A Canberra-based fundraiser that helps families with grocery vouchers has set the ambitious target of raising $100,000 to help 1000 families this Christmas.
Maggot farmer Olympia Yarger wants to use her profile as ACT Australian of the Year to promote greater awareness of smart waste technology as a means to reduce our carbon footprint. BELINDA STRAHORN reports.
Speedsters caught breaking the law would have their licence taken away and their cars impounded if the Australian Federal Police Association has its way, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
RSPCA ACT CEO Michelle Robertson said at least one emaciated dog a day came into the care of the animal welfare agency over a period of one week in October. "That was incredibly unusual,” she said.
The proceeds from the sale of a gin – with a Canberra-region link – will be used to promote greater female participation in the wine industry, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
A Siberian husky impounded for almost three months following an attack on a kangaroo has been returned to its owner, malnourished and traumatised by the lengthy separation, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
The Queanbeyan show returns in November after a pandemic-enforced break, with organisers hoping for record crowd numbers and competition entries, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
Rebecca Curran, the newly appointed president of the ACT Bar Association wants to encourage more women to pursue a career at the bar, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
A luxury car once owned by former Prime Minister and Treasurer Paul Keating, which has been in the hands of his former driver’s family for the past 26 years, is going under the hammer. BELINDA STRAHORN reports...
Five-year-old Rozalia Spadafora waited for hours with her frantic family for emergency care at Canberra Hospital. The child died waiting for air transport to Sydney. What went wrong? As BELINDA STRAHORN reports, everything.
Queanbeyan's Indigenous deputy mayor Esma Livermore has withdrawn comments she made about colleagues opposing council's formal support of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
West Belconnen residents are calling on the ACT government to revisit its decision to permit major development on flood-prone land at the Kippax Playing Fields.