IAN MEIKLE.
THE good bad news from the ACT’s covid-delayed Budget that finally saw the light of day this past week is that the forecast deficit for this financial year (ending June 30) is tipped to be $603 million.
Ian Meikle.
That’s about $306 million lower than the August estimate, but with this government that depends.
The bad bad news, and this paper’s columnists have warned and warned about this pre-covid, is that our profligate progressives have clocked up $4.7 billion in cumulative debt, which will balloon to an eye-watering $7.7 billion in 2023-24.
To spin the latest numbers, it looks like Treasurer
WHILE many architects dream of making architecture more accessible, Sarah Lebner is doing it.
That’s what Australian Institute of Architects’ president Alice Hampson said about Sarah, 32, of Gungahlin, when she was announced as the winner of the National Emerging Architecture Prize.
The award was unexpected for the principal architect at the multi-disciplinary firm, Light House Architecture and Science.
“I always dreamt of winning the state one. Some of the state winners have always been my idols so I was pretty blown away [to win the national prize],” says Sarah after she was applauded by the prize jury for her work in making quality, architect-designed homes more affordable, and for her role in educating the community.
The Martini Whisperer, Phillip Jones. Photo: Danielle Nohra
DURING lockdown, Canberra’s Phillip Jones, aka the Martini Whisperer, took the internet by storm with his YouTube videos where he created cleverly named cocktails, such as the “Quarantini” made with vermouth, vodka, shaken and finished with edible silver dust.
Of course, the way the smartly dressed, craft-spirit guru shook a cocktail was a key part of his videos, but what had so many people hooked was the “joy” he found creating pleasurable drinks during times of uncertainty.
“There was quite a bit of therapy in a glass going on during lockdown,” says Mr Jones.