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Crown loses appeal to increase sentences of Tuggeranong murder conspiracists
THE Court of Appeal has today published its judgment on the Crown’s appeal against the sentences of a group of young men who tried to murder one of their friends in November 2008. The Director of...
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Justin Monfries dead in prison at 26
JUSTIN Monfries was not well loved in the community, having killed a nurse, Linda Cox, in a hit and run incident in the middle of a crime spree in 2012. But his death on Wednesday comes as a shock....
View ArticleVideo / Sneaky thieves in high visibility clothing stealing a trailer
ACT Policing has uploaded this intriguing video with a short note: CCTV vision of stolen trailer offence in Calwell November 21, 2014 One imagines that if one can identify the thieves ACT Policing...
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Grassfire near Macgregor Primary
ACT Fire & Rescue and the ACT Rural Fire Service is currently responding to a grass fire burning at Hirschfeld Crescent. The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set at ADVICE....
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One and a half kilograms of meth seized in Nicholls
ACT Policing seized illicit drugs and cash suspected to be the proceeds of crime after executing a search warrant on a Nicholls residence on Wednesday morning (December 17). Police executed the DODA...
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Review: Sizzling with liveliness – ‘Unwrap Me’
IT is quite impossible to resist punning when talking about Budding Theatre, the brainchild of writer/director Kirsty Budding — it’s a project that quite literally encourages “budding theatre.” This...
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Witnesses sought to suspicious fire in Kambah
POLICE are seeking witnesses to a grass fire in Kambah late yesterday afternoon (Sunday, December 21). About 6.20pm, police attended grassland at the rear of the BMX cycle track on Sulwood Drive. The...
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Trams roll a little closer
The ACT Government will choose from four consortia to build the first stage of Canberra’s controversial light rail network, says the Minister for Capital Metro, Simon Corbell. “Four private-sector...
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Women arrested after servo stoush
TWO women were arrested last night following an altercation at a Weston service station last week when one person was spat on and racially abused. A 49-year-old woman from SA and a 47-year-old woman...
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Rangers on the hunt… for shopping trolleys!
AS beleaguered retailers struggle to make the most of Christmas trade, TAMS Minister Shane Rattenbury has warned them that city rangers will be on the lookout for abandoned shopping trolleys. “At least...
View ArticleLightning hits gas main and sets house ablaze
LIGHTNING striking a gas main is believed to be responsible for a house fire in Dunlop this afternoon. Fire crews are working to extinguish the fire which has now fully engulfed the roof space of the...
View ArticleLightning sparks roof fire in Bonython
THREE fire units have extinguished a fire in the roof of a house in Kneebone Street, Bonython late this afternoon. Firefighters were told the fire started after lighting struck the roof. Crews are...
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This week in beer / brews that are topping the charts
IT’S that time of the year for reflecting on the highs and the lows of the year. It’s presumed that some people are also thinking about favourite songs from the last year and looking to the ABC website...
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Today’s the day Katy calls it a day
KATY Gallagher’s replacement in the ACT Legislative Assembly won’t be known until the middle of January, says ACT electoral commissioner Phillip Green. Former Chief Minister Katy Gallagher… last...
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Cabbie gets knife to his throat
A TAXI driver was attacked and robbed in Garran early this morning (Saturday, December 27). The driver picked up two men outside a Garran home at around 4.45am. One man sat in the front of the cab and...
View ArticleThree new overhead signs being installed
THREE new overhead variable message signs are being installed eastbound on William Hovell Drive before Bindubi Street, northbound on Yarra Glen before Carruthers Street and westbound on Hindmarsh Drive...
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Halal market fire may be deliberate
POLICE suspect a fire at the Kippax Halal Markets was deliberately lit. Around 1am on December 15, police and the fire brigade were called to the shop after smoke was seen coming from the roof cavity...
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Students take to rubbish lessons
NEARLY 2000 ACT students aged four to 18 from preschools as well as primary and secondary schools have taken part in school recycling education sessions bringing the annual total to 12,000. “These...
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Five police needed to arrest man
A 36-year-old Queanbeyan man will face the ACT Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with resisting arrest and two counts of using a carriage service to menace. About 2pm yesterday police arrested the...
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Car hits street light, police seek driver
POLICE are seeking witnesses to a single-vehicle collision on Hindmarsh Drive, Garran, about 12.30am this morning (Tuesday, December 30). The driver of the red Suzuki Swift, that had run into a street...
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