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Cassandra Power

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Canberra activists urge Eden-Monaro to vote for change

A small army of environmental advocates from the Stop Adani Canberra group have targeted the Eden-Monaro by-election with their message for change.

New deal to make ACT firefighters the best trained in Australia

Canberra will receive an additional 99 firefighters over the next four years to meet the needs of the growing city.

ABC Canberra to cut 4 jobs, 7.45am radio news bulletin

ABC Canberra will lose four staff and cut the 7.45am radio news bulletin, as the national public broadcaster adjusts resources to meet federal budget cuts.

Coronavirus source of democracy sausage snag

If you’re on the hunt for a socially distanced democracy sausage sizzle on Eden-Monaro by-election voting day, 4 July, your plans may have hit a snag. While current NSW COVID-19 restrictions technically allow...

Truth telling: Indigenous Australians discuss path to peace

A panel of Indigenous professors, politicians, authors and activists have spoken of the shared trauma of colonisation, child removal, custodial deaths, and cultural genocide while identifying truth telling as a pathway to peace in an online forum on Monday (22 June).

Local pagans celebrate the winter solstice

In the thick of winter, the trajectory of darkness bears down upon us with the shortest day of the year - the winter solstice - finally here

CEOs sleep out to support homeless services

Last night, Thursday 18 June, 166 CEOs across Canberra slept outside to raise money and awareness for homelessness.

China’s warnings of racism rejected as ‘disinformation’

Australia's Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, has rejected Chinese government warnings its citizens should reconsider visiting Australia because of racism as disinformation.

Payne denounces pandemic disinformation campaigns

Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne has denounced the targeted spread of coronavirus disinformation by international players, including the Chinese Communist Party and Russia.

Dheiu Mading: The man behind Canberra’s BLM protest

“I came here as a refugee and we know what a bad day looks like, but whatever racism I have received here is nothing compared to what Indigenous people are copping in their own damn country,” says Sudanese-Australian, Dheiu Mading.

Additional public transport services from 18 July

Canberra’s public transport network has received a welcome boost in services, with an additional 692 daily bus rides including 10 ‘Rapid routes’ and an increase in light rail frequency. The network update was...

Removing barriers to a happy life living with dementia

The ACT Government has recently launched a plan to make the city ‘age friendly’ which includes addressing the needs of people with dementia.
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