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hen the doors opened in Lyneham on 1 March 2025, Key Assets Australia’s (KAA) newest jurisdiction was, in the words of one founding staff member, “five people, a lot of unknowns but a genuine belief we could do this differently.” Eighteen months on, that small team has grown into a 20-strong operation delivering services to support families, recruit and support Foster Carers and Kinship Carers across the Territory and, by every internal measure, the model is working. The organisation formally launched in the ACT in September 2025,
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marking the start of a deliberate, carefully staged build-out that leaned on Key Assets Australia’s National expertise and support. “We were able to draw on established systems, frameworks and proven approaches from the outset,” the Territory Director Lucy Mitchell explained. “That let us move quickly on the ground while still building something genuinely local.” Families at the centre The clearest measure of that progress sits with the Sustaining Families program, which has reached full capacity, supporting 40 families with early support to prevent them from requiring statutory services or Out of Home Care. The team maintains
strong family engagement and delivers relationship-based support that strengthens families and helps children to remain safely at home wherever possible. When families were asked about the support received through the KAA Sustaining Families Program, one mother, reflected, “We would not be where we are today without you.” Over the 18-month program, KAA supported the family to address a range of complex needs and challenges. Reviewing their journey highlighted the significant changes they had made and the goals they had achieved. This reflection fostered hope, confidence, and resilience, helping the family to continue moving forward beyond their involvement with KAA. A voice that counts Among the year’s quieter achievements is the rollout of Key Assets Australia’s Voice to Accountability initiative in the ACT. The team are united in the belief that accountability to children and young people is core to who they are and who they are becoming. The team took simple steps, sharpening their focus on listening and on equipping
teams to genuinely capture the views, wishes and experiences of the children and young people in care. “It’s about making sure children’s voices are central to everything we do.” — ACT Territory Director Lucy Mitchell, Key Assets Australia That same commitment underpins the organisation’s approach to culturally safe practice, with locally adapted resources, guidance from the National Cultural Practice Collective, and an active recruitment drive under way for a dedicated Cultural Practice Lead. This team is also complemented by a Quality and Service Improvement Lead and a Recruitment and Panel Manager. Carers at the heart Supporting, developing, and working alongside carers is at the heart of the organisation. Every day, the team are inspired by the lasting difference foster and kinship carers make, providing safe, stable and nurturing homes that positively shape the lives of children and young people. Strong community interest in foster and kinship caring has translated into canberradaily.com.au
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“…the culture we have built in the new carers trained and approved, ACT in such a short period of time. now providing short-term and respite As we have grown, we have brought care across the Territory. Behind the together a team of passionate and scenes, the team adapted its national values-driven people who genuinely application, training, assessment align with the Key Assets Australia and authorisation processes to meet philosophy and have ACT-specific legislation, committed themselves all while building the It’s to the journey of kind of relationshipabout growing our Impact.” based support that making sure With a full leadership keeps carers confident, structure in place, the capable and connected. children’s team are well equipped voices are as service provision “I have been central to grows. a Carer with Key everything we What’s next Assets Australia since With an established February 2026. As do. office, a full leadership a single Carer with team, a growing carer limited family support, cohort and strong relationships with the I find it very reassuring to know that ACT Health and Community Services if any issues arise while I am caring Directorate and sector partners, Key for a foster child, help is only a phone Assets Australia’s ACT operation now call away, day or night.” turns its attention to sustainable growth. — Louisa, Carer with Key Assets This includes investing in and training Australia new Key Assets Australia carers, further foster and kinship care placement Culture, from the inside out transfers, and continued investment in In the most recent staff engagement the workforce and culture that carried it survey, the ACT team scored amongst soundly through its first year. the highest in the national organisation, Key Resources: a result leadership points to as proof • Apply to be a Carer: keyassets.org. that the culture is driving success both au/can-i-foster internally and externally. • Apply to join our team: keyassets. The team were asked to share what connxcareers.com they were most proud of over the past • Meet the team at Murrumbateman 12-months: Field Day on 17 and 18 October
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Scan a code to help Nepal by BERNIE RYAN Nabin KC owner of Bittersweet Café in Kingston and The Pour House Espresso café in Phillip, has coordinated local support for the people of his home country Nepal following the disastrous Nepal China floods in August. “My country is bleeding,” he says. Government of Nepal Disaster Relief QR codes are now displayed in Kingston stores, including Bittersweet Café, the Durham Castle Arms Pub, Caribou Kingston, Honeysuckle and Lace Kingston, and Best Barber Kingston. Mr KC also hosted two Coffee for a Cause days at Bittersweet Café over the last two Mondays. His first Coffee for a Cause day raised over $1,000. “The Kingston community is amazing,” he says. Whilst Mr KC says that thankfully his family and friends in Nepal are OK, so many others are not. “We need to support them,” he says. According to data available from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) of Nepal, as of 17 September, the total
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confirmed deaths are tragically 1,410, and there are still 6,145 people missing. Almost 14,000 people have been rescued, and the Nepalese government estimates $2.56 billion to $4.7 billion in total physical and infrastructure damage. Maria Wolters, owner of the popular Honeysuckle and Lace boutique in Kingston, says that it was not a hard decision to support the people of Nepal. “I am delighted to help,” she said. Artist Jenny Blake, who hangs her work for sale at The Pour House Espresso, is also doing what she can by donating the proceeds of any works sold at this time to relief for Nepal. “They are donated to this special appeal … let’s dig deep, work together and raise some money for the flood appeal,” she says. Mr KC reports that one of Ms Blake’s pieces has already been sold and the proceeds donated. He hopes to raise at least $5,000 through these efforts and has also committed to contributing more of his own funds to achieve this. “We’ve got to make this big, because it is a big issue.”
