Rudd to get US-style 'situation room'

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is building a $14 million White House-style "situation room" next to the cabinet room in the heart of Parliament House.

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CHRIS HARRIS - Exhibitions manager at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Ask Scott

Q I live in a semi and we are troubled by noise from our common-wall neighbours - both their footfalls and talking. I was wondering if there was anything we could do ourselves to make our common wall and floor more soundproof?

My Space - Graeme Base

It's a long way from the imaginary worlds of Animalia and Uno's Garden to the no-nonsense work space at the top of Graeme Base's stairs. Inside a soundproof room built as a music studio, the former drummer now famous for his children's books speaks of his dual passions of books and music, which come together in the stage production of My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch, touring Victoria next month.

Behind Big Brother

IT took three security guards, a large Rottweiler and his handler, across a moat, through two soundproof doors, but I was in inside the Big Brother houses.

Inside A House Of Horrors

IT took three security guards, a large Rottweiler and his handler, across a moat, through two soundproof doors, but I was in inside the Big Brother houses.

Feature Dvd - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco

DVD review: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film about Wilco, (Cowboy Pictures/Soundproof), (92 minutes plus 70 minutes of extras) NR ****?

A Balm For Sore Ears

NEW YORK: It's good news for people who enjoy rock music but have sensitive hearing. From next week, the Irving Plaza club in Manhattan will lend 15 free soundproof headphones with volume controls to concertgoers who leave a credit card deposit. During the show, the music mix will be transmitted to

Message For The Masses

WITH an illuminated map of the world as his backdrop, the Reverend Billy Graham preached in warm southern American cadences while an interpreter at his side translated into staccato Spanish. Upstairs in the balcony, 47 translators in individual soundproof booths simultaneously rendered his call t

Mayors Seek Govt Aid For Homes Near Flight Paths

The mayors of towns and cities near Australia's busy airports are seeking compensation from the Federal Government to help people living under aircraft flight paths to soundproof their homes. The Australian Mayoral Aviation Council (AMAC) will ask the Government to help home owners pay for

Pain Fills Lisa Martin's Private World

SEOUL, Monday: Lisa Martin lives in her own private world, a world described by fellow marathon runners as a "tunnel of pain". It is soundproof and lonely. Even when things are going well, as they are for Martin in Seoul, contorted facial expressions mirror the fact that it's not