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CTP coming down again
THE ACT Compulsory Third-Party (CTP) Insurance Regulator says CTP insurance premiums charged by Suncorp Insurance for its AAMI and GIO brands will decrease from 17 September 2015 for a number of ACT...
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Scaffolding finally coming down from the Sydney Building!
IT’S been around a year and a half since fire gutted Civic’s iconic Sydney Building on East Row. Thankfully at long last the scaffolding is coming down and the revamped building is looking better than...
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A tweet alerts us to a pop-up Cabinet
THE ACT Government wishes you to know they will be mingling with the inhabitants of the Westfield Woden next week. The “popup cabinet” was announced via a tweet. Meet your Ministers at the ACT...
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Macklin / Hi-ho, hi-ho, off to bomb Syria we go
FASCINATING to watch the Abbott Government orchestrating the “war on terror”. First the obscure backbencher Dan Tehan pretended he hadn’t checked with the PM before calling for an extension of RAAF...
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Grattan / Hockey’s tax story has a long journey ahead from fairy tale to...
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Treasurer Joe Hockey has delivered yet another address saying income tax cuts must be given. That gets him an easy headline but tells us very little about the...
View ArticleANU robots hunting bettongs at Mulligan’s Flat
RESEARCHERS at ANU and the University of Sydney have developed a world-first radio-tracking drone to locate radio-tagged wildlife. Lead researcher Dr Debbie Saunders from the ANU Fenner School of...
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Gardening / The joys and jelly of crabapples
The blossom of Malus ioensis plena... one of the most spectacular crabapples.LOW-maintenance crabapple trees are almost pest and disease free, and there are crabapples for ornamental purposes and...
View ArticleBike riding areas see bike crashes
SHANE Rattenbury has launched new, publicly available, cyclist crash data to help to identify crash “hot spots” across Canberra. “A great number of Canberrans ride their bikes for both convenience and...
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RSPCA to prosecute pair over burned kitten case
Yesterday, RSPCA ACT Inspectors asked the public for help on another horrific case involving a severely burned kitten that was dumped at the Weston shelter last Thursday night. RSPCA ACT can now...
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Wet weather road closures
THE ACT Government is advising road users that two rural roads in the ACT have closed due to recent snow and wet weather. Mount Franklin Road is now closed at Aggie Gate and Boboyan Road is closed to...
View ArticleKate McMahon to run the new Coombs school
JOY Burch has announced the appointment of the principal for the new school at Coombs today. “It gives me great pleasure to announce that the first principal of the school at Coombs is Ms Kate...
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The Marion Lê Social Justice Party singing with the choir invisible
ACT Electoral Commissioner Phil Green says the Marion Lê Social Justice Party has been removed from the ACT’s register of political parties. The registration was cancelled at the request of the party....
View ArticleLanes being moved around as Majura Parkway nears completion
TERRITORY and Municipal Services are warning that traffic using Morshead Drive and Pialligo Avenue will be transitioned to the outer two lanes in both directions between the Monaro Highway roundabout...
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Griffiths / House mates need a push
THERE was some concern last week that the burgeoning army of flacks and carpetbaggers who encircle the people’s servants on Capital Hill have grown so numerous that the cavernous Parliament House can...
View ArticleStolen goods found at a Phillip car detailler
ACT Policing executed two search warrants yesterday (Tuesday, 25 August 2015) at a residence in Chisholm and business in Phillip. About 8.00am, members of the Criminal Investigations Crime Targeting...
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Canberra Confidential / Diana lets it rip…
JEWELLER and co-proprietor of Manuka jewellery store Briolette, Diana Thompson, has a not-so-secret life as the author of her first romance novel “Winterflood’s Passion” – a story set in the Southern...
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The cancer warriors who never say die
The Bold Bandannas. Photo by Chris FitzgeraldFROM shaving off all her hair to selling homemade kids’ dress-ups, Rosemary Drabsch is so dedicated to fundraising for the Cancer Council that it’s become a...
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Hindmarsh gets the nod to build new science schools at ANU
CANBERRA’S Hindmarsh has been appointed to deliver the new College Of Computer Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences Institute at the Australian National University, continuing a partnership with the...
View ArticleMiracle tram to cure obesity
SIMON Corbell says the benefits of public transport and physical activity in the fight against obesity were highlighted at a Heart Foundation (ACT) public seminar on active living. “While the ACT is...
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Wall seeks to make a lottery ticket monopoly
Andrew Wall ANDREW Wall will move to protect newsagents when he tables legislation in the Legislative Assembly next month to ensure only small businesses will be able to sell and promote lottery...
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