ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Katy Gallagher, announced that the Canberra community group LEAD (Live, Experience, Access, Develop) has been awarded the contract to run the iconic Civic Merry-Go-Round. “This venture will give people with a disability the opportunity to be part of the community and contribute to the legacy…
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Guns, Girls & Gambling
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Directed by Michael Winnick Staring Gary Oldman, Christian Slater and Megan Park Rated MA Score 6/6 The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a 6-foot-tall blond assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute into a chase for a priceless American Indian artifact stolen during a poker game at an Indian casino.…
Canberra’s Longest Bookmark 85% complete
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Dickson Library is well on its way to its goal create Canberra’s longest bookmark as a part National Year of Reading challenge. So far Dickson Library has received 16,729 individual bookmarks out of 19,381to create a bookmark which covers the four kilometres between Dickson and Civic libraries. “We have achieved just over 85 per cent…
ACT Chief Minister announces new hospital on UC Campus
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ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Health Katy Gallagher signed a Heads of Agreement with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Parker and announced that a new hospital will be built on built on the northwest of the University’s Bruce campus, the hospital is scheduled for completion by 2017. “The hospital will be a ‘sub-acute’…
Independent Living Centre Australia online database launched
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ACT Chief Minister and Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher welcomed the launch of an online database by The Independent Living Centre Australia. “The new database will support people with disabilities and older Australians to find information that will help them continue to enjoy a high quality of life and, importantly, to continue to live their…
Dawn Rider
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Directed by Terry Miles Staring Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy and Donald Sutherland Rated M Score 2/6 After his father is killed, John Mason is willing to turn the world inside out to find the man responsible. What he does not know is the killer might be in his own house. I will never hide the…
Merantau
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Directed by Gareth Evans Staring Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica and Christine Hakim Rated MA Score 6/6 Yuda is a skilled practitioner of Silat – a very deadly Indonesian martial art. It’s now time for him to make the time-honoured pilgrimage from his farming village to the bustling city of Jakarta – a journey known as…
The Last Legion
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Director Doug Lefler Staring Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Rating M Score 3.5/6 As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters. Another interpretation of the legend surrounding Excalibur, fans of the 2004 movie King…
Chief Minister plants first tree at Franklin Charity House
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Chief Minister Katy Gallagher today planted a Crimson Sentry tree to recognise the substantially complete construction of the Franklin Charity House. The Charity house will be auctioned in early 2013 to raise funds for YWCA Canberra, YouthCARE Canberra, Canberra Men’s Centre, Innana and Toora Women. “This home showcases the high standard of sustainable and accessible…
Surfing Australia’s 50th Year Anniversary collectors coin
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Surfing Australia in partnership with the Royal Australian Mint has released a collector’s coin to celebrate its anniversary. “Like thousands of aussies, surfing the local breaks was a treasured bit of my younger years, and it’s been really heartening to see surfing in Australia go from strength to strength over the past half century, which…