canberra, Wollongong, southern NSW, regional Victoria and regional Queensland from 6am on Sunday, July 17. JoJo Fletcher of The Bachelorette US  Southern Cross Austereo, which switched over to showing Nine's channels on Ju..

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• Canberra man threatened to set fire to partner's unit with creme ...

  

  An ACT man was in a heightened emotional state when he threatened to set fire to his former partner's unit with a creme brulee torch, a court has been told.The man, 27, scorched a strip of carpet and the woman's bedroom door in anger after the pair fought over whether he was the father of her unborn child following an ultrasound appointment in January. He went to the woman's unit, where he lived at the time, several hours after the argument and demanded she hand over his car keys. When the man ..

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• Eastern quolls breeding in Canberra for first time in 80 years

  

  The ACT's eastern quoll population could double by next year. Photo: Adam McGrath Expect the pitter-patter of tiny quoll feet in the Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary in coming months. For the first time in more than 80 years, eastern quolls are breeding in the ACT, with all of the female quolls in the sanctuary expecting joeys.It's a positive sign for the species that has been considered extinct on mainland Australia for more than half a century. ..

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• NRL: Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wishes he could cope ...

  

  It's probably a big reason why he's won premierships as a player and a coach, but Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wishes he wasn't such a sore loser.And the Raiders mentor has also revealed the balancing act he faces in trying to eliminate unforced errors from his young, improving team. Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says he needs to learn to cope with losing. Photo: Rohan Thomson Speaking on Fox Sports' NRL 360 ahead of the Raiders' clash against the North Queensland Cowboys, Stuart rev..

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