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Along with a-la-carte dining, the menu features a South American BBQ feast called Churrasco with slow cooked swords of tender meat and fresh seafood brought directly to your table and sliced sizzling onto your plate.

PRIVILEGE: 20% off the total bill, including alcohol, up to a maximum saving of $25 per visit. Valid for all menus. Limit of one card per table. Bookings are recommended.

The Lobby Restaurant - Save 25% until 28 February 2009

SPECIAL PRIVILEGE: As a special short-term promotion the management of The Lobby restaurant in conjunction with the Canberra TASTE program is offering cardholders and their guests the opportunity to save 25% up to the value of $50, by presenting this TASTE Voucher to restaurant staff. Bookings are essential. This is a licensed venue.

For the first time ever in Australia, audiences have the opportunity to see an exhibition of one of the most important and admired Impressionist artists – Edgar Degas. Degas traces the evolution of the artist’s style from finely crafted paintings to exuberant canvases with brilliant palettes and loose brushwork. The exhibition also showcases works from Degas's favoured subject-matter – the ballet, the races, the café-concerts, milliners, laundresses, and bathers. The exhibition features more than 120 masterpieces from some of the world’s most prestigious galleries and museums.

PRIVILEGE: Cardholders and up to ten guests will receive tickets to Degas at the concession rate. To redeem this offer, show your Privileges Card at the National Gallery of Australia front desk. This offer is valid until 22 March 2009. They will also enjoy Gallery Members' rates in the bookshop. Also, if the cardholder joins the Gallery as a Member (which includes use of the Members Lounge, invitations to members only events and more) the joining fee will be waived. Please call 1800 02 0068 to join.

Antigo Café Bar

Antigo is a very popular venue, with a relaxed and stylish atmosphere, imaginative cuisine and friendly staff. Outside dining in a cosmopolitan environment is also available. This is a licensed venue, BYO bottled wine allowed.

SPECIAL PRIVILEGE: 50% off on the total food bill for the cardholder and any guests up to a maximum saving of $50 per visit/group, valid for dinner on Tuesday and Thursday nights until 26 February 2009. Limit of one card per table. This offer excludes the seafood BBQ. Bookings are essential.

102 Northbourne

Located at the Marque Hotel, this restaurant offers a relaxed atmosphere with modern Australian cuisine based on regional produce, with influences from the Mediterranean and Asia. Choose from an extensive wine list with a variety of Australian wines. Enjoy quality products at realistic prices. This is a licensed venue.

SPECIAL PRIVILEGE: 50% off the total food bill for the cardholder and any guests up to a maximum saving of $100 per visit/group, valid for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights until the end of February 2009. Limit of one card per table. Bookings are recommended.

PorkBarrel

This café is located in the National Parliamentary Rose gardens adjacent to the long-established The Lobby restaurant. This is a relaxed-style, fresh eatery serving breakfast, and lunch, featuring salads, pizzas and daily blackboard specials.

SPECIAL PRIVILEGE: 50% off the total food bill for the cardholder and any guests up to a maximum saving of $100 per visit/group on Wednesday and Thursday evenings until the end of March 2009. Limit of one card per table. Bookings are recommended.

The Italian Kitchen

This restaurant sets the standard in modern Italian cuisine. The owner, award-winning Chef Joshua Badenoch, and his partner Bernadette, serve a mouth watering selection of modern Italian dishes using the freshest ingredients. This is a licensed venue.

SPECIAL PRIVILEGE: 50% off the total food bill for yourself and any guests up to a maximum saving of $75 per visit/group every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night for dinner until the end of April 2009. Please note the exclusions in your Privileges Directory, such as Public Holidays, and selected other days.Bookings are essential.

ACT Wine Network has kindly agreed to make a very special offer for cardholders on the Tabart Heritage Wines nv Ellen Brut Cuvee made by one of the country's best sparkling wine-makers and released exclusively by the ACT Wine Industry Network.