Honeysuckle and Lace owner Maria Wolters. Photo: Bernie Ryan
If you would like to help and cannot get to any participating Kingston stores, or The Pour House in Phillip, you can go directly to the Government of Nepal’s Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund. However, readers are always advised to verify any QR codes, prior to donating, especially those found on social media to avoid falling victim to online scams.
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The recent spate of killings in NSW and other states and weak sentences from the judiciary have once again raised the issue of mandatory minimum sentences for serious offences to ensure violent criminals can be properly punished for their crimes and the community can be properly protected. I think I have a solution. Back when I was Attorney General for the ACT, I raised with my friend and legal colleague, local barrister
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James Sabharwal, the idea of a mandatory minimum sentence for armed robbery. Surely, I thought, here was a crime so serious that it would be impossible for anyone to object to a mandatory minimum sentence of 1 year’s imprisonment. Surely there couldn’t be a scenario where a term of full-time imprisonment would not be appropriate. Not so, as it turned out. James had a client, a young heroin addict we will call Jimmy. Jimmy worked in his father’s Fyshwick store. One Friday afternoon, he needed a heroin hit. So Jimmy went next door, bold as brass, to Fred’s store with a piece of 4 by 2 and demanded the $300 in Fred’s till. Upon convincing Fred he was serious, Fred reluctantly complied, but as Jimmy left with the $300, Fred said, “Er, Jimmy, could you give me $100 back? I’m short for the weekend.” Jimmy duly gave Fred
the $100. Now, by the time the matter got to court, Jimmy (who had an otherwise pretty good record) had kicked the heroin habit and was a good, law-abiding citizen again. The Chief Justice, Jeff Miles, gave him a suspended sentence. I would, in the circumstances, have done something similar. So, that example supports the theory that some discretion should be left to the courts. I recently thought of a solution, and that is, for the most serious crime of murder, let’s trial a mandatory minimum sentence regime for, say, 5 or 10 years. Let’s mandate certain types of murder, i.e. premeditated murders where there is little room for leniency, a mandatory minimum of, say, 20 years non-parole and, say, 25 years if it’s a vicious murder. I’ll let the experts, the police and criminal law pick what types of murder
should be subject to this regime. Of course, courts would have the ability to impose a higher sentence than just the mandatory minimum. The minimum is there to prevent judges inclined towards excessive leniency from giving a totally inadequate sentence. I note the average nonparole period for a basic murder is less than 20 years at present. If the above trial is successful, the mandatory minimum scenario could then perhaps be extended to other serious crimes. Nothing is more frustrating to victims and police than to see the criminal get off with an excessively weak sentence. Police expect to lose the odd case, that goes with the territory, but a weak sentence after all the hard work they put into solving a case is often truly depressing for them and the victims.
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Marisa Paterson’s pathway from researcher to Minister by BERNIE RYAN Dr Marisa Paterson MLA, the newly appointed ACT Minister for Health and Minister for Mental Health, says that growing up, it was never on her radar to enter politics, let alone become a minister. “It was never something that I contemplated,” she tells Canberra Weekly. Yet here she is, holding four portfolios, including Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Minister for Gaming Reform. Until July this year, Dr Paterson also carried the portfolios of Minister for Women, Minister for Corrections and Minister for Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence. Dr Paterson was elected as a Member for Murrumbidgee to the Tenth Assembly in October 2020 and returned in 2024. It has no doubt represented a steep learning curve and significant life adjustment for the mum
of three. Made doable, though, she says, through the support of “…my amazing partner, kids and team.” “I absolutely love it,” she adds. A visit to the social media accounts of Marisa Paterson MLA may have you wondering if she has been cloned, as she traverses the community to listen to, learn from and celebrate the people of Canberra. These are not token gestures or appearances. Dr Paterson says that she is here to listen to what is important to Canberrans. “While I am a Labor member of the ACT Legislative Assembly, I am here to represent the community broadly,” she says. You will see her with a shovel breaking new ground, speaking at events, visiting hospitals, listening to the concerns of staff, and challenging the installation of an ATM outside a local venue. You will also find her swimming in pools to support fundraisers, wearing a giant red nose,
Dr Marisa Paterson MLA at work in her Ministerial Office in the ACT Legislative Assembly. Photo: Bernie Ryan
and as often as possible, riding her bike to work. Dr Paterson is academically and professionally well equipped to lean into her portfolio responsibilities. A proud Weston Creek resident and former Director of the Centre for Gambling Research at the Australian National University (ANU), Dr Paterson studied psychology and anthropology, and has a PhD in anthropology and a master’s in applied anthropology and participatory
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news development. Raised in Victoria, where Dr Paterson studied psychology and anthropology at Monash University, she moved to the ACT in her early twenties to do her master’s in applied anthropology at the ANU. Upon completion, she moved to the Northern Territory, where Dr Paterson won a scholarship via Charles Darwin University to look at the impact of gambling in remote Aboriginal communities. It was there that Dr Paterson completed the first PhD in Australia to extensively analyse the social and economic impacts of gambling on remote Aboriginal communities. “That then started the trajectory of my life, which has largely been in gambling and policy research,” she says. Last week, the ACT Government announced what they describe as ‘Australia’s most significant gaming reforms’.
