About Dominic Giannini
Dominic Giannini is a journalist who first started working as a newsreader on community radio in Sydney. Originating from the Harbour City, Dominic studied politics and international relations before moving to Canberra to cover local stories.
With a background in radio, from presenting drive shows to producing news stories, Dominic loves to spin a yarn and probably needs to be cut off more often than not.
Dominic is passionate about mental health advocacy, politics and pasta, but prefers to keep all three separate.
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Vaccine rollouts will begin in a month after the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was provisionally approved for use in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) yesterday (25 January). The rollout - originally scheduled to begin in mid-February before being pushed back until the end of the month - will first be administered to frontline workers, aged care staff and residents, and quarantine and...
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Gungahlin residents will be forced to swelter through Canberra's heatwave over the weekend and into next week without any relief from the local pool, which remains shut due to tiling problems. With temperatures set to hit the high 30s over the weekend and crack the 40s by Monday, Yerrabi MLA Leanne Castley has again attacked the government for dragging its...
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All passengers on five flights arriving at Canberra Airport from Brisbane this evening will be met by ACT Health or ACT Policing and directed to quarantine, while unauthorised travellers arriving from 3:00 pm tomorrow will be denied entry to the ACT altogether. Despite the new restrictions coming into effect at 3:00 pm today (8 January), no one arriving by plane...
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ACT Policing has set up a COVID-19 checkpoint on the Barton Highway at Hall as it ramps up compliance operations to enforce the new public health direction blocking people from coronavirus hotspots entering the Territory. There were lines around 40 cars deep at 11:30 am this morning (7 January) as officers checked where travellers were coming from and if they...
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If you have a Cavoodle named Luna, congratulations - you have officially topped both of the ACT's puppy popularity lists for 2020! Cavoodles were the most popular pup during a year marred by a pandemic, followed by Kelpies and Border Collies, as Canberrans turned towards man's best friend during lockdowns. Charlie and Lucy were the next most popular names. The...
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ACT Policing will be targeting vehicles with NSW licence plates around national institutions in Parkes and Barton as officers conduct RBT-style operations for COVID-19 compliance. People who have been in the Greater Sydney region, including the Central Coast and Wollongong, have been banned from entering the ACT and despite some border checkpoints, police acknowledge it would not be possible to...
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The public health direction imposing restrictions on entering the ACT for non-residents and those who have visited COVID-19 hotspots in NSW has been extended for at least another week. Chief Health Officer Dy Kerryn Coleman said the restrictions would remain in place while community transmission and the potential seeding of the virus outside hotspot areas remained a concern. A person...
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Through restrictions and lockdowns, more than 2,000 Canberrans still managed to tie the knot with 1,155 marriages being registered in the ACT this year. This compares to 1,463 in 2019. ACT Marriage Celebrant Roger Buckley officiated more than 40 weddings in 2020 when he normally does between 25 and 30 a year. “Regardless of wedding size, couples are after a...
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Canberra's iconic New Year's Eve fireworks have been cancelled for the second year in a row because of disasters, but this year Canberrans will be able to welcome in the new year across three nights in the city. New Year’s Eve across the City will create a celebratory atmosphere at a number of popular locations for three nights between 29...
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Canberrans can still travel to the South Coast for Christmas without needing to quarantine when returning home after the Shoalhaven was removed from a list of NSW government areas subject to the new COVID-19 restrictions. From midnight last night, people who have visited the Greater Sydney area, including the NSW Central Coast and Illawarra, will have to quarantine for 14...
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People returning to Canberra who have visited Sydney's Northern Beaches since 11 December must get tested and immediately self-isolate for 14-days, under a new ACT Health direction issued this afternoon. The health direction, which became effective as of midday today (18 December), legally requires people who have visited the Sydney hotspot to isolate even if they do not have COVID-19 symptoms...
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The ACT Government has released its strategy for the new Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary for the next 25 years - embedded with iconic, endangered species and overseen by Indigenous land management practices - and has encouraged Canberrans to have their say on the proposals. Community consultation is open until February 2021. The Sanctuary has reintroduced the Eastern Bettong, the Eastern Quoll...
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Controversy has begun to swim around Gungahlin Pool after the ACT Government left questions about problems facing the pool and its estimated re-opening date unanswered. The 50-metre facility has been closed since March, and was closed for two months last year for maintenance. "There pool is scaffolded off, it is empty, there is no machinery or equipment, there is no...
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Canberra's iconic New Year's Eve fireworks have been cancelled for the second year in a row, leaving many in the nation's capital to ponder what they'll be doing to celebrate the new year and the end of a tumultuous 2020. And while large crowded events will not be going ahead due to COVID-19 restrictions, Canberrans will still be able to...
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Suez, the ACT's garbage collection contractor, offered drivers an 8.3 per cent pay rise over three years on Monday to end the industrial action that had taken place over the last month. Their revised offer - up from 8 per cent - was turned down on Wednesday. Suez presented three options to drivers at Monday's meeting between the drivers union...
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ACT garbage truck drivers voted this morning (25 November) to reject an 8.3 per cent pay rise over three years, standing firm on their push for a 4 per cent yearly pay rise over the next three years. Suez met with the Transport Workers Union and the Fair Work Commission on Monday (23 November) when Suez raised its offer from...