Canberra Raiders sign NRL rookie Lou Goodwin after lock wins ...
NRL Rookie winner Lou Goodwin has chosen to sign with the Canberra Raiders. Photo: Facebook The Canberra Raiders are the talk of the NRL and now they've got a television show rookie in their ranks to bolster their charge to the finals.The Raiders have signed reality TV rugby league player Lou Goodwin after a tense finale of the NRL Rookie at Star Event Centre in Sydney on Tuesday night.Emerging Canberra star Jordan Martin finished as the runner up in the three-way final that saw clubs n..>> view originalCanberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra August 5-7
Knitting, live music and ice sculptures will be at the National Portrait Gallery for the Winter Festival. 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, see trufflefestival.com.au.SCAVENGER HUNT Get to know ..>> view original'four or five clubs' in firing line before Raiders
Canberra Raiders chief executive Don Furner believes the club's financial stability has entrenched it in the NRL after reports emerged high-ranking officials wanted the Green Machine to "wither on the vine".The Raiders have all but confirmed their return to the NRL finals for the first time since 2012 and are positioned to lock in a top-four spot for the play-offs. Canberra Raiders chief executive Don Furner says the club has never required an NRL handout. Photo: Jacky Ghossein Their spe..>> view originalNRL: Cronulla Sharks clash not season-defining for Canberra ...
Canberra Raiders forward Sia Soliola says the next fortnight isn't season-defining, but it will give them a guide of where the young team sits in the NRL pecking order.And Soliola believes the Cronulla Sharks will miss playmaker James Maloney if the game is on the line. Sia Soliola says the Raiders are focused on the job at hand. Photo: Mark Nolan The Raiders have a massive two weeks, firstly facing Cronulla at Shark Park on Saturday and then hosting the Melbourne Storm at Canberra Stadi..>> view originalShort and sweet play festival returns to Canberra
How long does it take to tell a good story? All you need 10 minutes if Short and Sweet Canberra is anything to go by.Dubbed as the "biggest little play fest", the event features 30 ten-minute plays over two weeks from Canberra, interstate and overseas. Marie Strazdins, Judith Peterson and Dec Hastings in The Assignment. Photo: Greg Gould This year's line-up features a good dose of local offerings, including The Assignment about university students procrastinating from writer Greg Gould a..>> view originalCanberra's newest politician, Val Jeffery, sorely disappointed by self ...
Having voting for self-government almost 30 years ago, the ACT's newest politician, Val Jeffery, said it had been "a circus" since the beginning and he had been sorely disappointed.Self government had brought insecurity, uncertainty and bureaucrats, he told the ACT parliament, delivering his maiden speech. Since self government, not one kilometre of rural gravel roads had been sealed, the Tharwa bridge had been ignored until having to be closed for seven years for rebuilding, Smith's Road bridg..>> view originalFFA Cup: Canberra Olympic hoping for icy reception
Canberra Olympic are hoping for an icy reception for their FFA Cup Round of 32 final against sunny Queensland's Surfers Paradise Apollo at Deakin Stadium.Near freezing conditions will be waiting the footballers from the famous coastal city on Wednesday night as well as around 1000 passionate fans and a team eager to advance to the next stage of the national tournament. Canberra Olympic celebrate advancing to the FFA Cup Round of 32. Photo: Elesa Kurtz "I think the weather will be [an adv..>> view originalCanberra's ABS to be the central hub for the 2016 Census for the ...
Canberra is set to buzz with hyperactive bureaucrats when it becomes the central hub for the nation's biggest population survey for the first time.As 38,000 collectors across Australia prepare for the enormous task of undertaking the Census of Population and Housing on August 9, the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Canberra will shoulder more of the processing than ever before. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide Census changes RBA cuts rates to n..>> view originalCanberra mornings: Tuesday August 2 2016
Bryan Geoghegan surveys the damage as more than 300 hectares of dead pine trees at Kowen Forest are being chopped down. Photo: Jamila Toderas More than 300 hectares of trees will have to be harvested early after a freak combination of hail and fungal damage wiped out about 6 per cent of the ACT's largest commercial pine plantation in Kowen Forest, due in part to a "one-in-35-year" storm.9.35am: We're told the Yamba Drive crash was a minor, low speed affair with thankfully no injuries. ..>> view originalImproved processes for dealing with hoarding in Canberra
Hoarders who live in squalor and have properties that pose a health risk could be given less leeway to clean up under new rules likely to have their long-suffering neighbours breathing a sigh of relief. The ACT government has announced changes to laws dealing with hoarding making it easier for health officials to deal with unsanitary conditions from domestic squalor. Hoarders who live in squalor and have properties that pose a health risk could be given less leeway to clean up under new r..>> view original
Thursday, August 4, 2016
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