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Upon taking up her two newest portfolios, Dr Paterson relinquished three existing portfolios in which she says she was equally invested. However, she leaves them feeling proud to have been part of several initiatives. “I’m very proud of the fact that we have coercive control legislation introduced to the parliament that will go for debate later this year,” she says. “I’m very proud that we have a ten-year prevention of domestic, family and sexual violence strategy in the ACT now, which I tabled in the Assembly a few months ago. “And also, very proud that we secured an increase in funding and also ongoing funding for domestic, family and sexual violence services.” What is it that Dr Paterson is looking forward to in her two new health portfolios? “It’s been fantastic. I’ve been out
and about trying to meet as many people as possible in our health services, visiting the hospitals and different services,” she says. “The intersections between health and mental health are significant. “We’ve got a review at the moment around the Mental Health Act, which is a huge piece of work and really asking for the community to come forward and put their views forward and their experiences forward.” Dr Paterson says that the ACT Government is committed to preventative and early intervention approaches to health and mental health, and to providing more opportunities to support human interaction in a bid to counter the increasing isolation felt by many. “Festival, fun days, community days … all these kinds of things really celebrate our amazing community,” she says.
Dr Paterson invites suggestions and solutions from the community in her portfolio areas, as to how to make living in Canberra better for all Canberrans. “We have so many people with a huge amount of knowledge who do have amazing solutions, and we are always looking for better ways of doing things and how we can improve,” she says. Dr Paterson is clear that politics for her is not about words on a page, statistics and numbers. It is about people, families, communities and the quality of their lives. A young Victorian chose to make Canberra her home over twenty years ago. It appears her intention is to leave Canberra better for it. “It is the honour of my life to serve in this position, and I take my responsibility very seriously,” Dr Paterson says.
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From deep time to deep space: Science at the Shine Dome by NICHOLAS FULLER From the earliest traces of complex life on Earth to the structure of the universe itself, some of science’s biggest questions were being pondered in Canberra last week. Scientists from around the country were in town for Science at the Shine Dome, the Australian Academy of Science’s annual flagship event, running from Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 September. The event honours outstanding achievements in Australian science. Canberra Weekly spoke to four researchers whose work stretches from deep time to deep space. Between them, they have discovered galaxies, identified the oldest known animal, uncovered the origins of sex, created the fastest man-made rotating object, and earned four Guinness World Records. Professor Jochen Brocks ANU Professor Jochen Brocks (Research
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School of Earth Sciences, a new Academy fellow) studies what he calls ‘paleobiogeochemistry’: using molecular fossils, stable hydrocarbon skeletons of ancient fat molecules preserved in rocks, to reconstruct ancient ecosystems 1.6 billion years old – one billion years before visible animal fossils first appeared 580 million years ago. “I find it very fascinating that in this older period of time, before 580 million years, where we know almost nothing about evolution because everything is microbial, you can use these molecules to put together ecosystems,” Professor Brocks said. Professor Brocks’s research showed that until roughly 1 billion years ago, oceans were full of primordial bacterial creatures; complex eukaryotic cells (cells with nuclei holding DNA, like ours) only became abundant 800 million years ago. Seven years ago, he and PhD student Ilya Bobrovskiy solved what had been the Holy
Grail of palaeontology: the nature of Ediacaran fossils, 558 million years old, the oldest complex organisms preserved in the rock record, found in South Australia in 1942. For 75 years, debate had raged as to whether they were lichen, giant single-celled creatures, or animals and our earliest ancestors. Chemical analysis of a fossil Bobrovskiy found in Russia – Dickinsonia, a 1.4-metre-long oval creature – showed cholesteroid biomarkers: evidence that it was an animal. Science named the discovery one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year 2018, while Dickinsonia entered the Guinness World Records for the oldest confirmed animal megafossil. Emeritus Professor John Long (Flinders University) Professor Long (a new Academy fellow) is one of Australia’s most eminent palaeontologists. The author of some 30 books, his discoveries include Australia’s oldest theropod dinosaur and the world’s oldest tracks of a reptile-like ancestor. The oldest known live birth occurred in Australia 380 million years ago. Professor Long discovered the world’s oldest vertebrate embryo, still connected to the yolk sac by an umbilical cord, inside a fossilised placoderm (Devonian
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news armoured fish), Materpiscis attenboroughi, from WA’s Gogo Formation. It pushed back the earliest evidence on this planet of live birth, Professor Long said, by 180 million years. “That was a turning point for evolution,” Professor Long said. “Instead of investing in thousands of eggs, and one or two of them might survive, like salmon or trout, these placoderms are investing in just a few young, but rearing them to a very large size, like we do with our babies, so they had a better chance of survival. It’s a really big discovery for evolutionary biology.” And the origins of sex. Later, in Scotland in 2014, he identified a bone as the L-shaped male genital organ (a clasper) of another placoderm – the earliest known animal to reproduce by internal fertilisation, not external spawning. The male interlocked its bony little arms to get a purchase on the female and mate with her — the oldest evidence for copulation in vertebrates. Its name: Microbrachius dicki. Dr Cullan Howlett (University of Queensland) Astrophysicist Dr Howlett received the Pawsey Medal this year for outstanding research in physics. He has mapped 40 to 50 million galaxies to
understand how the universe formed and evolved since the Big Bang, and how it might look in the future. “A map like this tells you the fundamental ingredients of the universe,” Dr Howlett said. The map looks like a spider’s web, a network, or neurons in the brain: dense galaxy clusters containing hundreds or thousands of galaxies; filaments, like tendrils of galaxies; and large voids with very few galaxies. Normal matter makes up only 5 per cent of the universe. 25 per cent is dark matter: invisible to the eye, it does not interact with light, and can only be detected through its gravitational effects. The remaining 70 per cent is dark energy, a mysterious force that accelerates cosmic expansion, pushing galaxies further away from each other, and has been doing so for perhaps 5 billion years. “The search for the nature of both these things is perhaps the biggest question in physics at the moment,” Dr Howlett said. Dr Howlett is also working on an interactive three-dimensional map of the universe. Professor Kishan Dholakia (University of Adelaide)
Professor Dholakia, director at the Centre of Light for Life, was elected a Fellow of the Academy for his internationally leading contributions to photonics (the science of light). He developed methods to structure light in space and time to advance the frontiers of imaging, trapping, and precision measurement. In 2015, his research team set a Guinness World Record for creating the fastest rotating man-made object: a tiny calcium carbonate sphere, 4 micrometres wide, spinning at 10 million revolutions per second or 600 million per minute. The momentum of light is minuscule, but important at the size of a cell, Professor Dholakia explains. Later work has reached billions of rotations per second – the basis of new sensors for measuring fundamental physics. “The wonderful thing about light is light is relatively inexpensive,” Professor Dholakia said. “We’ve seen an enormous revolution in renewable energies, solar panels, solar cells. Light is here – it’s not free, but it’s a commodity we have from the sun, and there’s an enormous amount we can do with it if we understand it and harness it in the right way, and it’s pretty clean as well.”
