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Jimmy and Kevin turn on the plugger’s charm Neill-Fraser, who is serving a long prison term for the murder of her de-facto Bob Chappell on Australian Day 2009.
It was in Canberra wild rocker Jimmy Barnes met his wife, then 21-year-old uni student Jane Mahoney – a diplomat’s daughter – at an after-gig party. THE devotion of some rock fans is mighty impressive. Forty-something Cold Chisel devotee Madelin left her Cootamundra home before 6am and headed for Dymocks at Westfield Belconnen. Arriving at 8.30am Madelin – who has been attending Chisel concerts since 1987 – landed the coveted top spot in the queue to meet her hero Jimmy Barnes who wasn’t scheduled to rock up until 12.30pm. But rock up Barnes did and cheerfully signed copies of his latest book “Working Class Man” and posed for pics for over two hours. CANBERRA is a significant chapter in the extraordinary Barnes’ life story. It
THE mystery of a lush green tree sprouting from the top floor of the 20-storey Infinity Towers construction at Gungahlin has been explained. According to Wikipedia, the practice known as “topping out” goes back to ancient Scandinavia where a tree was placed at the top of a structure to appease the treedwelling spirits displaced during construction. AN un-raced and un-named greyhound will soon be carrying the fortunes/future of local greyhound racing. Liberal spokesman for racing and gaming Mark Parton promoted Signing... Cold Chisel frontman Jimmy Barnes in Belconnen. Charming... Kevin Rudd and his new book at Llewellyn Hall. Photo by Mike Welsh Photo by Mike Welsh the syndication of the dog (20 members paying $300 each) designed to keep alive a was here the wild rocker met his wife, then disagrees, tweeting to the universe: “Memo Rudd was back at his alma mater, the ANU, to campaign to prevent the Barr government 21-year-old uni student Jane Mahoney – a plug his latest book “Not for the Faint-hearted”. to the rest of the world: @lonelyplanet is full from closing the industry. The Community diplomat’s daughter – at an after-gig party, a of s*@t. Canberra is a great place to bring up Demonstrating the famous Rudd humility Values syndicate – so called after Regulatory meeting the Cold Chisel frontman will never the former Lodge dweller charmed a nearkids, but ain’t no holiday destination.” Services Minister Gordon Ramsay claimed forget: “Sitting in the corner of the room, not capacity Llewellyn Hall audience including But “Lonely Planet’s” Chris Zeiher says: the sport was “out of line with community saying a word, was the most beautiful girl I “The city has been hiding in plain sight. Rich values” – was reportedly oversubscribed a 22-year-old woman wearing a “Kevin had ever seen. She looked like a princess, not 07” T-shirt. During the “Conversation with with history, culture and entertainment, it within an hour of release. someone you would see in a Motel 7 in the offers something for every kind of traveller.” Stan Grant” Rudd shared opinions of Tony outer suburbs of Canberra”. Abbott: “the most destructive and negative AND talk about giving a dog a bad name; CANBERRA lawyer Mark Blumer has politician we’ve produced”, Donald Trump: I was recently mistaken for a Liberal Party ANOTHER famous Australian with a strong broadened his legal horizons. The founder of “a madman” and the Murdoch press as “a flunkey. Filming a lunchtime Unions ACT Canberra connection also recently returned personal-injury lawyers Blumers has financed rally outside the Assembly – in the wake of cancer on our democracy”. to his old stomping ground. Former PM Kevin a play being staged by the Tasmanian Theatre Opposition Leader Alistair Coe’s inflammatory CANBERRA bashers and cynics were quick to Company dealing with one of that state’s comments about unions – I was approached by most controversial and divisive criminal fire up on social media in the wake of “Lonely a union official who demanded my credentials. cases. Blumer is executive producer of “An Planet” listing the capital as the world’s When he became aware of the facts he backed Inconvenient Woman”, which spotlights the third best city to visit in 2018. Canberra off with: “That’s okay, then; I thought you were judicial system surrounding the case of Susan one of Coe’s team”. curmudgeon Bernard Keane clearly
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