This was a production of great credit to the Bach Akademie Australia and to the festival. Events such as these can often be the only opportunity to present such work in this way," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
Another wry look at the upcoming federal budget from cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
While starting off more comic in tone, new streaming hit series Baby Reindeer becomes darker as it goes on, says columnist NICK OVERALL.
Beethoven’s Legacy was the focus and SARAH BYRNE reviews performances by Trio Karénine and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON features a perennial plant that makes a great filler in a summer garden.
"Refusing bail and holding in a prison those alleged to have been violent to their partner, children or other family members is a flimsy BandAid on a non-healing sore," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
"Luminescence Chamber Singers’ world-premiere performance of Andrew Ford’s new song cycle Red Dirt Hymns was one of the most purely enjoyable hours of music it’s been my pleasure to experience," writes reviewer SARAH BYRNE.
Fawlty Towers The Play has been adapted for the stage by John Cleese, who co-wrote and starred in the original TV series playing Basil Fawlty.
Ministers Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles are dodging the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Reviewer DANTE COSTA has a niggle about the final half of the Six Brandenburg Concertos. "I am not entirely convinced that this was the best venue to showcase the beauty and technicality of this ensemble’s masterful performance."
A knife-wielding teenager who had been involved in an anti-radicalisation program has been shot dead by police in Perth after stabbing a man at a Bunnings.
A shortfall of hundreds of promised domestic violence workers is down to recruitment issues, with the women's minister admitting more needs to be done.
The federal government will cap indexation on student loans as part of the May budget, wiping about $3 billion worth of debt.
"Belgian pianist Bram De Looze is one of the latest sensations on the international jazz scene. [He] can really rock up a musical storm," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
"It's the beginning of a new era, promising to infuse the city's entertainment scene with an international flair and diversity never seen before,” says entertainment leader JOE TEIXEIRA.
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With property-related offences remaining at concerning levels in Canberra, crime prevention advocate Neighbourhood Watch Australasia has launched a security upgrade rebate program aimed at empowering residents to safeguard their properties.
"The considerably lower per km cost of the Brisbane Metro compared to the Canberra Metro results from using existing infrastructure, including busways, and not investing in rails," writes BEATRICE BODART-BAILEY.
Reviewer DANTE COSTA has a niggle about the final half of the Six Brandenburg Concertos. "I am not entirely convinced that this was the best venue to showcase the beauty and technicality of this ensemble’s masterful performance."
A knife-wielding teenager who had been involved in an anti-radicalisation program has been shot dead by police in Perth after stabbing a man at a Bunnings.
A shortfall of hundreds of promised domestic violence workers is down to recruitment issues, with the women's minister admitting more needs to be done.
The federal government will cap indexation on student loans as part of the May budget, wiping about $3 billion worth of debt.
Three bodies found in Mexico are likely to belong to two Australian brothers and a US friend who went missing in the area last week, local authorities say.
Australia's superannuation funds, as long-term investors, are increasingly making decisions based on the best returns for members in a decarbonising world.
The ACT Brumbies have held their nerve to defeat a motivated Fijian Drua side 28-20 to keep their Super Rugby Pacific top-two hopes alive.
Mexican authorities have found three bodies on Baja Peninsula, where two Australian brothers and a friend went missing.
Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga says she was drugged and sexually assaulted on a night out in central Queensland, with police investigating.
Another wry look at the upcoming federal budget from cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
Ministers Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles are dodging the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"Refusing bail and holding in a prison those alleged to have been violent to their partner, children or other family members is a flimsy BandAid on a non-healing sore," writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
The omnipresence of the internet in our global lives has changed several centuries of legal thinking. There is now a willingness to pass laws in Australia that have a global reach, writes legal columnist HUGH SELBY.
"Fred was at the bank yesterday when a little old lady asked him if he could help check her balance. So he pushed her over." Columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS says humour varies greatly , based on individual experiences, beliefs and sensitivities.
"The community is right to ask about the untimely closure of community infrastructure enjoyed by vulnerable Canberrans when it's offered by large, benevolent organisations that enjoy support from taxpayers," writes CRAIG WALLACE.
"His passion cost him his health and his first marriage, but he returned to his public quest for Aboriginal advancement, earning the praise of professorial fellows as 'Australia’s Lawrence of Arabia'," writes ROBERT MACKLIN.
Sir Ernest Escargot, Head Snail of the ACT Inactivity Commission, shares a breathless update on the Canberra Institute of Technobabble investigations with KEEPING UP THE ACT.
"If encouraged, the golf course roos will move off on to the reserve, but I have no doubt they will be unnecessarily and brutally slaughtered." Letter writer GWENDA GRIFFITHS despairs for the Red Hill kangaroos.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN takes a look at the impending federal budget.
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY offers a spirited response to an opinion column by Kelly Saunders in which she posed the question over a defendant's right to silence in a sexual assault prosecution. Selby argues she's wrong...
HELEN MUSA reviews Shortis and Simpson’s final Under The Influence session, this time featuring Fred Smith.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews a Dance Week performance by Warehouse Circus called We're Home.
"Belgian pianist Bram De Looze is one of the latest sensations on the international jazz scene. [He] can really rock up a musical storm," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
This was a production of great credit to the Bach Akademie Australia and to the festival. Events such as these can often be the only opportunity to present such work in this way," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
LEN POWER reviews the Canberra International Music Festival's American Modern concert.
While starting off more comic in tone, new streaming hit series Baby Reindeer becomes darker as it goes on, says columnist NICK OVERALL.
Reviewer ROB KENNEDY savours an hour of music and conversation at the keyboard between Tamara-Anna Cislowska and composer Larry Sitsky. "His legacy is still a work in progress, but his influence is cemented throughout Australia," he writes.
Beethoven’s Legacy was the focus and SARAH BYRNE reviews performances by Trio Karénine and the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
"The trio’s performance captured the elegant simplicity of the Australian bush and the composer's wish to evoke the harmonious ways in which traditional owners inhabit the land," writes reviewer CASSIDY RICHENS.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON features a perennial plant that makes a great filler in a summer garden.
Wine writer RICHARD CALVER reveals the opening line to a column he didn't write in November, when he attended the Latin American Cultural and Gastronomic Festival, Edition VII. The facts got in the way.
“CityNews” showcases some of the leading legal experts of the Canberra region that are ready to help, no matter how big or small the problem.
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Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON thrills to the taste of a smoked-trout pizza, but has reservations about the preparation of a couple of others at a new place in Kingston.
Boil the kettle, start the fire or just cosy up a little, because “CityNews” has some warm inspiration for the colder months.
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"It's the beginning of a new era, promising to infuse the city's entertainment scene with an international flair and diversity never seen before,” says entertainment leader JOE TEIXEIRA.
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Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON says the Government House Bravery Garden was designed with style and symbolism.
Falling on the second Sunday of May, Mother’s Day celebrates and honours mums, motherhood and the influence of mothers in society. This week “CityNews” speaks with businesses who are passionate about recognising all that mums do.
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This week “CityNews” spoke to some of the best schools in the Canberra region that are open for enrolments.
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