15+ hour, 2+ min ago  (608+ words) It was a new-style chardonnay with very little butter and the oak flavours subtle. It was a pleasant drink." Wine columnist RICHARD CALVER gets a taste for a chardonnay from Orange. Alanis Morissette's song Ironic was released in 1996 as a…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (523+ words) Music / Blamey Swings Rock, Blamey Street Big Band. At The B, Queanbeyan, May 16. Reviewed by BILL STEPHENS. Featuring a line-up of the cream of Canberra's jazz musicians and now based in the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, Blamey Street Big Band…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (319+ words) Craft / Collective, Staunch. At Craft + Design Canberra, until May 23. Reviewed by MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE. Staunch. is a collective of Blak artists. Each artist is exhibiting work that draws on their creative practice and their country, community and collaboration. They are from…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (429+ words) The ACT and federal governments have struck a deal to build 4900 new homes in Canberra, including more than 1700 set aside for first home buyers. The agreement makes the ACT the second jurisdiction to partner with the Albanese government's plan to…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (421+ words) The ACT Government is spending more than twice as much incarcerating First Nations people as it does funding Aboriginal community-controlled services, according to new figures raised in the Legislative Assembly. Data for 2024-25 shows an estimated $36. 2 million was spent detaining Aboriginal…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (352+ words) As the month of Ramadan draws to a close, Canberra's faith communities and political leaders all over the territory have been coming together at evening gatherings which mark the breaking of the fast. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn until…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1745+ words) If you stay close to this movement, son, you'll be alright." ROSS FITZGERALD takes us on an intimate and painful journey through his dark days of destructive drinking to how Alcoholics Anonymous saved his life " and that of a famous…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (360+ words) Cornwall's famed sea-shanty ensemble Fisherman's Friends sails into Australia for the first time, reports Arts in the City columnist HELEN MUSA. Cornwall's famed sea-shanty ensemble Fisherman's Friends " born in the fishing village of Port Isaac and made popular by the…...