Sure Canberra’s boring if you’re under 30, and it has no beaches and the coffee’s poor, but it has the mountains and it’s beautiful and the epitome of the great place to bring up kids.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Whoever said Canberra was boring? The mass exorcism of Parliament House
Last weekend, a mass political “prayer offensive” at Mt Ainslie against alleged satanic rituals included Christian singalongs, speaking in tongues and some Atheist, gay and Pagan gatecrashers. A rollicking good time was had by all.
My restaurant rules: Crikey’s dining meta list
With all the big food and restaurant guides coming out over the past few weeks, Richard Farmer has served up the results as one big meta list for your delectation. Bon appetit.
Tips and rumours: Canberra healthcare fail
Healthcare horror stories, hotel lobby on the harbour and more from our tipsters.
Goodbye exclusivity: Gawenda on the Fairfax Canberra merger
There has hardly been any public reaction to what I think is a momentous move by Fairfax: merging the Canberra staff of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald into one bureau, writes Michael Gawenda.
Canberra barista creates swans, dragons, angels and pigs from frothed milk
Sam serves up to 1,500 cups of coffee every day at Cafe Yala in the Canberra Institute of Technology. In the downtime, he practices his latte art…
Kevin Rudd’s cat – A life
Born in a Canberra dumpster…
The week’s hot topics on talkback radio…
Bats - Why can’t we kill them?
Some people work too hard
It is 3.30 am in Canberra
Mayne Diary: Who and what I saw in Canberra
It’s a who’s who of the Australian political and media scenes when Stephen Mayne and Bernard Keane go for a stroll in downtown Canberra.
The torch relay was a jingoistic, carbon-belching success
So the Canberra leg of the Olympic Torch Relay was a huge success… according to the organisers, writes Bernard Keane.
Torch watch: Chinese out in force; others stay away
The Olympic Torch Relay got underway in Canberra this morning amid massive security and a major display of Chinese nationalism, writes Bernard Keane.
The torch waits quietly for its moment in the Canberra sun
The Olympic Torch is currently resting comfortably in a Canberra hotel after its flight from Jakarta, writes Bernard Keane.
Pity the public service, struggling to serve
At a time when the Government is refusing to rule out compulsory redundancies in the Commonwealth Public Service, most public servants will tell you that the problem isn’t too many of them, but not enough, writes Bernard Keane.
I grew up in Canberra…
But that’s not your fault.
Guess who’s coming to Canberra: let us know
Forget about who will be in the ministry. It is much more interesting to think about who may be in ministerial offices or pushing the policy program paperwork up from the departments, writes Christian Kerr.
Simons: What this means for the media
There will now be at least a change in what elements of the national mindset are articulated in the public sphere, and this will mean a change in the networks of media power, writes Margaret Simons.
One female reporter does not a balanced panel make
Women who own property have been able to vote in South Australia since 1861 and all women since 1894. All Australian women have been able to vote in federal elections since 1902. Canberra, however, is blokesville – as last night’s debate showed, writes Christian Kerr.
Tips and rumours
By pure chance I spoke to two different senior commonwealth public servants yesterday in Canberra, who work in different departments, both of whom without prompting complained at length about how bored they are at work because there is simply nothing to do. One of these people is on 6 figures, the other close. One even […]
Media briefs and TV ratings
Aunty’s plum Canberra gallery position up for grabs … Regional viewers give NRL ratings bragging rights … Bart Simpson tells it like it is … Last night’s TV ratings.
Politics irrelevant to the economy: Macbank tells
While Johnny and Pete appear to be hoping the credit confidence crisis worsens so as to scare voters back to their “safe economic hands”, Macquarie Bank’s Rory Robertson is telling the bank’s customers it doesn’t really matter who wins the election, writes Michael Pascoe.
Nothing happened in Canberra this morning: Beckett on the Hill
Nothing happened in Canberra this morning. Nothing in the Samuel Beckett sort of way. Nothing means plenty. Nothing that is quite profound.
Jason Koutsoukis: showing how the job could – and should – be done
Good on Jason Koutsoukis. He may not be the most polished, experienced, wise or measured of the denizens of the Canberra Press gallery, but in his column in yesterday’s Sunday Age he managed to show something of how the job could – and should – be done.
How can we ever trust the Canberra Press Gallery?
The question Canberra journalists would like us to be asking today is whether we can trust Peter Costello and his relationship with John Howard. The other urgent question is whether we can trust the Canberra Press Gallery, argues Margaret Simons.
