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AFTER a year of confusion and disaffection, Music for Canberra has appointed Shane Dobbin to the role of CEO, it was announced in the end-of-year newsletter by vice-chair of the beleaguered community organisation,

THE 11 elected candidates – six women, five men – of the Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council were confirmed this morning (December 21) and the numbers suggest a big swing to left for the local government area.

Arts editor HELEN MUSA shares another "Arts in the City" column.

"The enthusiasm and the overall quality from the Luminescence Children’s Choir showed just how good the up-and-coming vocal talent is in our musical city of Canberra," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.

Warm and mostly sunny for Canberra is the the Bureau of Meteorology’s first official Christmas Day forecast for 2021.

Luminescence Chamber Choir "swept the audience through the sublime and tender, delivering music so beautiful and uplifting, in glorious pitch-perfect polyphony." Reviewer TONY MAGEE enjoyed the show.

Police today (December 19) report that missing 15-year-old Ashley Gardner, who had been missing since December 7 has been found, they say, "safe and well".

SINCE 5pm yesterday (December 18), the ACT State Emergency Services has received more than 203 requests for assistance following the hail and thunderstorm last night.

THIS was the final Phoenix Collective performance for the year, in one that has seen most of its 2021 program compressed into the last couple of months.  It was supposed to be the first of four concerts,

THE National Capital Authority (NCA) has given its approval for seaplanes to be used on Lake Burley Griffin, despite a majority of public submissions against the proposal.