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Weed plantation found in Uriarra Forest
A 28-year-old Tuggeranong man will face the ACT Magistrates Court on cannabis cultivation offences and a second may also face charges after they were arrested by police in the Uriarra Forest, west of...
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Deakin cycle collision victim becomes the first road fatality of 2015
THE 49-year-old Canberra cyclist who fell from his bicycle in Kent St, Deakin last week died in hospital yesterday (January 31). The cyclist, from Narrabundah, suffered critical head injuries as a...
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Grattan / The public would want a new prime minister to change the...
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE federal Liberals are in a funk, with the increasing realisation that Tony Abbott could be unelectable in 2016. But getting out of their hole is about...
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Uriarra car fire
THE ACT Rural Fire Service and ACT Fire & Rescue are responding to a car fire near the intersection of Moutain Creek Road and Uriarra Road, Uriarra. Three appliances are responding to the scene....
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Gowrie home shot up in the night. Police seek gold WRX
ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations is investigating a shooting incident in Gowrie this morning (Monday, February 2). Police were called around 2.30am this morning to a house in Gowrie after the...
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Junkyard fire at Hume
FIGHFIGHTERS have extinguished a fire at SIMS Metal Yard, Alderson Place, Hume. Fire was contained to a truck that was to transport crushed cars. The load was dumped onto the yard and crews also used...
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Greased-up Rumjacks to open in Canberra
CELTIC-flavoured group, The Rumjacks, are kicking off a huge tour this weekend with a show at Canberra’s Transit Bar. The Rumjacks Describing themselves as “five musical misfits from the cobbled...
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Pie in the Sky for future Queanbeyan
NO, it’s not real. The picture below is rather Queanbeyan Art Society’s fantasy about how the present coffee shop in a container on the shores of the local river could be enhanced, and it is, as they...
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Smith nearly sold out at NFSA
WE got all excited when news arrived that one hundred lucky Canberrans would “have a chance to enjoy the creative vision of Fred Smith, one of Australia’s most remarkable songwriters, at a special...
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A new boardwalk for the Jerrabomberra Wetlands
SHANE Rattenbury has opened a new walking trail and eco friendly boardwalk at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve as part of World Wetlands Day celebrations. “The ACT Government invested...
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Facefit released of O’Connor conman
ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man involved in a scam on an elderly woman in January and have released a facefit of the offender. About 11am on Monday, January 5, an 80-year-old Turner woman...
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The Arboretum clocks up its millionth visitor
SHANE Rattenbury says the National Arboretum has celebrated one million visitors in time for its second anniversary. “There is no doubt the Arboretum has quickly developed into one of the major...
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Grattan / Wounded Abbott casts his future as character test for colleagues
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE Liberal Party remains volatile and Tony Abbott’s position precarious after a National Press Club performance that avoided disaster but did not convince...
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‘Tricky’ Comedy Festival launch
COMEDY can be a tricky business, as the official launch and cocktail function for the 2015 Canberra Comedy Festival at Dendy Cinemas last night suggested. The teaser performances from comedians Cam...
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The Canberra House Annex coming down
THE Canberra House Annex has been in the process of being gutted for months now. Finally the structure is coming down in the end of an era for West Row. In its place will be a slab sided tall block of...
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ACT building approvals slump
THE ACT Executive Director of the Property Council, Catherine Carter, says ABS Building Approvals numbers for December 2014 have hit record highs nationally, but the ACT has failed to share in the...
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The US Embassy wants your thoughts on what to do with Eleanor?
AMBASSADOR Berry at the US Embassy has taken to Facebook to ask for suggestions as to what they should do with “Eleanor”, the remains of a 70 year old oak tree planted by Eleanor Roosevelt, the...
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Carter / Heritage comes at a price
ANYONE who has undertaken a renovation knows that upgrades to old buildings can be expensive exercises, sometimes filled with expensive, nasty surprises. Catherine Carter.This is especially true when...
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Electric cars on the march
THE ACT Office of Regulatory Services has reported that there were 167 electric vehicles registered in the ACT. This equates to a growth of 40% during the last 12 month period and although this hasn’t...
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Grattan / Bring on a leadership vote next week: Liberal backbencher
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra WEST Australian Liberal backbencher Dennis Jensen has urged the Liberals to hold a leadership vote next week, declaring Tony Abbott is not an effective...
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