[ 3 June 2014; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Join us for a special screening of the eye-opening documentary 'Once My Mother'. When Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz was seven years old, her Polish mother, Helen, abandoned her in an Adelaide orphanage. Sophia never forgot this maternal act of betrayal. Now in middle age, as Sophia examines her troubled relationship with Helen, she discovers the story [...]...
Do you have enough Vitamin D for winter, optimal fertility, healthy mood and healthy cholesterol? Vitamin D accumulates and needs regular topping up from sun exposure. Here in Canberra we are prone to spending a lot of time indoors while we’re at work. When we do venture outside we have sun block on so how are [...]...
The Lost and Found Office is opening a new pop up studio / gallery in Braddon, ACT. In collaboration with other artists at the Queanbeyan Artists Shed, they will be presenting The Q Collection, a diverse array of collected works that provide an insight into the unique cultural identity of this underground community. They will be working [...]...
I live in Gilmore on Canberra’s South and ride a big shiny motorbike to work. This morning as I turned right into the roundabout from Heagney into Hambridge I saw an Action bus approaching the roundabout from my left at a significant speed. It was obvious he was carrying too much speed to stop and give [...]...
I wish I was a whisky drinker. It seems like such a sophisticated thing, to hold a heavy glass in your hand with golden liquid slinking its way around the bottom. It feels like it would insert an element of NY gangster into my work at home life. So to all you whisky drinkers [...]...
ACT Policing has released a face-fit following an aggravated robbery at the Foodworks store in Pearce earlier this month on Saturday, May 10. Around 5pm, a woman armed with a machete entered the store and threatened an employee, making demands for cash. The employee complied with the demands and the woman ran from the store with [...]...
Firefighters have extinguished a fire which started in a laundry in a Griffith home. ACT Fire & Rescue was called to Meehan Gardens at 3:28am. A family of five, including three children, were home at the time and evacuated. No injuries were reported. Three pumpers, the Breathing Apparatus Van and a commander attended the scene at the height [...]...
Many of you have asked us when we’re going to bring back the “Bad Parking” section of RiotACT. OK, to be honest, some of you have asked and as many have specifically contacted us to request that they never see a bad parking photo again! We do kind of miss the photos though so [...]...
Hi all, I’m in need of a good mortgage broker and after googling came across Trilogy and Tiffen&Co. Anyone have good experiences with them or have any other recommendations? Cheers ...
The Canberra Times has a story today about former ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries being stripped of a distinguished service award because he wrote an opinion piece that publicly said the party needed to change direction to improve its chances of winning government at the next election. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/liberal-party-revokes-award-for-former-act-senator-gary-humphries-20140528-zrqqn.html...
Investigations are underway into a fire which started in a rubbish compactor outside an arts building at the Australian National University. Nearly 70 people have been evacuated from the building on Ellery Street. Ventilation operations are underway in the building which is smoke logged. The fire did not enter the building. Three pumpers, the Breathing Apparatus Van and [...]...
Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Simon Corbell, today welcomed an Auditor-General’s report examining single dwelling assessments in the ACT. The report presents the results of a performance audit that examined single dwelling developments that were originally deemed by private building certifiers to be exempt from requiring development approval but were subsequently found...
The Canberra Liberals are calling on the ACT Labor government to continue to provide services through Therapy ACT, including early intervention services, for a further 12 months before withdrawing from its role as a service provider. In essence this would see early intervention services continuing as is until the end of the 2015 school year. “After [...]...
