Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Canberra city Supabarn to reopen as Coles on June 8 and other top stories.

  • Canberra city Supabarn to reopen as Coles on June 8

    Canberra city Supabarn to reopen as Coles on June 8 Now closed: Suparbarn in the Canberra Centre will be replaced by a Coles on June 8. Photo: Scott Kompo-Harms The new Coles supermarket in the Canberra Centre will open on June 8.The store replaces Supabarn, which closed on May 17 for rebranding and redevelopment.The entrance has been replaced with red hoarding and a sign indicating the opening date, and that the new Coles will also feature a Liquorland.Th..
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  • Election 2016: Pauline Hanson a realistic chance of returning to ...

    Election 2016: Pauline Hanson a realistic chance of returning to ...
    Election 2016: Pauline Hanson a realistic chance of returning to Canberra, Antony Green says Updated May 24, 2016 17:26:13 ABC election analyst Antony Green rates Pauline Hanson a "realistic" chance of returning to Canberra as a senator for Queensland this election. Key points:Pauline Hanson in a three-way battle for Qld senate spot: expertHanson says One Nation has been 'regenerated'Jacqui Lambie rules out One Nation preference deal The controversial anti-immigration..
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  • Near full strength Canberra Raiders keen to avoid complacency ...

    Near full strength Canberra Raiders keen to avoid complacency ...
    It's the 'c' word the Canberra Raiders are trying desperately to avoid during the Origin period: complacency.And after admitting they perhaps fell victim to it last year, the Raiders are hell-bent on avoiding the same trap. 'Winning would mean the world to me' - Gallen Departing New South Wales captain Paul Gallen says finishing his representative career with a State of Origin series win would mean the world to him. Aside from Queensland back rower Josh Papalii, Canberra will field..
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  • Canberra CBD abandons city's hanging flower pots

    Canberra CBD abandons city's hanging flower pots
    The Canberra CBD group has abandoned the city's hanging flower pots, directing the money instead to more lights in the city's trees.For about eight years, the Planter People have had the contract to install hanging baskets on light poles in the city over the summer months. Numbers and costs have been cut in the past two years to 1364 pots of petunias, costing $194,000 a year (including GST). Flowers on light poles in Canberra's CBD, as photographed on the Planter People website. Photo: The..
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  • Canberra beekeepers put on notice in bid to improve biosecurity

    Canberra beekeepers put on notice in bid to improve biosecurity
    Close to 700 beekeepers in Canberra have been told to register their hives to reduce the risk of devastating diseases.From Tuesday, the ACT government will maintain an official list of active hives to ensure diseases can be easily traced and maintained. Until now, there has been no requirement to register. ACT Beekeepers Association's hive manager Jeff Matsen at work.  Photo: Jay Cronan Planning Minister Mick Gentleman said diseases carried by varroa mites had decimated overseas bee popu..
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  • Canberra research to discover how toddlers learn words

    Canberra research to discover how toddlers learn words
    Could a nap help expand your toddler's vocabulary?That's the question an Australian-first research project at the ANU's Research School of Psychology's Child Cognition Unit is attempting to answer. Mikaela Arthur, aged 30 months, is taking part in an Australian National University research project into how toddlers learn words. Photo: Rohan Thomson Unit director Dr Emma Axelsson said their team was trying to determine how children figure out and remember new words."If they hear a new wor..
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  • No complacency as Brumbies face Sunwolves in Canberra

    No complacency as Brumbies face Sunwolves in Canberra
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  • How a software startup wants to conquer a $4 billion market from ...

    How a software startup wants to conquer a $4 billion market from ...
    A fast-growing Canberra software startup is on the hunt for a $6 million investment round as it looks to capitalise on emerging technology trends and make a “huge impact” on the $4 billion big data global market. Instaclustr is a software and support company offering enterprise solutions and consulting services for other tech companies founded on NoSQL database Cassandra. Operating as a database-as-a-service company, the startup was founded in 2013 and delivers its service through cloud provide..
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  • ACT government pledges new tourism funding in budget

    ACT government pledges new tourism funding in budget
    A multimillion campaign will promote Canberra as a business and holiday destination interstate and in Singapore and New Zealand, ahead of the start of international flights in September.The ACT government has also announced $1.5 million to continue to grow Enlighten and Canberra Day celebrations, and promised $50,000 for a soon-to-be-announced "major show" to be staged in Canberra. ACT tourism ad focuses on fun for kids Canberra's latest tourism promotion shows the family friendly si..
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  • Royal Canberra Golf Club postpones final stage of redevelopment

    Royal Canberra Golf Club postpones final stage of redevelopment
    Royal Canberra Golf Club president Mac Howell, left, says the final stage of the redevelopment is on hold. Photo: Elesa Kurtz Royal Canberra Golf Club insists the final stage of their 27-hole redevelopment isn't on the scrap heap, despite postponing the upgrade of the final nine holes for at least a year.President Mac Howell said the reasons for putting the last step of the $6 million upgrade on hold were three-fold – financial, to avoid damaging the new 18 h..
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