We look forward to seeing all of you at the upcoming ANZAC Day ceremony on Saturday, April 27th. Please check the calendar for complete details.
ANZAC Day ceremony coming up
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Madigan: Aussie Troubles fade away
BRISBANE — St. Patrick’s Day is a day much given to political blarney Down Under, but it also is a reminder of a past in which Irish enmities played a big part in daily life.
Former labour prime minister Kevin Rudd, for example, used a speech at Brisbane’s Irish Club to proclaim his Irish roots. Continue reading
Aussie broadband rollout in chaos
Australia’s National Broadband Network, due for completion in 2021, has announced a three-month delay in its fibre-to-the-premises construction schedule, which if not recovered would represent a miss of a couple of percent on the project’s timing. Continue reading
NZ on the Friendship Force menu April 3
G’day and kia ora everyone!
Coming up in a little more than two weeks is a dinner event that might be of interest to DUCW members.
Friendship Force (FF) in Winnipeg is holding a dinner on Wednesday April 3 at the Masonic Temple at Confusion Corner. This is a joint event between FF and DUCW with the focus on New Zealand, and the evening includes an appearance by Terry Roberts and Lynley Davidson. Continue reading
Earth Hour is March 23
This is a great opportunity to remember how much we rely on a steady stream of electricity, and impact it has on the world. Unlike an unplanned power failure, this gives you a chance to run around the house and turn stuff off, especially computers and the like, and sit in the dark together with your friends and/or family. It is quite fun and eye-opening, literally. I have also simply hit the main breaker for the house at 8:30 and left it off until midnight. (This has the added benefit of resetting any powered clocks to midnight automatically.) I challenge everyone to do this, at least for the one hour. Continue reading