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  1. @ABarrMLA confirms we'll be getting credit-card parking... bit.ly/NmOuYm #Canberra 12:12 AM Jun 1st via TweetDeck
  2. Our film reviews are now online: "What To Expect When You're Expecting", "Declaration of War", "Get the Gringo" bit.ly/neKoC0 10:19 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
  3. ACT Liberals say they'll install credit card parking machines at big ACT Gov car parks if elected... bit.ly/JQGbGS #Canberra 9:39 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
  4. Is $25 million enough for Community Services to fix its issues with the care of children in crisis? bit.ly/LNl4PM 5:00 PM May 31st via TweetDeck
  5. ACT Policing has finalised their investigation into Australia Day protests, no prosecutions will be made bit.ly/JYtBP5 #Canberra 11:04 PM May 30th via TweetDeck
  6. #Canberra sax player Niels Rosendahl is heading to Texas... bit.ly/JOblhT #schoolofmusic #ANU 7:23 PM May 30th via TweetDeck
  7. Who's made #Canberra Confidential this week? @ZOO_Advertising , Joseph Cataldo, Andrew Daddo.... bit.ly/JO7PnE 6:56 PM May 30th via TweetDeck
  8. @Impice @weatheraus We can live in hope! 12:15 AM May 30th via TweetDeck in reply to Impice
  9. It's been a cold and wet autumn in #Canberra but @WeatherAUS says it's not an indication of a severe winter bit.ly/JMkvvx 12:10 AM May 30th via TweetDeck
  10. Post-grad music students at the #ANU have voiced fears that they were “taken for a ride” over #SchoolofMusic crisis bit.ly/KVaaqt 9:36 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
  11. @canberratheatre gets more than $3million for the refurbishment of The Playhouse and The Courtyard Studio bit.ly/KV88qi #Canberra 9:19 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
  12. State of Origin attracted more than 100,000 #TV viewers in #Canberra. But what else topped the TV ratings last week? bit.ly/KZBrKl 11:43 PM May 28th via TweetDeck
  13. #Canberra has experienced the coldest May in 51 years and the second coldest May on record says @weatherzone_met bit.ly/KM0XEP 6:52 PM May 28th via TweetDeck
  14. #Canberra actor Lauren Hamilton Neill will jetset to LA thanks to her work in the film "Finding Eric"... bit.ly/KzFoq2 4:15 PM May 28th via TweetDeck
  15. “To sideline performance practice...would be a disaster for the #SchoolofMusic,” pianist Roger Woodward told "CityNews" bit.ly/LVQbz0 9:01 PM May 27th via TweetDeck
  16. @humanrightsfest kicks off tonight at the @ArcCinema with "The Island President" bit.ly/JGOsZ8 #Canberra 6:45 PM May 27th via TweetDeck
  17. Were you part of the @Camp_Quality Supper Club Masquerade After Party at the Public? @madelaineprime7 was there! bit.ly/JGNQ5K 6:39 PM May 27th via TweetDeck
  18. We sent our snapper down to Albert Hall for the National Day of Argentina... here's our social pics! bit.ly/JGNlsk #Canberra 6:35 PM May 27th via TweetDeck
  19. Were you at the Europe Day reception at The Atrium, @dfat ? Our social pics here bit.ly/K1khj7 #Canberra 5:33 PM May 27th via TweetDeck
  20. Were you snapped at the @Lerida_Estate 2009 Shiraz Viognier launch at Hyatt Hotel? @ABarrMLA was there! bit.ly/K1iI4I #Canberra 5:20 PM May 27th via TweetDeck