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81-year-old rides 40km to honour late husband and fight dementia by BERNIE RYAN Last Friday 18 September, Illawarra cyclist Janice Fitzpatrick rode 40km around Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, turning a passion she shared with her late husband Bernie into a mission to help change the future of dementia – with a growing community rallying behind her. Janice and Bernie have been part of my life since I was a little girl. I have the fondest memories of travelling with my family from our little country town in the bush to Wollongong to visit ‘The Fitzpatricks’ near ‘the sea’. Bernie and Janice Fitzpatrick and
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81-year-old Janice Fitzpatrick with family after completing her 40km Ride Out Dementia ride in honour of her husband, Bernie. Photo: Wilson Au Yeung
teachers at Wagga Wagga Teachers College in 1964, built a life together over 60 years, raised seven children and, in retirement, took on long-distance fundraising rides – sometimes on their own bikes and sometimes together on a tandem. For decades, cycling was a huge part of Janice and Bernie Fitzpatrick’s lives. “After we retired in 2001, we did two big rides from Sydney to Surfers Paradise for Youth Off the Streets, in 2006 and 2008,” says Janice. “In 2014 and 2015, we participated in fundraising rides for the Royal Flying Doctor Service for two weeks at a time. Now, almost two years after losing Bernie, Janice got back on her road bike for one of her most meaningful rides yet. Her first without Bernie, and with a goal of raising $15,000 for dementia research at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney. “This ride was to honour Bernie, so that his struggle was not all in vain if I could contribute something to dementia research,” she says. One of Janice’s sons, Julian, travelled from Ballarat to ride with her, as well as her grandson Liam from Melbourne. Others of Janice and Bernie’s children and family members also travelled to cheer
them on. “Cycling was one of the things we loved and something Bernie continued until just 11 months before he passed,” said Janice. “Seeing my soulmate go from an intelligent, dedicated, loving and fit husband and father to someone so impacted by dementia was extremely hard. “I wanted to take something that meant so much to us and use it to help research that could make a difference for other families,” she said At 81, Janice rode 40kms in memory of Bernie and in doing so, they continued as a team to help others. To date, over $17,000 has been raised and counting. How does Janice feel now that it’s done? “It feels somewhat therapeutic in helping me deal with the loss of Bernie,” she said. “And now I’m going to start writing thank you letters to everyone who has donated.” Finally, I asked Janice what Bernie would have said had he been at the finishing line on Friday. Without hesitation, she said, “He would say, ‘Honey, you’re a legend.’” Donate here at Ride Out Dementia: ride-out-dementia. raiselysite.com
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GIVIT donation of the week: Pillows GIVIT is working with an organisation that provides settlement and related services for migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants in the ACT. They are currently seeking support for a vulnerable refugee woman who is rebuilding her life after experiencing hardship. This woman is currently studying English and is determined to become more independent. She has recently moved into a new home but she needs support with essential furniture and other household items. GIVIT is requesting pillows for her space. This simple donation will provide comfort and stability as she builds a new life on her own. Generous Canberrans can donate pillows or fund the purchase of this item. 100% of your financial donation will be used to purchase what’s needed. To help, please visit: GIVIT.org. au/what’s-needed, search; Location State: ‘ACT’, Keywords: ‘pillow’ and Suburb: ‘Reid, 2612’.
Bold Bandannas fundraising stall The Bold Bandannas Relay for Life team will hold a fundraising stall on Saturday 3 October, 8.30am–4.30pm, at Capital Food Market, Belconnen. Browse homemade preserves, including reduced-sugar varieties, along with craft items, children’s dress-up clothes, plants and more. All proceeds support Cancer Council ACT. For more information, call Rosemary on 6288 7752.
Friends ANBG Thursday Talks Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens will host a Thursday Talk on 1 October, 12.30–1.30pm, at the ANBG Theatrette, opposite the ANBG Visitor Centre. Samuele Ramellini and Xingyi Jiang will discuss “The social lives and collective behaviour of iconic species: the Superb Fairywren”. Bookings: trybooking.com/DNXGV. Gold coin, note and EFTPOS donations support Friends’ projects at the ANBG.
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Red Dove Op Shop The Red Dove Op Shop will be open Thursday 1 to Saturday 3 October at Tuggeranong Uniting Church, Comrie Street, Wanniassa, opposite the Erindale carpark. Browse new spring arrivals and bargains including clothing for women, men and children, books, bric-a-brac, linen and jewellery, with all gym gear $1. Morning tea will be available, with easy parking and access. Receive a free book with every purchase.
Spring Into Dance The Monaro Folk Society will host Spring Into Dance on Saturday 26 September, with doors open at 7pm and dancing from 7.30–10.30pm, at the Baptist Church Hall, 11 Currie Crescent, Kingston. Enjoy traditional bush dancing with live music from Humbug and dances called by Lance Green. No experience or partner is required. Entry is $25, with discounts for concession holders and students, and under 18s free. For more information, visit monarofolk.org.au/spring-into-dance or call 0413 295 004.
