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Change your story and move on to happiness
Author John Sautelle… “It’s not comfortable sharing stories that are deeply personal, but being prepared to do that can help others.” Photo by Danielle Nohra YEAR after year John Sautelle would come...
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So many questions, Candice takes to public transport
The Assembly’s newest MLA Candice Burch… “In many ways the last election was a referendum on the tram and we accept that we lost that.” Photo by Danielle NohraA CAREER in politics seemed natural for...
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Months on and tree concerns grow
Branches of the dead tree in Lyons hang between power lines. SAFETY concerns over a dead tree, with branches hanging between power lines in Lyons, continue to rise after four months of bureaucratic...
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Fay shares peace and magic in Natasha’s Wood
Fay Maddison… “You cannot go into a theatre of war and not come back changed in some way.” Photo by Danielle Nohra IN Fay Maddison’s hot hometown of Darwin, nestled against a backdrop of...
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Gender parity sets the Women’s Day agenda
STEMMING from the suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th century, the suffragettes first celebrated International Women’s Day in 1911. Now, more than a century later, women globally continue...
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Josh takes the lead for Lachy’s special dog
Menslink mentor Josh Turk and his teenage charge Lachy Kelly who was born with an unnamed severe congenital heart defect. Photo by Danielle Nohra AS a teenager, Menslink helped Josh Turk through, what...
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Anna’s sewing class offers a practical stitch in time
Edwina Robinson, left, and Anna Perkins… “I’m sure there are men in Canberra who share textile and sewing interests,” says Anna. Photo by Danielle Nohra AS “fast fashion” continues to gain momentum...
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Farmers with lots to show and tell
The produce-swap stand at the Bungendore Harvest Market.A GROUP of Bungendore farmers gathered a few years ago and came up with an idea for a weekend festival, where people can meet the farmers, learn...
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Two new voices add choices to the drive home
Radio announcers Richard Perno (2CC) and Cathy Dinn (2CA). Perno plans to ask the hard questions CANBERRA’s new talkback drive-time announcer Richard Perno plans on asking all the hard questions. “I’m...
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Star citizen with her feet firmly on the ground
Canberra Citizen of the Year Diane Kargas Bray… “Let’s not forget, there are so many people who don’t get to enjoy Canberra like some of us do.”Photo by Danielle Nohra WHEN Diane Kargas Bray was...
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Big things happen when Tiny sets goals
The Green Shed’s Goran “Tiny” Srejic… “I have a policy: if you can, you should.” Photo by Danielle NohraGORAN Srejic may be nicknamed “Tiny” but the co-founder of The Green Shed is ticking off some...
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Vijay snaps to it when beautiful autumn comes
CANBERRA is always projected through photos of Floriade but Kambah man Vijay Koul wants to know why nobody is making a fuss about the ACT’s autumn. Vijay, an amateur photographer and scientist, has...
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Dog club has more bark than bite these days
Early days… a club training session at Fyshwick circa 1958. HELD together by a strong volunteer-base, Canberra’s first dog training club, the ACT Companion Dog Club, will celebrate 60 years in the...
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Youth Week crimped as Federal funding dries up
Youth Coalition of the ACT’s Hannah Watts and Hawker College student Courtney… “If we want people to stay in Canberra we want them to feel like they have a place where they belong and are valued,” says...
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Ridiculous maybe, but Nick gave bike polo a go
Bike polo player Nick Dixon-Wilmshurst… “At bike polo you get good at controlling the bike and your spacial awareness.” Photo by Danielle Nohra SIX years ago when Nick Dixon-Wilmshurst heard about bike...
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Twelve years on and Jackson’s still delivering
Mother Sally Richards with Jackson West and support worker and driver Sandor Collins. WHEN JACKmail, a business that Sally Richards set up for her profoundly disabled son, Jackson West, hit two years...
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Author Craig picks up some very odd hitchhickers
Author Craig Cormick… “It is now possible to drive the Hume in about 12 hours, but you’d miss all the stories that exist along the way.” Photo by Danielle Nohra ON a muggy and overcast Australia Day...
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Dr Eryn proves that hearing is believing
Dr Eryn Newman… “When people find something more difficult to process, they tend to evaluate things more negatively.” Photo by Danielle Nohra WHETHER it’s a story told by the news, a friend or research...
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Bean’s granddaughter comes for a special museum visit
Anne Carroll and Australian National Museum of Education founder Malcolm Beazley EDUCATION was vitally important to war correspondent and historian Charles Bean, so it was a special moment for his...
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Steve Doszpot’s charity trivia night lives on
Doing it for Steve… trivia night organisers MLA Jeremy Hanson and Maureen Doszpot. Photo by ANA STUART AFTER giving so much to Canberra, even in his last days, the community now has an opportunity to...
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