Saturday 16th November

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Hello Canberra,

📆 Today: It's Saturday, November 16. Have a great weekend!

⛅️ Weather: 30° and partly cloudy. Tomorrow, there's a 90% chance of rain with the chance of thunderstorms.

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🚲 Is Canberra a 15-Minute City?

A 15-minute city is a planning concept where everyday essentials and services are accessible in less than 15 minutes from any place in the city by walking or biking. Planners believe this increases the liveability of neighbourhoods.

A recent publication by the Sustainable Cities Research Line, a Sony Computer Science Laboratories research team in Italy, analysed 10,000 cities worldwide. No Australian cities met the 15-minute threshold. The closest city was Hobart, with a 16-minute average, and Canberra came in second with 17 minutes.

This map shows how close services are, in different areas of the city. While this isn't an exact science, due to the way data is collected, it does give a good visual demonstration of the differences between areas of Canberra.

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👉 This Weekend in Canberra

Bonner Primary is holding a book fair, there are a ton of activities in Tuggeranong for SouthFest, a Cambodian food fair is happening, and there's much more this weekend in Canberra.

Get the full rundown of weekend events here.

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Something to do: 🎥 Crafty Cinema

Crafty Cinema is Canberra's cinema craft club. Bring along a craft project such as knitting, crochet, colouring in, collage etc. and watch a movie while you work on your project. The next Crafty Cinema event will be "Love Actually”, and it's happening at Palace Electric on November 23. Details here.

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Looking ahead: 🤣 Ben Elton

UK comedian Ben Elton will be coming to Canberra in 2025. After his sell-out tour in 2021, which marked his return to live comedy after 15 years, Elton is back with his new show—Authentic Stupidity. Details here.

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News: 🚌 Bus Services to Return to Normal

Bus services are expected to resume normal operations today following an unprotected strike by drivers yesterday. The strike was prompted by concerns over workplace violence. The decision to strike was made after a driver was assaulted on Thursday evening. The TWU says an average of 40 assaults have been happening every month.

I apologise for not covering the strike in yesterday's digest—the issue was sent out before the news broke. I hope it didn't leave too many of you stranded

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Classifieds

🎶 Vinyl Records Sale! Saturday November 16, from: 10am to 3pm at: Dickson Community Market, Dickson place shops, Outside Woolworths/Library. New arrivals. Retro music bargains and rarities, music from 1930s to 1980s. Jazz, funk, soul, RnB, blues, reggae, rock, pop, folk, latin, zydeco.

Mostly new, mint, sealed LP gems, used, original LPs from the 1970s/1980s, 16 crates of LP vinyl magic, buy with confidence, quality condition from a private collection of 150 crates. Eftpos: All Cards accepted, OK. Enq: Julian: [email protected]

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Tidbits

Lake Lowered: Water in Lake Burley Griffin will be lowered by 10cm from Monday to support construction work on the Acton Waterfront. Following completion of the work, the water will return to normal through rainfall and inflows.

CIT Payout: The consultant who was awarded a $5 million contract as a "complexity and systems thinker" has been awarded $2.4 million after the Supreme Court ruled in his favour. More.

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Weekend Walks: 🥾 Mount Taylor

The carpark on Sulwood Drive at the base of Mount Taylor has reopened after roadworks, making it a great time to trek to the top. The 2km summit track is one of Canberra's most popular walks, with amazing views over large parts of Canberra. Details here.