Monday 24th June

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Hello Canberra,

⛅️ Weather: 12° and partly cloudy. Down to -2° tonight with a morning frost tomorrow.

📆 Today: It’s Monday 24th June.

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News: 🏠 Changes to Stamp Duty

The ACT Government is expanding the stamp duty exemption scheme. First-time buyers who earn up to $250,000 annually qualify (total gross income of all home buyers and their partners), up from the previous $170,000 cap. Stamp duty will eventually be phased out over a 20-year period.

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News: The Soup Lady Statue

Stasia Dabrowski (1926-2020), known to generations of Canberrans as The Soup Lady, will have a statue built in her honour. For decades, she served homemade soup in Garema Place to people in need. She babysat and cleaned houses to afford the 180kg of vegetables needed to prepare the soup each week. By 2005, she was serving over 500 people, and community organisations had helped support her work.

A tender process will soon begin to choose the artist for the statue. It will be placed in Garema Place in early 2026. You can read more about her story here.

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This Weekend: 🥂 Great Gatsby Gala

Hotel Kurrajong is hosting a Great Gatsby Gala this Saturday evening. It will be a night of glitz, glamour, and Gatsby-inspired festivities. Enjoy a four-course meal, a four-hour beverage package and dance the night away to the tunes of a 20-piece swing band. Details here.

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🐶 Meet Max and Marley

Maximus and Marley are a bonded pair of German Shepards. The inseparable 8-year-olds are looking for their new home and are currently available for adoption from the RSPCA. Details here.

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Stage: 🎭 Fully Committed

Mockingbird Theatre Company is bringing Becky Mode's Broadway smash, Fully Committed, to the Belco Arts stage. The updated play follows a day in the life of Sam, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at one of Sydney's top restaurants. The one-person show is running from Thursday to Saturday this week. Details here.

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Eats: 🧀 Truffle Toasted Sandwich

Craving truffle this winter but not the fine-dining price tag?&Sando, the new sandwich shop by celebrity chef Matt Moran, has added a Truffle Toasted Cheese sandwich to their menu. It's perfect paired with a takeaway cup of French onion soup. It's available for a limited time over winter. Details here.

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More Eats: 🍷 Lake George Winery Vintage Release

Lake George Winery will be unveiling its 2024 Vintage this Sunday. Join them for a five-course dégustation and guided wine tasting. Details here.

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Further Afield: Captains Flat Hotel is Reopening

The historic mining town of Captains Flat is a 50-minute drive from Canberra. Apart from being the region's main weather station is situated, it's also home to the Captains Flat Hotel. The hotel has a unique claim to fame - at the time of construction in 1937, it had the longest bar in the southern hemisphere at 32 metres.

The hotel was closed around Covid times but it is finally reopening. It soft-opened this past weekend and will be officially opening this weekend. The website for the pub isn't working, but you can follow them on instagram.

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Tidbits:

Submit Your Kambah Photos - Tuggeranong Arts is looking for photos of Kambah over the past 50 years for their Kambah Turns 50 Exhibition. More.

Rodeos: Did you know the ACT is the only jurisdiction where rodeos are banned? More

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