Late night fatality in Kambah
ACT Policing is investigating a collision on Livingston Avenue in Kambah this morning (Saturday, December 6) in which a male driver has died. About 2.25am police responded to a report of a single...
View Article100-year-old man robbed in bedroom
POLICE are looking for a man who forced his way into the Farrer home of a 100-year-old man yesterday morning, entering the victim’s locked bedroom and took money from his wallet. The elderly victim was...
View ArticleYoung driver becomes ACT’s tenth fatality
A YOUNG man has been killed in a single-vehicle collision on Livingston Avenue in Kambah at around 2am today (Saturday, December 6). The driver’s white Commodore left the road and hit a tree. His death...
View ArticleSocials / At Sibu Beauty Crace’s first birthday
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View ArticleSocials / At ‘Muriel’s Wedding: Renewing Our Vows’, Film and Sound Archive
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View ArticleLarge hail forecast as SES responds to calls
THE State Emergency Service has received 20 calls for help since 11am today following the torrential wet weather that has swept across the ACT. ACTSES volunteers and ACT Fire & Rescue are...
View ArticleMeegan will run
WITH Katy Gallagher leaving the Legislative Assembly the next cab off the electoral rank is widely tipped to be proud Gungahlinite Meegan Fitzharris (subject to a redistribution of preferences by...
View ArticleWelsh / Bullying remains as Katy leaves
Mike Welsh.A RECENT article by Noel Towell in “The Canberra Times” on outgoing ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher described her as the “impossible Princess of ACT politics”. I’m guessing Noel was trying...
View ArticleCanberra’s future; hotter, drier and on fire
SIMON Corbell says detailed climate change projections for the ACT show the territory can expect hotter summers, warmer winters, drier springs and an increase in the number of days with severe fire...
View ArticleKambah fatal collision victim named as Joshua Summerell
ACT Policing has released the name of the driver killed in a motor vehicle collision on Livingston Avenue Kambah this morning (Saturday, December 6). The deceased is Joshua Summerell, 31, of Kambah....
View ArticleJoy rings the women’s grants for Christmas
JOY Burch has announced the winning eight projects to share in $115,000 funding from this year’s Women’s Grants. “The Women’s Grants support projects that make real differences to women and girls in...
View ArticleNow you can check to see how good the air in Canberra is online
DIRECTOR-GENERAL of ACT Health, Dr Peggy Brown, as launched a new Air Quality Index to let the ACT community to see air quality data in real time. “ACT Health carries out air quality monitoring for...
View ArticleThe Bunda Street Shareway has opened for business
SHANE Rattenbury has launched the first stage of the Bunda Street shareway project which he hopes will help revitalise Civic. ““The revitalised Bunda Street will become a shared space for pedestrians,...
View ArticleJohn Fraser gets the nod to take over Treasury
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has announced the new Secretary of Treasury, John Fraser. Mr Fraser brings significant experience in both the public and private sectors to his appointment. He is currently...
View ArticleWhat does a Chief Minister’s resignation letter look like? We have the answer
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher has tweeted her letter of resignation as Chief Minister to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Vicki Dunne. This makes it official! All my best wishes to @ABarrMLA...
View ArticleReview / Images – a piano recital to coincide with the exhibition...
IT’S hard to think of something better to do on a Sunday afternoon than listen to a program of music by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel played by composer-pianist, Margaret Legge-Wilkinson. Designed...
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View ArticleBelconnen gas leak
FIREFIGHTERS are currently investigating a possible gas leak at Swanson Plaza, Swanson Court, Belconnen. Approximately 20 people have been evacuated as a precaution whilst ACT Fire & Rescue carry...
View ArticleArts in the City / Unwrap me, it’s chaos!
“Unwrap Me”… promising chaos, deceit, bickering and sabotage. Photo by Tate NeedhamBUDDING Theatre is about to stage “Unwrap Me”, 10 short plays each beginning with a character carrying a Christmas...
View ArticleHarry’s Autocare cops to dodgy brake tests
THE Office of Regulatory Services has published an undertaking by Blue Kombi trading as Harry’s Autocare located at 9 Oatley Court Belconnen, over the compliance failings of their brake testing. On 4...
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