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First look: Cartel Belconnen. Get ready for a taco addiction.

Emma Macdonald — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:25:15 +0000

Finally, at long, long last, Canberra has a Cartel Taqueria. After two years of crossing the NSW border (admittedly just to Queanbeyan, but still…) to fill up on the addictive...

Australian botanical artist Sharon Field wages a personal protest against global warming

Emma Macdonald — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 19:10:26 +0000

Esteemed Australian botanical artist Sharon Field is waging a personal protest against global warming. And in doing so, she is creating a monumental piece of art which is sparking international...

Changemakers—Australia’s long and proud history of female mobilisation

Emma Macdonald — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:15:29 +0000

Preeminent Australian historian and women’s studies scholar Professor Marilyn Lake was a consultant for the Museum of Australian Democracy’s Changemakers exhibition. She reflects on more than 150 years of...

The importance of Changemakers to inspire future generations

Emma Macdonald — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:21:25 +0000

Nanette Louchart-Fletcher lives, eats and breathes her work as Head of Exhibitions at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD). But as the mum of teenagers, including 16-year-old daughter Eliane, the newly...

Seven things you didn’t know about Shakespeare to Winehouse’s famous portraits

Emma Macdonald — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:21:19 +0000

The portraits themselves are only the tip of the iceberg—dig a little deeper and you’ll find fascinating backstories behind the acclaimed works of Shakespeare to Winehouse: Icons from the National Portrait Gallery, London. If...

Canberra is hosting a national circus festival—and you’re invited!

Emma Macdonald — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:22:46 +0000

Canberra's homegrown Warehouse Circus is hosting the city's first circus festival—and you won't want to miss it! Canberra is known as an education city. But for 30 years, one of...

Woden, meet Alby – your new local.

Emma Macdonald — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 19:25:30 +0000

A 1,000m2 gastropub boasting multiple bars and dining spaces, a beer garden and a games basement? Woden suddenly got a whole lot cooler with the arrival of The Alby. Woden,...

Walking out of school and into parliament

Emma Macdonald — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:30:00 +0000

At a time when the role and respect of women in our federal parliament is under the spotlight, Canberra Girls Grammar School is taking the political gender imbalance into...