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Articles for Nick Haggarty

The early arrival of spring weather means the flowers at Canberra's Floriade festival have started blooming a month before the gates open
3 months, 4 weeks ago

The early arrival of spring weather means the flowers at Canberra's Floriade festival have started blooming a month before the gates open

ABC  

If you have noticed that spring is starting earlier this year, it is not your imagination. Floriade head gardener Tim Howard said the flowers were blooming "a bit too soon". "When we started 30 years ago we'd have a month of minus eight or more," Mr De Jong said. Traditionally, October marked the main planting season for the cooler Canberra …

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A Canberra theatre group is uniting Ukrainians who have fled war, and helping create a community
2 years, 4 months ago

A Canberra theatre group is uniting Ukrainians who have fled war, and helping create a community

ABC  

When Yaryna Yablonska asks her daughters, aged four and 11, what they want for their birthdays, their answer is simple yet consistent: they want their father. Yaryna fled Ukraine with her family in March as war broke out, but the men in her family stayed behind. Oksana Yablonska recently fled the Ukraine war, now she's performing in a play in …

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Federal election campaign: Week one on the road with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese, in pictures
2 years, 8 months ago

Federal election campaign: Week one on the road with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese, in pictures

ABC  

They say a week is a long time in politics, and that a picture tells a thousand words. It all kicked off last Sunday Prime Minister Scott Morrison locked in the date of the campaign last Sunday, setting up a six-week campaign. Labor leader Anthony Albanese stumbled and was unable to recall key economic figures while trying to spruik Labor's …

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Rising cost of living presenting a challenge for some Australians on the age pension
2 years, 8 months ago

Rising cost of living presenting a challenge for some Australians on the age pension

ABC  

While many Australians are feeling the impact of cost of living increases, it is age pensioners who are being hit the hardest. "It's struggle street all the time," Ms Haywood said. "You can't say to the children, 'Come down, I'm going to cook a roast' because meat is expensive," Ms Martin said. "For people who have only got the pension, …

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Paralympian and disability advocate Dylan Alcott named 2022 Australian of the Year
2 years, 11 months ago

Paralympian and disability advocate Dylan Alcott named 2022 Australian of the Year

ABC  

For the first time in the award's 62-year history, a person with a visible disability has been named Australian of the Year. This year's winners: Paralympian and disability advocate Dylan Alcott is named Australian of the Year St John Ambulance volunteer Val Dempsey is named Senior Australian of the Year Dr Daniel Nour is named Young Australian of the Year …

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Many Canberrans know Charnwood for its bad reputation, but these locals are trying to turn that around
3 years, 9 months ago

Many Canberrans know Charnwood for its bad reputation, but these locals are trying to turn that around

ABC  

When Nathan Hally moved his family to Charnwood from Darwin last year he had no idea what to expect. Charnwood has indeed developed a solid community over several years, thanks to a group of committed community members and "a beautiful collection of locally owned small businesses" along the main street. Shade, community centre, among suggested improvements Five years ago, Ms …

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