Canberra City Insider : January 2022

Thursday, 20 January 2022

How To Clean 8 Difficult-To-Reach Spots Before A Rental Inspection?

Are you planning to clean your rental property? Then you must know how to do it perfectly! Otherwise, you won’t get your entire bond money back. Tenants often overlook the cleaning of difficult-to-reach spots because it requires more time and extra efforts. I also overlook the cleaning of such spots when I recently moved to Canberra. As a result, I lost some money from my bond money. If you don’t want to make the same mistake, here is an article on how to clean 8 difficult-to-reach spots before a rental inspection. Make sure you include the mentioned spots in your cleaning checklist. Read the article here.

https://www.bondcleaningincanberra.com.au/how-to-clean-8-difficult-to-reach-spots-before-a-rental-inspection/

Canberra woman who claimed she was a 'sovereign state' fined for breaching public health directions

A woman who refused to check in at a Canberra store during the height of the 2021 COVID-19 outbreak has been fined $450.

Elvira Shagabuddinova was found guilty of trespass, failing to comply with public health directions and refusing to provide her name to police in the ACT Magistrates Court today.

The 39-year-old was arrested in August 2021 after she failed to check-in at a St Vincent de Paul store in Greenway, in Canberra's south, as per the ACT government mandate.

She did not appear in court today, but had previously told the court she was exempt from public health orders as she was a "sovereign state".

Multi-million-dollar bill to repair 'substantial' fire damage at Old Parliament House in Canberra

A fire at an anti-government protest caused "substantial damage" to Canberra's Old Parliament House that will cost more than $4 million to repair.

Daryl Karp, the director of the heritage building's main tenant, the Museum of Australian Democracy, said discovering the extent of the damage was devastating.

The building's iconic front entrance, where political history unfolded throughout last century, "will never be the same", she said.

However, most of the damage inside the building — caused largely by smoke and water — can be fixed, with some painstaking restoration efforts.

ACT the only Australian jurisdiction where cat management program trap, neuter, return is legal

Releasing feral and stray cats into the wild is banned in most of Australia, but in the ACT a program called trap, neuter, return (TNR) is placing them back onto the streets.

Under the practice of TNR, wild cats are trapped, desexed and then released onto the streets to live in "cat colonies".

In the ACT, those colonies exist in the industrial suburbs of Fyshwick, Hume and Mitchell and are tended to by the Canberra Street Cat Alliance (CSCA), a volunteer organisation.

In every other state and territory, various laws, including biodiversity acts, make it illegal to release an invasive species — like a cat — back into the environment. But the ACT allows TNR.

Thursday, 13 January 2022

Dos And Don’ts Of Moving Electronic Devices

Hello friends,

Often during a house move you have various items that require extra care and attention during removals. Among these things electrical devices come on the top, as they have multiple components to pack and label and complex wiring. Additionally, assembly and disassembly of electrical devices can take time and energy. Therefore, most people hire professional removalists in Canberra to move electronics and other household contents. However, if you want to manage it yourself, here is your ultimate guide for dos and don’ts of moving electronic devices. Have a look to gain valuable insights.

https://www.betterremovalistscanberra.com.au/dos-and-donts-of-moving-electronic-devices/

Canberrans can now register their positive RAT results online as ACT records 1,078 new known cases of COVID-19

As the shift towards more frequent use of rapid antigen tests (RATs) begins in the ACT, Canberrans can now inform health authorities of a positive RAT result via an online form.

"This information will help us to get a better picture of the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak and the current Omnicron wave that we have, so that we can plan for the future," acting ACT Health Minister Chris Steel said.

"In the short term, it will also give us the opportunity to get in touch with people who have tested positive, to put them in touch with health support if required."

ACT records 1,020 new known cases of COVID-19 as testing centres close due to shortage of supplies

The ACT has recorded 1,020 new cases of COVID-19 through PCR tests, as three of the territory's five walk-in testing centres are closed due to "unavoidable supply issues".

The daily tally of cases released today does not include positive rapid antigen test (RAT) results, which ACT Health will start reporting from tomorrow.

There are currently 24 people are in hospital as a result of the virus, including three people in intensive care, two of whom require ventilation.

Canberra's booster rate rose slightly yesterday to 26.8 per cent of people aged 18 and older.

ACT records 1,125 new COVID-19 cases in first daily tally to include both PCR and RAT results

In the first combined release of COVID-19 case numbers from PCR and rapid antigen tests, the ACT has recorded 1,125 new daily infections.

ACT Health said 885 of the positive results were from PCR tests in the 24 hours to 8pm yesterday; 240 were from rapid antigen tests (RATs) across the same time period.

There were also an additional 1,178 positive RAT results recorded between January 8 to 12.

Earlier this week, the ACT government launched an online form so that people can record their positive RAT results.

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