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Overheard in Canberra: 'an old duck could just walk out of hospital - that's just wild.' An elderly woman on a mobility scooter ended up on a 90kmh highway on-ramp after leaving North Canberra Hospital. The bystander who stopped his car to protect her said it best: the hospital should have had measures in place. Canberra Health Services couldn't confirm if she was even a patient. This is a system that fails vulnerable people at the most basic level. When we underfund community care and discharge planning, accidents like this don't stay 'almost' - they become tragedies. The problem isn't the woman on the scooter, it's the lack of a safety net. #auspol #canberra https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9348218/elderly-woman-on-scooter-sparks-gungahlin-drive-safety-alert/?src=rss
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Mehreen Faruqi on Instagram (2026-09-11)

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdIgV9WB3tq/

"The Wall of Tears" exhibision in Canberra, Australia

  • Monday 14 September 2026
  • Australian Parliament House Lawns

The Wall of Tears is an exhibition by US artist Phil Buehler that displays the names of 18,457 children killed in #Gaza since October 2023. It is being brought to Parliament by @perth_doctors_for_palestine

Join us on Monday morning in #Canberra to commemorate the devastation Palestinian children and their families have faced...

Speeches and memorial will begin at 9:15am.

This exhibition will be displayed all day.

#WallOfTears #palestine #PerthDoctorsForPalestine #Australia @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com

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The Australian National University's annual #Logic Summer School is running for its 34th time! https://comp.anu.edu.au/lss/ . Starting on 7 December, we'll have a week of lectures by locals, including a series by me titled 'Foundations (plural) of Mathematics', and then a week from our overseas guests Amal Ahmed, Natasha Dobrinen, Rod Downey, Rustan Leino, and Sara Negri. We have some funds we can use to support students to come to and stay in #Canberra , including international flights: see the 'grants' section of our homepage (menu accessed via top left corner in mobile), so please spread the news if you know students who might benefit.
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hi all 👋 this is a #Canberra-based post about a kids in #STEM programme, apologies for the wall of text if that’s not relevant to you 😬 does anyone know any Canberra (or surrounds) kids in grades 7-10 who are interested in STEM & would like to join a #LEGO #robotics team? I’m volunteering with a Canberra team participating in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge (FIRST = “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”, it’s not the first one 🤪) the various programmes are broken out into age ranges – info about this particular one (the “challenge” level) is on their website at https://www.firstaustralia.org/first-lego-league-challenge although their website is super confusing & unhelpful unless you already know exactly what you’re looking for this team meets on Sundays in Acton from 11:00-14:00 with the skills building running through until mid-November & then there’s a regional competition in Wollongong on 14th November so if you know anyone who has kids in the right age range that might find this interesting, pls pass on the info & DM me if anyone wants to join or have a chat (pls no personal details, we’ll switch to Signal after an initial DM). I’d especially love to get some more girls & enby folks involved, but the team welcomes all genders I’ve been asked to make it super-duper clear that this is not LEGO Masters – apparently they’ve had a couple of kids come along in previous years only to bail after a few weeks when they didn’t get to build LEGO Masters style stuff 🙃 anyone who’s interested in learning some coding (Python using PyBricks), engineering, & problem-solving while learning about biodiversity (this year’s theme), teamwork, & planning might be a good fit thx all, pls share with anyone who might have or know kids in or near Canberra who would be interested 🙏 #KidsInSTEM#GirlsInSTEM#EnbiesInSTEM
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Hey #solar power enthusiasts of #Australia and/or #Canberra, how big a system (ballpark) would you expect a household of 2 people to have? I've just been quoted $18-20k for a system with 9kW of panels and either a 9 or an 18kWh battery and that sounds like A Lot for a little townhouse. My power bill spreadsheet says I use about 18kW/day of power during winter (11-12 in summer), and that's before I add the insulation I've also been quoted on so I expect that to drop dramatically.
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