Emma MacDonald

2 weeks ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

When chef Aiden Xindavong and his wife Bianca Fong opened their Laotian Kingston restaurant Champi, it was a gamble. The young couple, new to Canberra and with a baby to care for, were trying to crack into a notoriously fickle industry. But three years on, their authentic, humble, and unhurried approach to the flavours and traditions of Laos has paid off in spades.

1 month ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

Every morning of their lives together, Fiona Lynch-Magor and her husband Richard would begin with a conversation about what they were going to cook and eat together that day. In a way, Fiona is keeping that connection to her beloved late husband, by chucking in a traditional Public Service day job and opening her own cooking school, Food for Taught.

1 month ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

Trigger warning: This story discusses sexual assault and rape. At 75 years of age, Brenda Colbourne is an unlikely convert to tattoos. Yet this Canberra retiree now proudly sports several of them. Survivor is emblazoned across one forearm – testament to her surviving multiple sexual assaults from the age of 14 through to a rape with injuries at age 25. The former enrolled and registered nurse has “I Have a Voice” on her right hand, and “I Will be Heard” on her left.

1 month ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

If you were just as likely to follow Hannah Ferguson’s Cheek Media  for political analysis during the election campaign as The ABC, then clear your Wednesday on 14 May as she is coming to Canberra to dissect how the New Media and Gen Zs have impacted on the result. Hannah will present a National Press Club Address for Women in Media, entitled “The election of influence: how new media will shape the future of Australian politics”.

1 month ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

A cancer diagnosis is usually an unexpected event, turning an otherwise ordinary day into the first day of a never to be forgotten journey. But what if you expect to one day be diagnosed with cancer? Inherited Cancer Australia (ICA), formerly known as Pink Hope, is an organisation which supports and advocates for an estimated one in 400 Australians whose genetic makeup puts them at a significantly higher risk of developing cancer over their lifetimes.