The ACT’s public education system supports more than 40,000 families and the ACT Government continues to invest to make sure every public school is a great school in our city. Minister for Education Yvette Berry said that throughout 2022, the government has been building, expanding and modernising public schools as our city grows and as…
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Stone Fruit Supply Concerns Ease in Time for Christmas
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Aussies can expect to enjoy high-quality stonefruit this Christmas, as supply concerns ease. Farmers are confident consumers will see an increased supply of high-quality, sweet tasting fruit over the holiday season, with decreased rainfall and warmer weather improving growing conditions. This increased confidence comes after a difficult start to the growing season, where widespread floods…
Rewiring Australia Welcomes Federal Government’s Plan to Electrify Homes and Businesses
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Rewiring Australia says the federal government’s plan to help electrify homes and businesses will drive down inflation while saving the planet and Australian households money. The government has brokered a deal with the Greens to support businesses and households replace gas with electrification systems, in a package to be developed for the May 2023 Budget.…
St Vincent de Paul Society Welcomes Plan to Electrify the Homes of Low-Income People
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The St Vincent de Paul Society welcomes the agreement by the Albanese Government and the Greens for next year’s budget to include a package to help electrify the homes of low-income people. “This package will help low-income people and renters improve the energy efficiency of their homes and lower their utility bills by moving from…
Coles Drop WA Cooked Rock Lobsters Price
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Australians can expect to save even more on their Christmas seafood spreads this festive season, as Coles cuts the price of popular MSC WA Cooked Rock Lobsters to $22 each – down from $27 each in November. In selected stores across the country, from today customers can also snap up MSC WA Raw Rock Lobster…
Prime Video Announces The Test Season 2
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Prime Video, Cricket Australia, and Whooshka Media have announced the launch date and released the official trailer for the second season of incredibly popular Australian Amazon Original docuseries The Test. Following The Test Season One, Prime Video Australia’s most successful sports series to date, Season Two will offer rare, behind-the-scenes insight into the Australian men’s…
The Bluesberries Launch Song For Ukraine
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Australian band The Bluesberries have launched a song they recorded with more than 70 musicians in four cities across the world to raise money for people displaced by the Ukraine war. Band members Daniel Fallon (musician and BBC journalist), Paul Beard (composer, producer and keyboardist) and John McMurtrie AM (Australian entrepreneur and musician) began writing…
Paralympic athlete Isis Holt Announces Retirement
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Paralympic athlete Isis Holt has today announced her retirement from competitive athletics after a career which saw her win five Paralympic medals, four world titles and Commonwealth Games gold. One of the world’s leading T35 sprinters who shattered nine world records throughout her career, 21-year-old Holt will now turn her attention to her next chapter…
Brightening up Sydney Building Sites
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Ten new large-scale artworks will soon adorn protective fencing around the city’s busiest construction zones thanks to the City of Sydney’s creative hoarding program. Lord Mayor Clover Moore said in a bid to enliven Sydney streets, developers building in high traffic areas are required to cover their hoardings with art by a living Australian artist…
Australia Post Resumes Inbound International Sea Mail
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Australia Post today announced the resumption of inbound international sea mail from Monday 21 November 2022. Australia Post’s Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Paul Graham explained that Sea mail entering Australia from overseas was temporarily suspended from 1 October 2022. Australia Post continued to accept mail that had been sent to Australia by…