Ahead of the 2015 Anzac Day commemorations which mark the marks the Centenary of Gallipoli. The ABC is once again honoured to help all Australians reflect on this historical moment, with the recent announcing of its programing for Anzac Day. ABC managing director Mark Scott commented that across our radio, television, digital and online platforms…
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Marianne Leitch new Executive Producer for Foreign Correspondent
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Marianne Leitch has been appointed Executive Producer of ABC TV’s international current affairs flagship program Foreign Correspondent. “Marianne is an exceptionally experienced and capable journalist and Foreign Correspondent will be in terrific hands.” ABC Head of Current Affairs Bruce Belsham said. Mr Belsham pointed out that Leitch was a member of the original team that…
Time-Zone Change for South Australia?
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The South Australian Government has received a tremendous response to the first month of consultation on the merits of changing South Australia’s time-zone. The Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith who is leading the consultation process said the State Government has been inundated with hundreds of submissions. “It has been encouraging to read the…
States call for 15 hours of Kinder
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Meeting at the Education Council, state and territory Ministers said Australian children should receive 15 hours of quality, affordable kindergarten per week in the vital year before school. The Productivity Commission found that 15 hours of kindergarten is essential to boosting preschool participation, supporting children’s development and improving school readiness, and recommended the Federal Government…
NSW and ACT Sign Initiative to Move Scrap Metal
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Minister for Planning, Mick Gentleman has recently announced a new transport initiative to move freight from Canberra by rail. The ACT Government and the NSW Government have signed up to a two year trial whereby scrap metal will be transported to Sydney on rail via an arrangement between the Rail Infrastructure Corporation (now John Holland…
2014 ACT Book of the Year Announced
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Minister for the Arts Joy Burch recently announced that local author Gordon Peake’s book Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles and Secrets from Timor-Leste has triumphed over a record field of 48 nominations to win both the 2014 ACT Book of the Year Award and the inaugural People’s Choice Award. The ACT Book of the Year Award…
Australian Mint strikes new circulating coin for Cook Islands, Tonga & Vanuatu
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History has been made with three Pacific Island nations marking the introduction of their own brand new circulating coins at the official coin striking ceremony at the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint). Mint CEO Mr Ross MacDiarmid explained that with the Mint’s assistance and expertise, Cook Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu have embarked on the important…
Report shows a quarter of Australian households are lone person households
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According to a new demographic trends paper recently released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies a quarter of all Australian households are now lone person households. AIFS’ Senior Research Fellow, Professor David de Vaus said that the percentage of one-person households had increased in Australia from 8 per cent in 1946 to 24 per…
Gallipoli Letter recognised by UNESCO
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One of the National Library of Australia’s greatest treasures, the 8000-word Gallipoli Letter, written by Keith Murdoch to Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, was recently inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Australian Register. Murdoch, a journalist, wrote the letter on 23 September, 1915, after a brief visit to Gallipoli. A frank report of a…
ACT loose fill asbestos buy back scheme passes milestone
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Chief Minister Andrew Barr recently announced that the ACT Government’s Buyback Program for houses affected by loose fill asbestos has passed the milestone of 100 homes owned by the ACT Government. The government now owns 104 homes. “I remain confident that the current program is the fairest, most responsible and affordable response available to the…