VIEW Club Weston Creek: The Club will meet on Tuesday 6 October, 11.30am, at the Canberra Southern Cross Club, Corinna Street, Woden. Cost is $40 for a twocourse lunch, followed by a presentation from The Reindeer’s Retreat. RSVP to Barbara on 0408 864 616 by 5pm Wednesday 30 September. Belconnen Day: The Club will meet on Tuesday 13 October. Lunch costs $32. Bookings and cancellations are essential by Thursday 8 October via text to Chris Colyer on 0438 878 120. canberradaily.com.au
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There’s more to following your attractions than just gratification. There are deeper reasons you want things. Just as a craving for ice may indicate a lack of iron, a craving for a particular experience can reveal the skills you need to develop to make it happen. You’re not the only one who will benefit.
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Self-assuredness rises as Mars parades into your sign. You’ll feel more comfortable in the world, even the parts of it that should be unfamiliar. How can anything feel too strange when you’re so comfortable in your own skin? It’s as though the ground and the sky are as much yours as anyone’s. Some signs feel a letdown when the sun leaves their territory, but for you it’s more of a relief from all the busyness you tend to take on in your season. This week, you can relax a bit, enjoy your newly acquired resources and apply all you learned in the last few weeks to a brand-new opportunity.
These are exciting days as you soak in the sun’s love, charging like a solar-powered lantern. Instead of applying your highest voltage to every situation, you’ll maintain the superb measure of control you’re known for, doing what the situation calls for with incredible fidelity and grace. The logistics of life fall into place with nary a nudge from you. What a boon not to manage every detail. Sometimes, it will be as though time itself is your personal concierge, and all you have to do is decide your priorities, voice your decision and receive the elegant custom arrangement. It’s your prep time. Dream up the limitless version of what you want and work your way backward from there. It’s only when you’re aiming for the impossible that certain key ideas emerge as the scaffolding you’ll use to work at the greater heights. Don’t tell people yet. This stage is just for you. You’ve found out what’s doable, and now you’re kicking in to the next phase of determining what’s fair for everyone. Because if any party is even slightly disgruntled, it means problems down the line – issues that could be fixed now with more empathy, awareness and active checking in. You’ve done plenty of initiating lately, and you’re not finished yet. Someone has to make the plans, pitches and presentations. Because you’re so good at it, the job keeps falling to you, and you keep getting better at it. You’ll let someone else have a turn soon, but not this week. You were cast in a role long ago, before you even knew there were other options. Now it’s second nature to accept that collection of duties and the work that goes with it. But even second nature can be disrupted. This week, you’ll reconsider the very nature of a role and question the fit.
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Reference: 1 Lin, F.R., Yaffe, Xia, J. et al. (2013). Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. JAMA Intern Med, 173(4), 293-299.Doi:10.110/jamainternmed. 2013. 1868. 2 Deal, J.A. , Reed, N.S., Kravetz, A.D., et al. (2019, January). Incident Hearing Loss and Comorbidity: A Longitudinal Administrative Claims Study. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 145(1), 36-43. Doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.2876. 3 Shukla, A., Harper, M., Pederson, E., Goman, A., Suen, J. Et al, (2020). Hearing Loss, Loneliness, and Social Isolation: A systemic Review. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 162(5), 622-633. Doi: 10.1177/0194599820910377.
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Let them eat cake! by GEORGIA CURRY If dancer Vivienne Rogis was to describe her life with a cake metaphor, it would be a passioninfused crumble (mine would be a dense fruitcake) and her new show, The Whole Cake, is delicious. First things first, six slices of cake are served to the audience throughout the show. What’s not to love? Normally, audience participation is dreaded but in this intimate audience ( just 25), Vivienne cuts cake and shares stories and dances about the complexity of women’s lives. Who said “you can’t have your cake and eat it too”? “There’s a lot of cake,” Vivienne said. “Let’s take ‘the cake of home management’, which is the last thing on my list most of the time and it is a cake that falls apart. “We talk about the texture of it and that on top it needs to be messy but healthy. It’s like a carrot
cake with lots of dried fruit and nuts that will fall off as I cut it... it just falls apart and becomes a blob on the plate.” It’s no accident that Vivienne’s shows are scheduled for morning tea time (11am) and afternoon tea time (2.30pm). It’s also intentionally not held in a large theatre, but rather a small venue (four-to-a-table cafe-style) with no stage lighting. Life experiences are served up in the form of dark chocolate mousse cake, lemon and lavender cake, lime and coconut cake, finishing with a chocolate tart with a firm biscuit base and soft-scented texture (all created by Sweet Bones Bakery). The show’s ingredients are simple: a generous dollop of music, a dash of dance and one-and-a-half cups/hours of storytelling. “I was interrogating different ways for an audience to interact with a dance production and I wanted to give an audience a more physical experience but not an intimidating experience,”
Vivienne Rogis serves up her delicious show, The Whole Cake, garnished with dance and storytelling. Photo: Olivia Wikner, O&J Wikner Photography
Vivienne said. “But something that would really activate you to be part of what was happening intellectually, physically and visually. I love food so food became our focus.” The Whole Cake is on at 11am and 2.30pm on Sunday 27 September at Hall Pavilion, Hall; and Sunday 4 October at Badimara Scout Hall, Fisher. Tickets: events.humanitix.com/the-whole-cake
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Youth Cabaret returns with The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals After the sold-out success of its production of Ride the Cyclone in 2025, Youth Cabaret returns this October for its second theatrical production, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals. An apocalypse to a different tune, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals follows Paul in his desperate struggle to avoid his worst fear being trapped in a musical: trying to avoid being forced to join in the ever growing wave of mysterious singing in his home town of Hatchetfeild. Accompanied by his trying co-workers, his coffee shop crush and the local professor turned mad, Paul desperately attempts to exit stage right through a city turned musical. Performances run from 8–17 October at Mill Theatre at Dairy Road in Fyshwick. About The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals Debuting with StarKid Productions in October 2018, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is a horror-comedy musical in the vein of Little Shop
of Horrors, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Evil Dead: The Musical. Praised for its genre-defying take on musical theatre, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals has attracted critical acclaim and a cult following in the years since its debut, even earning an official remount by the original production company in 2025 and 2026. The musical follows Paul, the guy who doesn’t like musicals, as he desperately tries to avoid joining in the singing. Follow Paul and his friends as they fight tune and note to escape the city without whistling along to the madness. With themes of conformity, self-identity and the effects of late-stage capitalism, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is a fitting production for the cast of Youth Cabaret as they too explore identity in the face of expectations from the growing masses and the chorus of capitalism.
