Canberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra August 19-21
Canberra Big Boys Toys Photo: Karleen Minney All weekendBIG BOYS TOYS A celebration of 4WDs, remote control trucks, pinball championships, beer, boats, and more. $7-$40 +bf. Exhibition Park, Mitchell. See bigboystoyscanberra.com.auGHOST STORIES A haunting psychological thriller that's been seen by more than 500,000 theatre goers around the world. It's billed as a combination of theatre and horror. Canberra Theatre Centre. $59 +bf. See canberratheatrecentre.com.au. FIRESIDE FESTIVAL T..>> view originalBecome a Canberra Times member today
Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd has declined to respond to the Community and Public Sector Union attack. Photo: Jay Cronan TODAY'S TOP STORIES Five ACT schools have been targeted in a pornography ring where teenage boys and young men are secretly exchanging graphic sexual images of female students.Canberra College, Gungahlin College, Radford College, St Clare's College and St Mary McKillop College have been identified on the site.OLYMPICS TRAFFIC 9:25am: There's been ..>> view originalNRL 2016: Raiders CEO Don Furner admits Paul Vaughan, Shaun ...
CANBERRA have the majority of their high-flying roster under lock and key for the long haul, but admit Raiders regulars Paul Vaughan and Shaun Fensom may become victims of the club’s own recruitment success.After more knock backs than a fat kid at a high school dance when it came to big name recruits, Canberra have accrued enough quantity and quality in their ranks to become genuine title contenders, with Vaughan and Fensom relegated to NSW Cup in the process.With the unexpected mid-season signi..>> view originalCredible Canberra hulk launches weekend's Big Boys Toys Expo
The Incredible Hulk is a mere character of fiction but it was a real-life and credible hulk, Canberra hulk Andrew Fraser, who starred at Thursday's launch of the Big Boys Toys Expo.Groaning and hissing (like a steam locomotive) and harnessed to a mighty rope, he hauled a 13-tonne ACT Rural Fire Service Heavy Tanker along a stretch of road at EPIC. Canberra strongman Andrew Fraser pulls a fire truck under his own steam at the Canberra Big Boys Toys Expo launch. Photo: Karleen Minney "Imag..>> view originalLong Tan anniversary: Hundreds gather at Australian War Memorial ...
Long Tan anniversary: Hundreds gather at Australian War Memorial in Canberra to remember Updated August 18, 2016 18:28:10 Hundreds of people have turned out to commemorate the battle of Long Tan with a service at the Australian War Memorial, and another on ANZAC Parade in Canberra.In the lead-up to the early-morning stand-to service, which is similar to a dawn service, names of the 521 Australians killed in the Vietnam War were projected onto the building's exterior.Mil..>> view originalSpring is coming to Canberra but there's a cold front to come first
Winter is going, but Canberrans shouldn't rush to get their spring hats and picnic blankets out just yet.They can expect at least one more cold front to sweep over the city before the warmer weather stays around – and they might want to soak up whatever sunshine they can this week as there's likely to be some rain about. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting up to 15 millimetres of rain to follow a mostly sunny Friday morning. Photo: Elesa Kurtz The Bureau of Meteorology is forecastin..>> view originalCanberra Airport hopes tourists will flood in as first international ...
Singapore Airlines is set to offer direct flights between Canberra, Wellington and Singapore in a bid to facilitate new opportunities in both travel and trade. The construction of Canberra Airport's new lounge is now well underway, but the hope is that, upon completion, it will function less as a holding area, and more like a gateway to Asia that will supercharge business to the region. "It marks the internationalisation of our city, but it's also a very significant step forward for business,",..>> view originalACT government launches LDA governance review after ...
The ACT government has launched an internal review of the Land Development Agency's governance framework, after a series of controversial Canberra deals including the agency's purchase of property at Glebe Park in Civic.LDA chief executive David Dawes awarded former Commonwealth Auditor-General Ian McPhee the $55,000 contract in mid-July, after talks with Chief Minister Andrew Barr, for a report in September. An artist's impression of the Casino Canberra rebuild, next to the Glebe Park blo..>> view originalThe Canberra Writers Festival aims to put ACT on literary map
Power, Politics and Passion are the driving themes of the Canberra Writers Festival. It will take place from August 26-28 at venues including the National Library of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House and the National Museum of Australia.Festival chairman Allan Behm said the festival was intended to appeal to as wide an audience as possible with about 90 events taking place including workshops, book launches and talks at varying ..>> view originalSchool pornography ring: Canberra students 'disgusted and ...
School pornography ring: Canberra students 'disgusted and shocked' over revelations Updated August 18, 2016 21:31:03 Students from St Mary MacKillop College in Canberra have condemned the actions of men and boys who posted and encouraged the posting of explicit photos of teenage girls online. Key points:Child pornography ring targets schoolgirls and shares explicit photosFive ACT schools among those investigatedCommunity organisations call for more education Police a..>> view original
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Canberra Weekender: What's on in Canberra August 19-21 and other top stories.
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