This wine is a delightful combination of Chardonnay and Semillon. It has been bottle-fermented to produce a semi-dry sparkling wine of intense flavours and a rich fullsome mouthfeel. This delicately made fine straw-coloured wine has a persistent small bead, a rich creamy palate and is as refreshing as it is enjoyable. Something special to appreciate either as an aperitif or just simply over those long hazy summer days and nights.

PRIVILEGE: This wine normally retails for $25 a bottle, but cardholders can purchase it at the following special rates.

• Buy 1 case at $18 a bottle. Save $84 a case.
• Buy 2 cases at $15 a bottle and receive 6 bottles of the very popular South Australian Colombard Viognier (RRP $17.95 a bottle) for free. Save a total of $347.70.

Freight charges within Canberra and surrounding district apply and are $12 per case to a maximum charge of $20 for 2 or more cases.

Please note: this offer is strictly limited to Privileges cardholders and trade will not be supplied. The offer is valid until the end of February 2009 (or sooner if stocks run out). Orders and payment can be made via Visa Card or Mastercard by calling the ACT Wine Industry Network on 02 6231 6997. Please allow up to 7 days for delivery.

Win a family package for the ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show!

Be one of 20 families to win a Family Privileges Pamper Package at the ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show! Packages are available for Saturday 28 February or Sunday 1 March 2009.

Each package is valued at $110 and includes a family entry ticket for 2 adults and 2 children (aged between 6 and 16), 2 show bag vouchers and 2 discount ride tickets. Put your feet up at our exclusive Privileges Hospitality Tent and have lunch, tea and coffee on us, as you soak in the sights, sounds and smells of the show.

To win, simply be one of the first 20 cardholders to email your full name, address, Privileges Card number and your preferred day (Saturday 28 February or Sunday 1 March) to office@thecard.com.au with the subject line ‘Pamper me at the ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show!’ Emails must be submitted between 9.00am Wednesday 4 February and 5.00pm Friday 20 February. Winners will be notified by phone and tickets will be sent by post.

Free film screening: Easy Virtue

Based on the 1924 play by Noël Coward, Easy Virtue marks the much-anticipated return of Australian director Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert). Set in the late 1920s and featuring an impressive cast including Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas, Easy Virtue is effervescent entertainment. It tells the story of Larita (Biel), a glamorous young American woman who is swept off her feet by young Englishman, John Whittaker (Barnes), and marries impetuously. However, when the couple return to the family home, his mother Mrs Whittaker (Scott Thomas) has an instant allergic reaction to her new daughter-in-law - and a battle of wits ensues. Like a vintage bottle of champagne, Easy Virtue fizzes with lacerating wit, elegance and fun. In cinemas March 12, 2009.

PRIVILEGE: To attend this FREE film screening at 6.30pm sharp on Wednesday 18 February at Dendy Canberra Centre Cinemas, simply be one of the first 100 people to enter your details at http://hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/privileges/. Only winners will be notified and double passes will be sent via post.

Courtesy of ActewAGL, Privileges has 5 double passes to the Degas exhibition at the National Gallery to give away!

To win, simply be one of the first 5 people to email your full name, address and Privileges Card number to office@thecard.com.au with ‘Double Degas’ in the subject field. Entries have to be submitted between 9.00am Wednesday 6 February and 5.00pm Friday 13 February. Winners will be notified by phone and tickets will be sent by post.

Double passes are valued at $40 and are valid until 22 March 2009.

Hyatt Hotel Canberra, Promenade Cafe (Page 76) - offer is now 25% off the total bill, including alcohol, up to a saving of $50 per visit. Valid for all menus. Limit of one card per table and/or group.

Pitaya Thai Restaurant, Griffith Shops (Page 70) – Closed

Queanbeyan Ten-Pin Bowl – Closed

Ra-Cha Thai Restaurant, Batehaven (Page 126) – Offer is now 25% off the total bill, including alcohol, up to a maximum saving of $20 per visit. Limit of one card per table. This includes banquets and takeaway.