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Taylor Swift plays record-breaking night at the MCG
WEBTaylor Swift performs before a record crowd at the MCG on the opening night of her Australian tour. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) US pop megastar Taylor Swift has played to the biggest audience of her career on the first night of her Australian tour, a crowd of 96,000 enraptured fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Exciting West Side Story: not a dry eye in the house
WEBMar 24, 2024 · Photo: Keith Saunders. All eyes were on Canberra-born Billy Bourchier as Tony, with hyperbolical exclamations of “the best Tony ever” all around – you could see where they were coming from. From the moment he started singing his opening number, “Something’s Coming”, filling the stage with his sense of anticipation, it was clear that ...
There’s racist police violence in Australia, too
WEBAustralia’s glass house. It is comfortable for us in Australia to throw stones at racist police violence in the United States. It is comfortable because we do not see our own glass house. This is evident in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s comments to 2GB on Monday: “And so as upsetting and terrible is the murder that took place, and it is ...
Planning gone completely mad in North Curtin - Canberra CityNews
WEBThe government has called for community feedback. The North Curtin proposal will be a test for the recently appointed planning minister, Chris Steel. Will the consultation process be genuine, or will it be the usual façade of listening and then doing what was intended in the first place. Steel took on the role just six months ago.
War Memorial upgrade set to start | Canberra CityNews
WEBNov 18, 2022 · War Memorial upgrade set to start. WORK on the $550 million revamped Australian War Memorial will start next year. Australian War Memorial Director Matt Anderson said contracts with three contsruction companies –Lendlease, Kane Constructions and Hindmarsh – were signed this week. Kane Constructions will build the Southern Entry of the ...
Heater policy wanting, government urged to act | Canberra CityNews
WEBWe know that this particularly impacts community members with respiratory issues,” they say. “The ACT government encourages anyone who owns a wood heater to replace it with an energy efficient electric alternative. “All Canberrans using a wood heater can help keep our air clean by burning better this winter through buying wood from a ...
Government presses on with Woden tram approvals
WEBThe ACT government is seeking federal approval to examine alternative stops in the National Triangle and Barton in its quest to take light rail to Woden. The alignment identified in the National Capital Plan for Light Rail Stage 2B through the Parliamentary Triangle is via Commonwealth Avenue and State Circle. A submission has progressed to the ...