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Drugs, gun and allegedly stolen goods in Bonython haul
ACT Policing executed a DODA (Drugs of Dependence Act 1989) warrant on a residence in Bonython yesterday evening (Friday, January 16). Around 6.30pm Tuggeranong crime members executed the warrant on...
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Nasty burns from a fire fuel spill
FIREFIGHTERS and intensive care paramedics have been called to a home on Shepherd Street, Pearce after fuel from a decorative wall mounted fireplace spilled and burnt two patients. ACT Fire &...
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Have you seen the missing Cobra?
ACT Policing is appealing for witnesses to a burglary in Palmerston where a distinctive ‘AC Cobra’ motor vehicle was stolen. Sometime between 9.30am yesterday (Saturday, January 17) and 1.30am this...
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Kambah meth bust
TWO people will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning after officers from ACT Policing Criminal Investigations executed a search warrant on a house in Kambah yesterday (Sunday, 18 January)....
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Did you see a Landrover clear up a Harley in Theodore yesterday?
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a serious vehicle collision in Theodore yesterday (January 19). About 5pm, police attended a serious vehicle collision between a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a...
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Macklin / Pollies and petrol stumble into the new year
WHAT a way to start the political year – the Feds forced into yet another back down on their obsession to make us pay more for our trip to the doctor; and our local lasses and lads tripping over their...
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The new Andrew Barr Cabinet announced.
CHIEF Minister Andrew Barr has facebooked his new Ministry: Post by Andrew Barr. Housing and Community Services are big starting portfolios for Yvette Berry and probably sensibly brought together....
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Letters / Yarralumla clues to lost relatives
27 Black Street Yarralumla.I AM searching for relations, including my grandmother, who emigrated to Australia from the UK (date not known). Isobel Bates.The information that I know about them is mostly...
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Gardening / Blessed by changing seasons
Hardy chrysanthemums for a super autumn show.ONE of the great attractions of gardening in Canberra is the change of seasons. Spring bursts forth with a floral spectacular of blossoms and bulbs,...
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Upgrades at the shops
SHANE Rattenbury says work has started on a $950,000 series of upgrades to shopping centres in Charnwood, Griffith and Theodore. “The three shopping centres will see improvements in amenity, public...
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Arts in the city / Horrible history for kids
BILLED as “the horrible history of Britain with the nasty bits left in,” the kids’ show, “Horrible Histories – Barmy Britain” is at Canberra Theatre, January 27-28. Scripted by Terry Deary and Neal...
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Rachel’s going to great heights to remember dad
Cancer victim John Livingston with his daughter Rachel on her wedding day.RACHEL Livingston, of Ainslie, is going to great heights in November to remember her dad, who died from gallbladder cancer last...
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RSPCA needs your help cracking a case of badly beaten puppies
RSPCA ACT Inspectors are asking the public for help on a brutal case. Today, nine puppies of approximately 5 weeks old were located in a box near Kingsford Smith Drive in Higgins. The puppies were...
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Coe asks why Content Group need so much money to sell the Government line
ALISTAIR Coe says that news the ACT government has paid $27,000 to develop a calendar for media events and stories to be rolled out over the next 12 months is another display of wasteful spending....
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Aitkin / Why governments keep us on the rails
EVERY now and then I’m part of a discussion about the Light Rail project. It usually begins because there’s someone who dislikes it, and says so. On the whole, everyone else goes quiet, presumably on...
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‘Due to popular demand’ – more ‘Sweet Charity’ matinees.
THE “Due to popular demand” signs have gone up as, flushed with the success of “Sweet Charity” at the Sydney Theatre Awards on Monday night, the Canberra Theatre has just announced three additional...
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Griffiths / Getting lost in big cans
IT’S time to talk about massive cans. For those who’ve been unfortunate enough not to spend time in the radio or audio engineering fields “cans” have a meaning largely unknown to the wider public. The...
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Arts / Noeline thrives on the Mother load
Noeline Brown in the role of Maggie Beare in “Mother and Son”.RUMOURS of veteran actor Noeline Brown’s retirement have been much exaggerated. Although living with her husband at Mount Murray with...
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In memory of Sylvie Stern
THE Canberra arts community has been shocked to learn of the death this morning (January 21, 2015) of broadcaster, writer, photographer and arts activist Sylvie Stern, after a period of...
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Canberra Confidential / Lauren for the Assembly?
Lauren JacksonTHE mysterious Braddon Punter’s Club has assembled the odds in what it calls its “New Year’s Stakes” and has Barnaby Joyce a 2/1 possibility of becoming Deputy Prime Minister; it’s...
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