The Mental Health Foundation Australia is encouraging the Australian public to support and buy Australian made products to boost employment which can reduce mental health issues.
It has been a difficult year but Canberrans have risen to the challenge and cared for one another, says Labor Senator for the ACT, Katy Gallagher.
This year has been a difficult one...
Is it just me, or have you noticed many more folk, particularly families, out walking, cycling, riding scooters in your neighbourhood lately? Clearly, it’s not just me, as the ACT Government has...
For many of us, iso life is a whole different ballgame to our existence pre-pandemic. How are you finding it? Several local photographers are taking the opportunity to document iso life in...
We’re starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel and Canberrans want schools to be open, argues Senator Zed Seselja, Liberal Senator for the ACT,
As if I needed a nudge, some lessons I’m taking from the continuing COVID-19 pandemic are to find joy in each day and to not take things for granted. One never knows...
From reassuring advice for pregnant and breastfeeding women to messages of resilience and kindness, the 2020 Australian of the Year Award recipients are sharing their tips on staying happy, healthy and positive...
Greetings dear readers, how did you go over the isolation Easter long weekend 2020?
For 10 of the previous 11 Easters, I had frequented the National Folk Festival at EPIC, and usually enjoyed...
Grey is the new black. Especially in the era of COVID-19 shutdowns when access to hairdressing services is restricted due to health and safety concerns.
This week, it’s come to my attention that the current home schooling situation has the potential to provide plenty more hilarious fodder like the 'BBC Dad' viral video.
You know the one;...
Last weekend, I escaped (legally) to a
friend’s beachside pad near Batemans Bay. Taking physical distancing into
account, we ate al fresco at a bayside café, swam in the ocean and bushwalked
along the coast....
Last weekend gave Canberra’s footy fans plenty to cheer about with the Brumbies and the Raiders running out winners in front of enthusiastic, if diminished, home crowds.
But there was a chilling warning...
Every year, dictionaries around the world choose
their own word of the year. My frontrunner so far is “social distancing” (formerly known as “personal space”), defined as
keeping a safe distance of 1.5m from...
The coronavirus is not just showing up vulnerabilities in people’s immune systems, but also inadequacies in how millions of Australian workers are paid.
Australians should be really grateful for something called the Biodiversity Act. That gives the Chief Medical Officer independent discretionary power to take control when a health crisis is either with us or...
As corona virus Covid-19 continues to
spread, people around the globe – from Australia, Brazil, Canada and China to
Indonesia, Iran, Italy and South Korea – have been hunkering down. In some
countries, business and...
New parties intending to register for the
2020 ACT election that they have just under four months left to do so.
The ACT Electoral
Commissioner Damian Cantwell said new parties who wish to run...
Scott
Morrison spoke for the nation when he responded to the horrific murder suicide
of a family in Brisbane. The Prime Minister said that Australians were
“shocked, saddened and devastated” by the deaths of a...
A January 2020 poll taken during Australia’s recent bushfire crisis reveals that the environment is a rising concern and has rocketed up to either number one or two on the list of...
Fire
Fight Australia, the spectacular 10-hour fundraising concert at the weekend,
was compelling evidence that Australians and indeed people worldwide care for
each other. The show was telecast internationally and many donations flowed in
from overseas,...
The new chancellor of the Australian National University, Julie Bishop is proud of the fact the world leading academic institution has 300 climate scientists. The former foreign minister is also proud that...
What a difference a week makes. From record high February temperatures one sweltering, tinder dry (the adjective, not the dating app) weekend to the welcome relief of remarkably cooler, rainy weather the...
Starlog, Summer 2019/2020 - A hazy New Year
Day 66: The smokewave has returned, again; bushfires continue to burn in southern ACT and along the NSW coast. I seem to exist in timewarp...
Is it any wonder that Australians are losing faith in the way our democracy works? The minister responsible for administering a $100 million sports grants program in a way to advantage the...
As of 31 January, the possession, cultivation and consumption of small amounts of cannabis for recreational use by adults is legal in the ACT. This is how the new system works.
The Drugs...
Thanks to friends in the Canberra Ocean Racing Club, lucky me spent last week on sailing in Tasmania, along the coastline south of Hobart. There, our motley crew enjoyed visiting quaint coastal...
