WIN TV’s Lachlan Kennedy resigns

Canberra’s WIN TV sports presenter and Chief of Staff Lachlan Kennedy has resigned from his position at the station after two years. Kennedy, an ANU graduate who has lived in the capital for eight years, […]

Gary on GetUp! “Strap yourselves in for a bumpy ride”

Guest blog by ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries. Ever since polling day, we’ve all known that the 43rd parliament was certainly going to be an interesting one, now the fate of this government rests in […]

Humphries on GetUp!

ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries writes: Ever since polling day, we’ve all known that the 43rd parliament was certainly going to be an interesting one, now the fate of this government rests in the hands […]

A toast to Jon Stanhope!

How many wedding celebrations include a toast to the Chief Minister?

CityNews Canberra YouTube festival

The CityNews presents the Canberra YouTube Festival, our pick of the finest capital footage on your internets, showing you the truth about our town.

Frocktober fun begins

The CityNews frock: do you want to be seen in it?

Cute clip: Ngunnawal Primary School Hands Across Australia

Ngunnawal Primary School has won the ACT division of GenerationOne and Australian School of Performing Arts’ Hands Across Australia School Competition to end indigenous disparity.

BBQs + Joy-Bags = September sitting

Oh how they roared and rumbled this week, the members of the ACT Legislative Assembly were in fine form, screaming and carrying on about buses and school truants and “Joy-Bags” (the ALP show-bags Joy Burch […]

Counting the Speaker’s vote

Rob Oakeshott must be an independent because he cannot count, writes Canberra legal identity Ric Lucas.

Green Machine flag flying

National pride rivalled local pride at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade when departmental secretary and Canberra Raiders Board Member, Mr Dennis Richardson, raised the footy team’s flag to mark the Raiders march to the […]

Floriade: More impressive from the sky

Friday morning bright and early, bare-legged ladies in lipstick and boots sipped pink champagne from overflowing trays, while suited-up gents swung umbrellas and made polite conversation amongst the flowerbeds in the sunshine. The launch of […]

Fun Run: my legs hurt

Today is a day for celebration and jubulation, this morning at 7.20am I completed the final training session for the Canberra Times Fun Run. Hoorah!

Australia forms Government, ACT Assembly learn about Palestine

Finally the nation can breathe out, we have a Government. No need to fear dissent into Somalia-like anarchy or start looking for Mad Max. There is someone in charge and her name is Julia.

Think Before online campaign

Using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in a variety of languages, the Federal Government’s new “Think Before” campaign aims to educate international students on dangerous situations to avoid in the land down under […]

ACT QT: Burch enjoys moment in sun

Totally ignoring Treasurer Katy Gallagher on this fine winter Thursday, the Canberra Liberals today took to Joy Burch with a meat axe.

ACT QT: Liberals laughing, leadership spills

Who are the suits sitting in the chamber and what have they done with my beloved Opposition?

ACT QT: Playgrounds and terrorism

While the Feds hang in limbo with no Government formed three days after an election, the local Government in our nation’s capital is going full steam ahead.

Indecision 2010

Having left the baffling chaos of the tally room I’d been hoping to get a sense of clarity from the parties. What had just happened? What will happen? Who is leading our country?

Live from the tally room

It’s 8.22pm on election night and the Tally room is a crazy busy, fluro lit, noisy pointing clapping chaos with politicians and cameras and AEC tech heads running and writing and filming and screaming and […]

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