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals brings horror, comedy and musical mayhem to Mill Theatre this October.
Ticket sales are now live! All profits from ticket sales go toward paying the talented cast and crew who make this all possible! Find out more and get tickets: linktr.ee/ youthcabaret The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals Music and Lyrics by Jeff Blim Book by Nick & Matt Lang Originally Produced by StarKid Productions
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The story of Jess Mauboy by GEORGIA CURRY Jessica Mauboy doesn’t seem old enough to do a retrospective concert yet – she’ll forever be that shy 16-year-old girl from Darwin who auditioned for Australian Idol. She’s now 37 – where did the time go? She’s all grown up, married with a child, and a long way from Sanderson High School in Darwin where she once daydreamed out the window. When I caught up with Jess, she’d just got back from her Tasmanian tour (it was “super cold” for this born-and-bred Darwinian) and she’s on her way to the Canberra Theatre with The Story of Me. “Rather than me singing bangers all the way through, this is really the patience in between each word and actually taking a breath and not being scripted,” Jess said. “It’s going back down memory lane of who was there and what has happened.” Contemplating “sliding door” moments, I ask Jess what she would be doing if she hadn’t 32
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auditioned for Australian Idol (outdoors with flies buzzing her face) in 2006. “I probably would be a music teacher or I would be creating music programs and teaching youth and I’d still be smiling from ear to ear,” Jess said. Spoiler alert: there’s a story in Jess’s show about her high school choir teacher who inspired her to sing. “My sister attended choir every Friday and right across from the music room was my classroom and we would hear like second-hand music,” she said. “I would look out and peep around the corner through the window and I could see everyone singing and I just imagined, ‘Oh I really want to be in there amongst it.’” So it was the late Judith Weepers who we have to thank for the sublime voice of Jessica Mauboy. Mrs Weepers took young Jess under her wing and taught her how to sing scales at the piano and how to harmonise. “She would always say, ‘Okay Jessica,
Singer Jessica Mauboy brings her show, The Story of Me, to the Canberra Theatre on 3 October.
practice, practice, practice, sing up and out,’” Jess said. “Every time I think of her, I get quite choked up because she was someone who was strict, but she was also soft. I just thought the world of her.” Five albums, four films and 40 awards later (including three ARIAs) Jess is free of major recording labels and a successful independent artist. Jessica Mauboy – The Story of Me is at Canberra Theatre on Saturday 3 October at 7.30pm. Tickets: canberratheatrecentre.com.au/ show/jessica-mauboy-2026
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This week, Jeff Popple reviews three fascinating books about politics, crooked businessmen and the Irish potato famine. More of Jeff’s reviews can be found on his blog: murdermayhemandlongdogs.com
Performance Politics by Joshua Black Newsouth, $39.99
As we have seen in recent weeks, a politician’s background, and even their parents’ circumstances, can be fair game in the roughand-tumble world of Australian politics. As Joshua Black shows in Performance Politics, the stories that politicians tell about themselves, whether it be their housing commission background or their supposed skills in running a fish and chip shop, are now just as important, or more so, than their policies. In clear, sharp prose, he outlines how political documentaries and books have played an outsized role in creating the current story-driven political culture in Australia. A must for political junkies.
The Big Steal by Paul Barry Allen & Unwin, $36.99 Even in these days of excessive corporate greed and dodgy businessmen, entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta stands out as a prime example of crooked behaviour and the shameless accumulation of mass wealth. Touted as the supposed ‘Saviour of Steel’, Sanjeev promised to revolutionise the industry through transformational green steel plants, including at Whyalla. Despite the promises, nothing materialised and now his global business empire is being investigated around the world for suspected fraud and money laundering. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Paul Barry tells the captivating story of how Sanjeev was able to fool so many and the incompetence of governments in allowing it to happen.
Potato Famine Orphans by Doug Limbrick Aurora House, $41.95 Canberra historian Doug Limbrick is developing a solid reputation as a leading chronicler of Australia’s colonial past. Now with Potato Famine Orphans, he tells the story of the teenage orphan girls who left Ireland at the height of the Potato Famine and made their way to Australia for a better life. Although glad to be escaping from the famine and the Irish workhouses, their joy was tempered by the fear of leaving their homeland and travelling for months in difficult conditions to an unknown land. And once there, they had to face bigotry and discrimination. A fascinating account of a little-known episode in our history.
