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The Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Fiji, His Excellency, Dr Hynek Kmonicek recently paid a courtesy call to the University of the South Pacific.

Geelong 3220 Alcoa workers and officials from the Australian Workers Union have met Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Canberra to discuss the possible closure of the company's smelter in Victoria.

CANBERRA, Australia -; Two rival bills that would lift a ban on gay marriage in Australia have been introduced into Parliament weeks after the ruling Labor Party lifted its opposition to same-sex unions.

But there's a lot more to growing flowers than putting seed into soil and waiting for it to grow.

A bunch of Canberra comedians will be representing the Can' at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April, with the return of Capital Punishment.

With the Multicultural Festival retreating as a happy blur in our memories Andrew Barr has launched the Canberra Festival which will run in the first half of March.

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Industry Minister Greg Combet will meet Alcoa workers in Canberra today for talks on the future of the company's Geelong plant.

MORE than 650 staff and students from Campbell High were ''locked down'' in their classrooms for about 45 minutes while United States president Barack Obama visited the Canberra public school last November.

AMHERST - Rodney Gisick, a longtime voice teacher at area colleges and a former music director at First Congregational Church in Amherst, died unexpectedly Dec.

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INDONESIA'S deputy agriculture minister has refused to weigh into the issue of animal cruelty at an abattoir in Sydney, saying it is a matter for Australia.

In the early 18th Century, Makassar, a city in the south of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island, was renowned as a major regional trading hub.

IN SAYING that I have conflicting views about the hustling of Julia Gillard to her car through a cordon of Aboriginal demonstrators and police on Australia Day, I am merely reflecting a genuine confusion many of us feel.

Unions and individual workers would be able to bargain with employers over flexible work hours for parenting and caring for family members, under a bill being brought to parliament by the Australian Greens.

Michael Brand may have left Australia more than a decade ago to pursue a career in some of America's most prestigious art museums, but he always dreamed of coming back.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia and the Taiwanese Association of Canberra, Australia have jointly organised four events to take part in the ACT National Multicultural Festival 2012, including the Taiwan Sublime Photo Exhibition, SEE Taiwan, Taiwanese Food Stall and Live Band Performance .

Imogen McKenzie is a Canberra based artist who explores the nature of addiction through the medium of abstract expressionism.

With flood warnings in place along the Queanbeyan River and heavy rain lashing the region this afternoon, it hardly feels like summer in and around the capital.