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48 hours: making the most of your weekend

Ron Cerabona It's the last weekend in autumn, and here's just a couple of ways you can get out there and enjoy it.

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Inner south paypackets heading north

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Matthew Raggatt New figures confirm the inner-south as the city’s rich hot spot.

Inner south offers rich pickings

Michael Inman THE PRESTIGIOUS inner southern suburbs of Yarralumla, Manuka and Forrest are hot property in real estate circles.

ACT pushing to finish projects in wake of ASIO fiasco

Auction of Tread Lightly earth moving equipment.

Megan Doherty The ACT government says it is working as quickly as possible to resume projects left unfinished as a result of the financial collapse of a company that worked on the controversial ASIO building.

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Senior moment in music puts a song in their hearts

The Silver Memories digital audio streaming service aims to brings music therapy to residents within retirement homes.

Matthew Raggatt Canberra's aged care residents can now listen to music with a digital audio stream of their own.

Artwork has rival for public dislike

The Rhizome at the Gungahlin Drive Extension.

Megan Doherty Until the Skywhale, it was perhaps Canberra's most maligned piece of public art - and it got the green light from John, rather than Jon.

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Congestion to ease on Parkes Way

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Congestion for commuters is expected to ease as workers open an additional westbound lane on Parkes Way on Wednesday.

Boom gates to keep workers out of church car parks

29 February 2012, news, photo by STUART WALMSLEY. University of Canberra employee Melanie Kovacs drives through one of the boom gates which have been installed in the tertiary institution's southern car parks.

Hamish Boland-Rudder Community and church services in and around a proposed Parliamentary Triangle paid parking scheme are concerned the plan could lead to further encroachment on already tight space for their own...

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Gang-gang

From close crop to porn prop

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David Ellery Canberra's Museum and Gallery is hoping an ACT sex addict may be able to shed some light on the provenance of a recently acquired item in its collection.

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From backyard to food bowl

Merrily Gemmell, 18 months, with dad Simon Gemmell from Rivett and their aquaponic system.

Phillip Thomson A burgeoning movement in Canberra is aiming to be one step ahead of the looming world food crisis

Making ends meet

Mary Osborne works full time as an aged care worker and also works three night a week stacking shelves at Woolworths.

Phillip Thomson Phillip Thomson talks to three Canberra people in different professions about how they manage to pay the bills.

Three cars damaged in Commonwealth Avenue pile-up

Cars on the side of Commonwealth Ave following a three-car accident.

Matthew Raggatt At least three cars have been damaged in a pile-up on the entrance to the Commonwealth Avenue bridge this afternoon.

Park brings artists and residents together for celebration

A Skywhale cake after judging during the Centenary Street Party at the M16 Artspace.

Ewa Kretowicz Breathing new life into unused infrastructure was the unofficial theme of the Centenary Street Party at the M16 Artspace in Griffith.

Men rob woman at Manuka ATM

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A man robbed a woman in Manuka just after she had withdrawn money from an ATM on Saturday night.

Buyers flock to Belconnen tower

Morris Property Group's Sentinel east tower is nearing completion. Supplied artist impressions.

Meredith Clisby Construction on the 20-storey Sentinel east tower in Belconnen is expected to be completed by September.

Man charged after allegedly hitting police officer with log

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An accused burglar will face court after hitting a police officer in the face with a log in an inner south park during the early hours of Monday.

Man denied bail over cop attack

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Christopher Knaus A man accused of hitting an officer in the face with a lump of wood and then trying to run from police has been refused bail over fears he is a flight risk.

Still room to improve on vaccination: Gallagher

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Emma Macdonald Katy Gallagher says it's ''problematic'' that people still questioned the benefits of childhood vaccinations.

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