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Lockdowns, rubble, statues and green beans… not a bad “Seven Days”, says
IAN MEIKLE
IT’s been a year since the World Health Organization called COVID-19 a pandemic and a year to this edition since the ACT, like the rest of Australia, fell bewilderingly into lockdown.
Ian Meikle.
Now we know what a coronavirus is and I have seen Australia described as “armchair virus watchers”. The Lucky Country indeed, with a world reeling from a year of more than 117.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 2.6 million deaths.
I topped the front cover of the March 19, 2020, edition with the heading: “Virus crisis: What the hell?” As in what the hell was happening?
Tom Adam with dogs Bear and Busby… “Phillip is broken. It hasn’t changed in 30 years. There’s very little maintenance done.” Photo: Danielle Nohra
Phillip Business Community president Tom Adam is frustrated by the lack of ACT government support to small businesses in the past year and can cite multiple small businesses that have been forced to shut or move during the pandemic.
DANIELLE NOHRA reports
SITTING at a cafe table on a deteriorating pavement, next to a broken gutter on Colbee Court, Phillip Business Community president Tom Adam asks where ratepayers’ money is going?
Tom, 41, of Fadden, leases a space on Townshend Street for his business Canberra Martial Arts and Fitness, and is frustrated by the legacy of issues in Phillip.
IAN MEIKLE.
WE heard a whisper that former Attorney-General and Arts Minister Gordon Ramsay
, whose one-term political career came to a crashing end in October, had quietly got a new job. In the Chief Minister’s office.
Ian Meikle.
It’s been barely four months since the election that saw the former lawyer and minister of religion, sent packing by the voters of Ginninderra.
Not a great look for Labor, so news editor
Danielle Nohra called
Andrew Barr’s office. The media flack was all terribly surprised by the news, but invited email questions.
Okay: six questions followed around what’s the job, what’s the pay, how was he selected?
Loudoun United sign 4 more to 2021 roster
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Loudoun United continues to bulk up their roster, announcing four more roster signings Friday afternoon, bulking up mostly in attack.
First, the rumored acquisition of winger Darluis Paz on loan from Deportivo La Guaira in Venezuela’s Primera Division with an option to buy. First reported by TUDN reporter Daniel Nohra, Paz (who turns 19 next month) plays can play numerous positions but primarily spends time on the left side of midfield. Paz has spent his first three professional seasons with
Las Naranjas, amassing 8 starts within 18 total appearances, scoring one goal and two assists for the team, who recently secured their first title in the Primera at the end of the 2020 season.