Canberra Talk

 When Clifton Plummer donned his cricket kit and took the field last week, it was the first time he'd played in five years. Not because he didn't want to, but because there wasn't a team for him to join. Despite playing representative cricket for Queensland and then Australia, a move to Canberra meant Plummer's talents took a back seat. Plummer has a hereditary vision impairment called congenital retinoschisis, where the eye's retina peels off and destroys itself, meaning he has no vision in one eye and is legally blind in the other. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-18/act-vision-impaired-cricketers-team-up-with-tasmanian-players/101992392

 Former NRL player and Labor hopeful Terry Campese has withdrawn his candidacy for the seat of Monaro in the upcoming NSW election. He is the fourth Labor candidate to resign ahead of the election. His decision comes after a media report revealed he visited a school friend convicted of drug dealing at Macquarie Correctional Centre last year to raise money for his charity — the Terry Campese Foundation. Mr Campese said he has stepped down over growing media scrutiny in the up-coming election campaign.  Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-17/terry-campese-monaro-candidate-nsw-election-labor/101989032

 An audit of death certificates has revealed COVID-19 played a role in killing 61 more people in Canberra than previously thought. ACT Health has adjusted its official tally of COVID-19-related deaths to 224 since the beginning of the outbreak in 2020 — a 37 per cent increase. Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman said the under-reporting was the result of doctors submitting death certificates to the ACT registrar of births, deaths and marriages, but forgetting to report COVID-19-related deaths to ACT Health. Reviews of deaths in other states and territories have revealed similar oversights. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-17/act-covid-19-death-toll-far-higher-than-reported/101989422

 Hello friends, When people move and sort through their belongings a lot of clutter and unwanted household items and clothes turn up. Reusing and recycling them should be a priority, as Australia already has a waste manage problem. You don’t want to contribute to it by not disposing of these items responsibly because they will end up in landfill. Thus, you should donate household items and clothes in good condition to a reputed charity. Don’t know which charities you should send the things? Here is your complete guide outlining 10 of the best places to donate old things when moving house. Have a look. https://www.betterremovalistscanberra.com.au/10-best-places-to-donate-old-things-when-moving-house/

 Inside Tim Wimborne's pasta shop in Braidwood in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands, perfectly curved pasta shells are slowly extruded through Italian-made brass dies before being cut off and falling into a mesh tray. Once full, the tray is transferred to a drying rack where it will spend about 80 hours at room temperature. It's a methodical process which the chef says preserves the pasta's nutritional value and means it holds sauce better. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-22/flavoured-pasta-business-tim-wimborne-bounces-back-from-bushfire/101771318

 An aged pensioner who feared "losing everything" over an incorrect bill from the Robodebt scheme was forced to make repayments on the debt while she was still contesting it. Rosemary Gay wiped away tears while telling the royal commission into the Robodebt scheme about her "sheer terror" after receiving a debt notice for almost $65,000. Ms Gay said the trauma would "remain with her forever". She told the commission she was living alone, working two days a week and receiving an aged pension when she received a Robodebt bill for $64,998.17 in late September 2016 — due to be repaid in a month. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-23/qld-robodebt-scheme-government-royal-commission-fraud/101881472