Gold Coast

A postcard image from the ’70s of the Lakeside Hotel facing London Circuit. Former planner MIKE QUIRK says the ACT government refuses to acknowledge there is a problem with its planning policy, doubling down on its 70 per cent infill dictate. THE internationally acknowledged 1969 General Plan Concept (Y-Plan), guided Canberra’s development between the 1960s … [Read more…]

Book of the Month, Tempo Theatre’s first play of the year, is a “gentle English comedy” – just the ticket for this time of doom and gloom, director Jon Elphick believes. Scandal erupts in a respectable English town when the M.P.’s daughter writes her first novel: Bare Bosom’d Night, a steamy romance featuring her family … [Read more…]

Letter writer MALCOLM BRANDON says there is a ‘phenomenal’ amount of indigenous recognition already and that more won’t solve problems such as ill-health and imprisonment rates. THE advocates of constitutional recognition (the Voice) seem to be unaware of the phenomenal amount of recognition that already exists. Write to [email protected] They seem not to know that in … [Read more…]

Ready to roll… ANU Film Group members gather at Kambri for a movie. IF you believe ANU Film Group sponsorship officer Brett Yeats – and he’s pretty persuasive – you’d be mad not to join the 57-year-old society which started in 1966 and is still going strong. Yeats, a well-known local businessman, has been using … [Read more…]

Saracens 38-15 Northampton: Londoners win easily to set up Premiership Final against Sale Sharks Maitland was named Community Player of Year at Premiership Rugby awards for his work coaching young people with high functioning disabilities(Getty Images) Sean Maitland, Saracens’ two-try semi-final match winner, has been rewarded with a new contract. The Scotland wing was braced … [Read more…]

Beyond the daily news coverage, “CityNews” legal commentator and former barrister HUGH SELBY is commentating regularly on the Sofronoff Inquiry’s public hearings, focusing upon the advocacy and witness performances.  The Board of Inquiry, led by Commissioner Walter Sofronoff KC, a former president of the Queensland Court of Appeal, was established by the ACT government in … [Read more…]

The Arsenal loan army is noticeably smaller following the conclusion of the regular season across the English Football League with as many as 12 players bidding farewell to their respective clubs in the past week. Tim Akinola will follow suit in the coming days as he suffered heartbreak in the National League play-off final on … [Read more…]

What a run! All this talk about the Warriors dynasty being over and here we have Maitland Ward continuing to dominate. Three in a row and didn’t have to add Kevin Durant. She just does her thing. Now, I refuse to believe the Warriors dynasty is truly over until Steph stops being Steph. We do … [Read more…]