Clik here to view.
Just a month to go until the Million Paws Walk
THE RSPCA’s Million Paws Walk in Canberra is hitting the lake loop in exactly a month’s time on 18 May. The fundraiser to fight animal cruelty is a great day out for both dogs and dog lovers. In its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fire at Altitude
ACT Fire & Rescue is responding multiple units to reports of a fire in the Altitude Apartment complex in Chandler Street Belconnen. Update to follow. 1:58 PM Fire crews were alerted by multiple...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fire at UC
Firefighters are at the scene of a fire in a building at the University of Canberra in Bruce. Update to follow. 2:33 PM Firefighters have confirmed a fire is burning on the ground floor level of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where to see the Royals
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher has words of comfort to the legion of distraught would be royal watchers who failed to win a lucky email in the recent ballot. “I know that there is a huge amount of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Easter at the Railway Museum
THE Canberra Railway Museum have their steam trains fired up, their carriages open for display and a steam train running to Queanbeyan and back all over this easter long weekend. There’s a booking form...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Canberra’s David Robinson to be Bishop of Rockhampton
THE Ministry Formation Coordinator at St Mark’s National Theological Centre here in Canberra has been elected to the Anglican bishopric of Rockhampton. “I am surprised, delighted and honoured by my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Protective Services Officer arrested on stalking charges
ACT Policing has arrested a 52-year-old male AFP Protective Services Officer who has been charged with the offence of Stalking. Around 9.30am, Saturday 19 April, police received reports from a member...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Paps strike royal visitors in Canberra
SYDNEY’S Daily Telegraph has had a scoop with long distance photography of the royal visitors in the grounds of Yarralumla’s Government House. In turn this has the British media in a tizz at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Belconnen apartment allegedly set on fire with people inside
A 25-year-old Belconnen man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning following a fire at a unit in Belconnen last night (Monday, 21 April). Around 6.35pm, members from Belconnen Police Station...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Check: when is ‘the flu’ really a cold?
By Frank Bowden, ACT Health MOST people who think they have the flu, don’t. And some people who think they have a cold, really have the flu. So what is the difference between a cold and the flu? And...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Lyrids meteor shower should put on a show overnight
By Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria and Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University IF you’re willing to rise early tomorrow morning then there’s the chance to see a meteor shower, known as the Lyrids, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bad girls of Tuggeranong caught with long knives
Two 14-year-old teenage girls were arrested in Tuggeranong yesterday (Monday, April 21) after police received reports of anti-social behavior. About 5.10pm, police attended the waterfront area near...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Garbage strike postponed
THOSE Canberrans remaining in town this week will be comforted to hear that Fair Work Australia has intervened and the Transport Worker’s Union will not be conducting a garbage strike. Simon Corbell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review: Rich sonorities and pyrotechnics at Four Winds
OVER the Easter weekend I headed to Bermagui on the South Coast for the biennial Four Winds Festival. In late autumn sun, 2,000music lovers reclined on blankets and folding chairs for two marathon six...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inspirational play about World War I nurses
THE ever-vigilant Q in Queanbeyan has come up with a beauty in its Anzac Day programming. Written by Caroline Bock and Helen Hopkins, “The Girls in Grey” is a play that pays attention to the service of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beautiful music from wartime for grand preview concert
THE Canberra International Music Festival will soon be in full swing, but before that, in keeping with the chosen focus on music related to World War I, a grand preview concert is planned for Thursday,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fatality free Easter pleasing to police
ACT Policing say they are pleased the Australian Capital Territory remained fatality-free over the holiday period, with only two collisions resulting in minor injuries over the Easter holiday period...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Which transport is the fairest of them all?
By Cameron Gordon, University of Canberra HOW did you get to where you need to be today? Car, bike, public transport, or perhaps walking? Transport is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hockey to give firm date on Audit Commission unveiling
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra TREASURER Joe Hockey will today reveal the release date for the much anticipated Commission of Audit report, as he does more softening up for a tough...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bumper year for Folk Festival
THE figures are in for attendances at the 2014 National Folk Festival in Canberra , showing that over 50,000 folk lovers converged on Exhibition Park Canberra over Easter. International headliners...
View Article