The new Chief Minister has announced her cabinet, details on ABC News . And here are my thoughts, which you didn’t ask for but shall have anyway… 1. Rolling Health, IR, and Chief Minister into one person’s job seems like far too much. Plus Treasury til June. And it gives Katy G three reasons to refuse pay [...]

Taking the three year old for a long drive in the country is a good way to calm him down, and perhaps I can find some of the old kitchenware I can’t find in Canberra antique shops. But where to shop? Typeboarders, tell me where to find second hand shops in the NSW towns around [...]

Are you a young person? Want to win $300 worth of prizes? The ACT Human Rights Commission is holding its Annual Art Award. Entrants must be aged 12-18yrs. Theme: Equality, Celebrating Diversity & Ending Racism This means your artwork needs to be something about everyone living together, equally, without racism. You can enter a painting, [...]

So I’m trying to make the big change to using MyWay and good grief! ACTION may be good at driving buses, but their website doesn’t make it easy to find out what to do. I think I’ve figured it out, though… It all started when I was walking to work and passed an ACTION bus [...]

Looks like the Canberra CBD group are coming up with some great ideas to make the city centre a more pleasant place to just hang out. And if more people just want to hang out there, of course there will be more customers for the cafes and shops. Win-win. They’re planning to run an ice skating [...]

The Nature and Society Forum are showing Gasland, a documentary on the controversial gas drilling technology supposed to deliver “cleaner” and greener energy, on Wednesday 23 February. You may have seen ABC’s Four Corners story on this tonight. The screening is at the Discovery Centre, CSIRO, Acton and starts 7:30pm. The Nature and Society Forum are [...]

Amateur photographers, regardless of their age or experience with a camera, are encouraged to capture photographic images, using the camera lens to portray how older persons celebrate and enjoy their lives. Entry is free and is open to all ACT residents and those residing within 60 kilometres of the ACT border. There are four entrant [...]