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The bone collector by GEORGIA CURRY There’s a suburban house in Banks that looks like a regular home, but inside are 400 taxidermy and skeletal specimens, including animal skulls and human teeth. It’s not a private museum or a house of horrors, but rather a loving family home where Kahlee has amassed an incredible scientific collection since 2011. Under a glass-topped coffee table sits an assortment of small animal skulls just like a museum display case. “It’s really cool but unsettling when family comes over,” Kahlee said. “I struggle telling people about my collection because people look at me like I’m actually crazy, and I promise you I’m not.” Kahlee just happens to own some human bones (all ethically and legally sourced). “People think I’m an actual murderer, but these bones are 400 years old,” Kahlee said. “A lot of my human bones are old medical
specimens from old anatomical models of real human skeletons from doctors’ offices.” Kahlee has to warn visitors who have never been to her house before. “Ever since I was little, I’ve always just done things to shock people and I think that’s how I fell into this,” she said. “When I started keeping this stuff in my house, my friends were like, ‘Whoa, what’s wrong with you?’ It tickles something in my brain and I’m like, ‘Let’s go, this is great.’” Kahlee’s largest specimen is a 120-yearold white fox from Germany and her scariest specimens are a human femur, jaw, and rib bones. “It’s the human stuff that freaks people out the most,” she said. “The ribs, the fingers – teeth really get people. I don’t know why. I’m fine with teeth, but if you hand someone a handful of human teeth, people freak out.” Kahlee has spent thousands of dollars on her collection over the past 15 years, with individual specimens fetching about $300 each.
Avid collector of taxidermy and bones, Kahlee of Banks, has amassed 400 specimens since 2011.
Some other collectibles include raccoon skulls, otter skulls, muskrats, toucans, moose antlers, stuffed foxes and a deer. In a world where conformity is everywhere, Kahlee dares to be different. “I always wanted to be different to everybody else,” she said. “This just fell in my lap and I don’t know how it started, but after the first piece I got, I was hooked.”
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Martyrs for a Sisyphean Dream Attending a government house concert in the Northern Territory in June 2024, the Governor’s speech betrayed how he obviously despised himself, his family and his country. Our Australia. He did not have a good word to say about Australia’s proud history and rich, all-embracing cultural traditions. He was paraphrasing the enlightened views held by many young people for the last 50 years, who attended Universities across the country. Their intellectually gifted PhD Arts Lecturers replaced truth with non-curricula, discredited global fiscal management theories and ignored proven Electrical Engineering Energy Production Calculations. Many of these highly educated arts students are now our judges, our extremist progressive politicians, our media executives and, sadly, the politicised public service, Canberra’s apparatchikiary. The ideas for the novel ‘Martyrs for canberradaily.com.au
a Sisyphean Dream’ were born during the Governor’s speech to illustrate how Australia’s values are being misrepresented, attacked and turned on their heads. The book originally started out as a fact-checker for elderly voters to help them comprehend the lack of moral and financial responsibility oozing from our ruling left-and extreme right-wing leadership. However, Martyrs is a story for all ages, as it avoids strong language and any sexual references as my characters discover the betrayal of Australia’s Constitutional Monarchy’s Foundations. OUR FUTURE. Martyrs for a Sisyphean Dream is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble in hardcover, softcover and e-book. E-books are available through Apple Books and the Google Play Store. The audiobook is available through the Play Store, Apple Books, Storytel and Kobo.
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Open Gardens Canberra 26 - 27 SEP 16 Barrow Pl, Lyons. A 60-year-old garden at the very top of Lyons offers a mix of old and new plants, fruit trees and natives, building on what was there before. New paths weave through multiple spaces including a fire pit, a shady woodland and an open sunny area – all with sweeping views across Woden Valley. Non-member entry $10 for visitors 18 years+. 16 Barrow Pl, Lyons, Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, 10am-4pm; opengardenscanberra.org.au MUSICAL
Junior Bird Watching Walk 28 - 29 SEP The Arboretum is home to a wide variety of birds, and spring is the perfect time to observe their habitats and behaviours. Join one of the Arboretum educators on a guided birdwatching walk to identify and observe native bird species while fostering a love and appreciation for Canberra’s unique birdlife. National Arboretum Canberra, 28-29 September; events.humanitix.com/ junior-birdwatching-nac26 KIDS
Gypsy 30 OCT - 8 NOV Let Queanbeyan Players entertain you with Gypsy, the mother of all musicals! Follow formidable stage mother Rose and her daughters through a dazzling world of ambition, fame and family. Featuring “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and “Let Me Entertain You”, this Broadway classic bursts with humour, heart and unforgettable musical moments. The Q – Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, 30 October to 8 November; theq. net.au/whats-on/gypsy
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Play School Live Concert: Humpty’s Big Celebration! 2 - 3 OCT 2026 marks a remarkable milestone: Play School, Australia’s most beloved children’s television program, turns 60. This joyful live concert invites families to join Humpty as he prepares
to put on a Big show. He’s planned singing, dancing and even a little magic! Canberra Theatre Centre, 2-3 October; canberratheatrecentre. com.au/show/playschoollive-concert-26 MUSIC
Pseudo Echo Live Show 10 OCT The iconic Pseudo Echo are taking you to Funky Town with a thrilling national tour, showcasing a dynamic six-piece line-up that promises to elevate the live experience to new heights. Canberra Southern Cross Club Woden, Saturday 10 October; cscc.com.au/event/pseudo-echo
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Have you ever had an entire day to yourself with nothing pressing to do, only to find yourself feeling restless, guilty or oddly dissatisfied? It seems strange; we spend so much of our lives looking forward to time off, wishing for a free weekend or a quiet day with no commitments, yet when it finally arrives, many of us struggle to enjoy it. Instead, we find ourselves cleaning cupboards, answering emails, scrolling endlessly
on our phones or looking for jobs to do simply so we can feel productive. It comes up surprisingly often in conversations with clients, friends and colleagues. People will tell me they had a day off but feel as though they “wasted it” because they didn’t achieve anything meaningful. As if achievement is only measured by how much was ticked off a to-do list. Why is that? Many of us have spent decades learning that being busy is a good thing. We are praised for working hard, meeting deadlines, helping others and getting things done. There is nothing wrong with any of that, but the problem comes when we begin to believe that our value as a person depends on how productive we are and when that happens, rest can feel uncomfortable. We live in a culture that celebrates busyness. Ask someone how they are and you’ll often hear, “Flat out” or
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“Crazy busy”. It is almost worn as a badge of honour. Being busy can make us feel important, needed and useful. The trouble is that human beings are not machines. We were never designed to be productive every waking moment of every day. Rest serves a purpose. It allows the body and mind to recover. It gives us space to think, reflect and recharge. Have you ever noticed that some of your best ideas arrive when you’re walking the dog, sitting outside with a cup of tea or pottering around the garden rather than staring at a screen trying to force them? Many people feel guilty when they slow down. They tell themselves they should be cleaning, exercising, organising, working or somehow improving themselves. Even leisure activities can become another thing to achieve.
