Canberra
Speech parts
1. Canberra - Noun
2. Canberra - Proper noun
Meaning
the capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
When youre asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.
A school out of Canberra sends me a term's worth of work. I sit on the couch by myself and complete it and send it back.
I had some vague memory of visiting Canberra as a lad, when we came up with my father by car. But when I made the long train journey from Sydney to Canberra and arrived at the little stop, I did wonder slightly whether this really was the national capital.
While Melbourne and Sydney fight about who wears Australia's cultural crown, Canberra just gets on with it.
Canberra was my home for many years, and there's a lot to love about it. It has a small population with a strong sense of community and is top-heavy with interesting, highly educated, socially progressive people - the opposite of the stereotypical image of dull public servants.
Because each are going to blame each other. The thing that Canberra has to really get right is the sharing of the resource. But my problem with people in the government who are there for a short time is that there's no consequences for some of these decisions they make.