Dylan Van Den Berg FOR the second time, Canberra playwright Dylan Van Den Berg has won the $30,000 Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, this time for his play “Whitefella Yella Tree”. NSW Premier,Chris Minns announced the winners on Monday of the $350,000 awards at the State Library of NSW, … [Read more…]
The Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC) at the University of Liverpool has been awarded £1 million funding to establish the UK’s first National Centre for Digital Heritage Research. The new Centre aims to make Liverpool a global leader in digital heritage research, preservation and enterprise, creating a digital heritage ecosystem and strategy for the Liverpool City … [Read more…]
A large proportion of Australian rental properties are in such poor condition that they are putting residents’ health and wellbeing at risk, according to new research from the University of South Australia. Weak regulation of housing standards and under-investment in public housing services are fuelling the problem, with substandard living conditions affecting people’s physical and … [Read more…]
Both sides will be looking to bounce back from disappointing losses last week but the Raiders will fancy their chances against a Rabbitohs side without Origin stars Latrell Mitchell, Cameron Murray and Jai Arrow. Knocked off the top of the ladder after the Eels snapped their six-game winning streak, South Sydney will be hoping to … [Read more…]
Marcos Ambrose at the 2002 Canberra 400. Picture: Mark Horsburgh Supercars appears intent on a return to Canberra after comments made my RACE Board Member Mark Skaife during coverage of Round 4 of the 2023 Repco Supercars Championship. During the weekend’s broadcast from Symmons Plains, Tasmania, where Skaife was commentating on the Ned Whisky SuperSprint, … [Read more…]
Arsenal still have one more fixture left of the 2022/23 campaign, but in truth, the season is effectively already over. The Gunners, who welcome Wolves to the Emirates Stadium this coming Sunday, know they can no longer win the Premier League title following defeat at the hands of Nottingham Forest. But they can perhaps take … [Read more…]
The Australian Medical Association (ACT) has written to health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith urging her government to “mend fences” with senior doctors at Calvary Public Hospital Bruce. At a town hall meeting last week, the hospital’s doctors said they were shocked, dismayed, and angered the ACT Government did not consult them about the compulsory acquisition (or … [Read more…]
Hugh Selby. “CityNews” legal columnist 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 December to examine … [Read more…]
Australian thanks city for making her feel at home ahead of new project with shopping outlet Danni has worked her way throughout Europe, designing murals for cafes, bars and restaurants, but now she’s working to inject more art in to the Banbridge shopping outlet. This includes seasonal illustrations that will appear on social media, billboards … [Read more…]
A tree in Canberra’s south was painted blue today to remind the community “it’s OK to not be OK”. The tree is on Hindmarsh Drive next to the off-ramp from the Tuggeranong Parkway in Lyons. The ACT Government has partnered with the Blue Tree Project to reduce the stigma around mental health, and spark important … [Read more…]