"If the defence had a 'knockout' blow they had to raise it with Bruce during their cross-examination. That never happened. It follows they have no 'we-gotcha' evidence." Legal columnist HUGH SELBY reports from the theatre of litigation.
"There’s nothing worse than watching a film at the cinema, realising you need the bathroom and then awkwardly trying to pick a moment to duck out," writes "Streaming" (sic) columnist NICK OVERALL.
Mulching and watering are important to keeping gardens alive through the hot summer months, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
It’s beginning to look a lot like burnout. SOPHIE SCOTT & GORDON PARKER suggest ways to take care of yourself before the holidays start.
December 1, it's probably time for a Christmas cartoon from PAUL DORIN.
Lisa Halgren is an assistant winemaker at award-winning Eden Road Wines. Wine writer RICHARD CALVER is curious about the 32-year-old's journey from bottle shops in Sydney to barrels at Murrumbateman.
'Christmess' is undoubtedly one of the best Christmas films to emerge – from anywhere – in recent years, says ARI MATTES.
A newly released stateless refugee is slowly rebuilding his life but with an ankle monitor and curfews, he feels held back from fully adjusting.
Extra senators for ACT and NT will benefit the left but increase malapportionment, says ADRIAN BEAUMONT.
DANTE COSTA reviews a solo guitar recital by Matt Withers at Wesley Music Centre.
Passengers on a REX jet flying from Brisbane to Sydney on Saturday, spent the night sleeping on the floor of Canberra Airport after their flight was diverted due to bad weather.
Mitchell Johnson has launched an extraordinary tirade against David Warner over the Australian opener's farewell Test series.
Downpours are expected to ease across parts of south east Australia as a low-pressure system moves offshore.
SARAH EC BYRNE reviews "In Paradisum", a performance by the Canberra Community Chorale with chamber ensemble, at Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
An exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia looks at representations of the figure by female artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Winer writer RICHARD CALVER feels he was inexorably led, by an almost supernatural force, to write about Nero d’Avola.
The National Film and Sound Archive is launching a new digital exhibition to celebrate 100 years of radio in Australia.
Passengers on a REX jet flying from Brisbane to Sydney on Saturday, spent the night sleeping on the floor of Canberra Airport after their flight was diverted due to bad weather.
Mitchell Johnson has launched an extraordinary tirade against David Warner over the Australian opener's farewell Test series.
Downpours are expected to ease across parts of south east Australia as a low-pressure system moves offshore.
SARAH EC BYRNE reviews "In Paradisum", a performance by the Canberra Community Chorale with chamber ensemble, at Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
The Canberra Liberals are calling for a review into the recent determination to award a 3.5 per cent pay increase to the suspended CEO of the Canberra Institute of Technology.
It's a condition that affects one in three people, but some symptoms are so mild it's easy to ignore iron deficiency until it becomes a big problem.
An inexperienced Matildas team have been thrashed 5-0 in an international friendly by Olympic champions Canada, their heaviest loss in nearly 18 months,
The amount of opium being seized at the border has risen sharply since 2021, as crime syndicates ramp up efforts to get the drug on to Australia's streets.
A man in his 40s has died at the scene of a two-truck crash in southern NSW after the vehicles collided head on.
As Anthony Albanese’s fortunes slide, people are starting to wonder what sort of PM Peter Dutton might make, says MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Extra senators for ACT and NT will benefit the left but increase malapportionment, says ADRIAN BEAUMONT.
"If the defence had a 'knockout' blow they had to raise it with Bruce during their cross-examination. That never happened. It follows they have no 'we-gotcha' evidence." Legal columnist HUGH SELBY reports from the theatre of litigation.
Former senior planner RICHARD JOHNSTON has misgivings about the ACT government's “independent review” into the governance of the new planning system.
"Biden’s fate is blowing in a much fiercer wind than confronted either of his high-wire predecessors. The chances of his reaching his goal is diminishing with every television news feed from the Gaza Strip," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
Do chairs, dreamcatchers (organic) or red trams offer more political hope for Canberra? KEEPING UP THE ACT might just have a point...
Having gone the distance in the political ring all these years, ANDREW BARR-BRAWLER says it's time to reflect on his legacy.
Letter writer SUE DYER, of Downer, is looking for enlightenment from the ACT Integrity Commission about the extent to which snake oil was an embedded project ingredient at the CIT.
Legal affairs writer and former barrister HUGH SELBY says the presumption of innocence is dead and buried. It has been inverted. It is now a presumption of guilt unless and until a court finds the accused "not guilty".
There's a word that describes the smell after rain, another for the rumble of a hungry stomach and one for when you don't want to get out of bed. "Whimsey" columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS bets you haven't heard of them…
Public toilets in Canberra seem to cost more than anywhere on earth to build. Luckily, Minister Chris Steel helped KEEPING UP THE ACT make sense of it all for you...
DANTE COSTA reviews a solo guitar recital by Matt Withers at Wesley Music Centre.
SARAH EC BYRNE reviews "In Paradisum", a performance by the Canberra Community Chorale with chamber ensemble, at Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest.
"There’s nothing worse than watching a film at the cinema, realising you need the bathroom and then awkwardly trying to pick a moment to duck out," writes "Streaming" (sic) columnist NICK OVERALL.
TwentY-eight elite gymnasts from the National Danish Performance Team livened up Civic Square on Saturday morning with dance routines and a bit of juggling, reports HELEN MUSA.
The Christmas season has begun. LEN POWER reviews “O Magnum Mysterium” performed by the Oriana Chorale.
Frank Bongiorno’s "Dreamers and Schemers", a compelling and comprehensive account of Australia’s political life, from pre-settlement indigenous systems to the present day, is the ACT Book of the Year 2023.
"Karen Vickery’s Lear is a triumphant revelation of deeply psychological motivations, feelings and responses that are embedded in the text but which have rarely been extracted." JOE WOODWARD reviews "King Lear" at The Q.
'Christmess' is undoubtedly one of the best Christmas films to emerge – from anywhere – in recent years, says ARI MATTES.
In the first of an occasional series reminding us what makes Canberra such a beautiful place to live, NOEL BEDDOE gets a fond insight into some of the backstage antics of the 50-year-old Tempo Theatre group.
Mulching and watering are important to keeping gardens alive through the hot summer months, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
December 1, it's probably time for a Christmas cartoon from PAUL DORIN.
Lisa Halgren is an assistant winemaker at award-winning Eden Road Wines. Wine writer RICHARD CALVER is curious about the 32-year-old's journey from bottle shops in Sydney to barrels at Murrumbateman.
Bella Vista in Belconnen focuses on what it has been doing exceptionally well over the decades, which is to serve "belissima" comfort food at affordable prices, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.
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Three ACT companies have won national awards across the residential, commercial and civil sectors.
The vegetable patch should be in full swing now as the heat has arrived; all the tomatoes, zucchini, corn and pumpkins can go into the garden, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Winer writer RICHARD CALVER feels he was inexorably led, by an almost supernatural force, to write about Nero d’Avola.
Should we still be using RATs to test for covid? HASSAN VALLY answers four key questions...