If this sounds familiar, it may be worth asking yourself where that pressure comes from. Who says every day must be productive? Why does a day only count if something measurable was accomplished? I’ve become increasingly convinced that some of life’s most valuable moments would look completely unproductive on paper, such as having lunch with a friend, reading a book, sitting quietly with your thoughts or watching a sunset. None of these activities will help you clear your inbox or cross something off a list, but they often contribute far more to your wellbeing than another few hours of work. Perhaps the real challenge isn’t learning how to do more; it’s learning to give ourselves permission to occasionally do less.
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Walking with attitude – and altitude by NICHOLAS FULLER Last year, Kokoda; next month, Everest. Despite chronic illnesses, autoimmune diseases, and the youngest member of the party being only 13, Canberra’s Welling family and their friends are tackling some of the hardest walks in the world. Because they’re there. Kath Welling has multiple sclerosis. Her wife, Kiz, has lupus and Sjögren’s syndrome. Daughter Lily has stage four endometriosis and underwent major surgery last year. Friend Michael, known as the Skipper, is in his 70s and has Parkinson’s disease. And the youngest member of the expedition, Rosie, is only 13. “With three chronic and debilitating illnesses and a young teen in our midst,
we are hopefully going to demonstrate that illnesses and age do not need to stop you accomplishing amazing things,” Kiz says. “Humans are incredible – and where there is a will, there is a way. If we can inspire people who live with these horrible illnesses, we will have achieved what we have set out to do.” Kath, a former US Navy officer, diagnosed with MS a decade ago, had always wanted to walk the Kokoda Track to show her respect to the Australian military that fought there in WWII. Kokoda is “one of the world’s most spectacular and challenging treks”, the official website states: a 96-km singlefoot trail through mountain passes, 6,000 metres up and 6,000 metres down over eight days, in 100 per cent
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The Welling family: Lily, Kath, Kiz, Rosie and Sam. Photo: Michael Smale
humidity. “It is ridiculously hot, insanely steep, and so slippery, every single step you take, particularly for all the downs – the mental tiredness is insane,” Kiz said. MS made walking the PNG track impossible for her, Kath believed. But Lee Campbell, exparatrooper, trekking adventure leader, and owner of the B.FIRM gym in Symonston, disagreed. “Yes, you can,” Campbell told her. “With a lot of training and the right headspace, you can accomplish anything you want to accomplish.” Last November, Kath accomplished that dream and completed the trek. “It’s absolutely incredible and life-changing,” Kiz said. “The villages, the terrain and the environment – everything is just amazing. And when you walk through the arches at the end, the feeling of self-fulfilment is second to none. It doesn’t change whether you’ve done it once or how many times you’ve done it. It still feels amazing.” Now, the Wellings will leave Canberra on 12 October; trek to Everest Base Camp next month; and return home at the beginning of November. The group of 10 comprises Kath and Kiz; their children Lily, Sam, and Rosie; two Canberra friends Max and Mandy; and, from Adelaide, Michael and his daughter Penny and son Ian. “It’s going to be an amazing challenge,” Kiz said. “We’re grateful
that we can try to take it on now, because the prognosis for MS is that most people end up with some sort of mobility aid – so the fact that Kath’s able to do what she does now is fantastic.” Altitude is the main concern: over the 15-day trek, the group will climb to more than 5,664 metres above sea level. “You can be the fittest person in the world – an Iron Woman or Iron Man – and get affected by it badly,” Kiz said. “And you could be someone that’s not very fit, and not get affected by it at all. It’s a body physiology thing.” Besides walking some of the most challenging terrain on the planet, the Wellings also raise funds for multiple sclerosis. Last year, Rosie organised a comedy variety show, Multiple Skitosis, featuring 20 Canberra performers. Their brief: five minutes or less, and funny. The sequel, Multiple Skitosis II: The Relapse, was performed last weekend – and completely sold out. The Wellings are already planning another event, Multiple Skitosis: The Remission, for next year. Ticket proceeds, less costs, will be donated to MS Plus, which provides support services for people with MS. The public can donate directly to MS Plus and through the group’s fundraising page: gofundme. com/f/ballet-to-everestBC-formultiple-sclerosis
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the day. There are four bedrooms, including a main bedroom with a walk-in wardrobe and ensuite, along with ducted heating and cooling and plenty of storage throughout. Set in the growing Ginninderry community, the home is also close to parks, playgrounds, walking trails and nearby schools, with Belconnen within easy reach. For the current owners, it’s the warmth of the home, peaceful surroundings and connection to the outdoors that have made it such an enjoyable place to live.
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Verdict: A touching, hyperactive, visual feast exploring the evolution of a friendship. - Luke McWilliams, themovieclub.net. Viewed at Dendy Cinemas.
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