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Your go-to guide to Canberra’s best Christmas events 2020

Don’t be deterred by a COVID-safe Christmas. While mass gatherings are still a problem for the usual Christmas calendar, we’ve gathered a list of Canberra's best Christmas events to provide all the...

Prominent Canberra human rights lawyer adds author to her resume

Human rights lawyer, social advocate, world traveller and CEO, Sonia Di Mezza, has added co-author to her long list of credentials; with a pen name of Angela Aquila, Sonia has co-written Lovesick...

Canberra hospital staff said air ‘virtually unbreathable’ during bushfires

An Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report has shown a short-term increase in respiratory issues from the 2019/2020 bushfires.

Changemakers provide pathway for career change

Canberra small business owner Claire Harris has produced "Changemaker" - a series of public forums at Dickson Village linking those with dreaming of change with those who have survived and thrived because of it.

Brightening up your interiors for summer

Whenever there’s a change of season, Canberra Interior stylist, blogger and DIYer Gina Ciancio looks for ways to change up her interiors to breathe new life into the home and welcome the...

Saving seeds opens a diverse world of food

Growing veggies from seed you’ve personally collected must be the holy grail of sustainability.  But how difficult, laborious, or plausible is it? Canberra Seed Savers is a local cooperative network in and around the...

Knits N Bits weaves community connection

When Tina’s husband passed away earlier this year, she was completely at a loss as to what to do with herself. At the same time her daughter Nikki was studying community development...

Indigenous drag queen MadB is full of love

Not an activist for gay rights, trans rights or Indigenous rights, Canberra’s Indigenous diva, drag queen delight MadB fights for everyone’s right to be who they are and love who they love.  MadB...

Drug driver charged over fatal collision that claimed Sue Salthouse’s life

ACT Policing have charged a 33-year-old Ngunnawal man with culpable driving causing death and drug driving for a fatal collision on Commonwealth Avenue Bridge on 20 July that claimed the life of ACT Senior Australian of the Year, Sue Salthouse.

Always was. Always will be. How NAIDOC came to be

Delayed because of COVID and absent its annual national awards, NAIDOC Week (8-15 November) is finally here and it’s time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

Zali Steggall’s bill targets net zero emissions by 2050

Australia’s commitment to climate action was on full display this morning, as advocates lined the streets to Parliament House in Canberra in support of Federal Independent MP Zali Steggall’s private member’s bill,...

Braidwood Heritage Centre to boost bushfire recovery

More than just a “pie stop” on the way to the coast, the NSW town of Braidwood will soon showcase its heritage best in a new tourist attraction, thanks to funding from the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund.
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