After 27 years watching over Queanbeyan’s swimmers, lifeguard Julie Lewis is hanging up her whistle.
With sunblock on her nose and a whistle between her lips, Lewis has clocked up almost three decades on patrol at the Queanbeyan pool.
Only months after handing themselves a 22 per cent pay rise, councillors at Queanbeyan are now seeking to change the way in which salaries are set in NSW.
In the months since his son’s death, Tom McLuckie has compiled and examined sentencing outcomes, drawing the conclusion that they are inadequate to act as a real deterrent against dangerous driving behaviour, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
AN Indigenous health leader is calling on the ACT government to guarantee that female inmates at Canberra's jail are safe from predatory prison officers.
A part of Manuka’s retail history is coming to an end with the closing of shoe shop Escala. The luxury shoe boutique that has traded in Canberra at various locations for more than three decades will shut its doors at the end of August.
A humble jumble sale at Queanbeyan has raised more than $300,000 in its almost 30-year history, and its volunteer organisers have no plans to stop, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
'As long as I breathe, I will be out there advocating for people who don't have a voice', indigenous leader Julie Tongs told BELINDA STRAHORN in this frank and fearless interview.
The Canberra Blues Society is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. BELINDA STRAHORN takes look into the perennial appeal of this style of music.
“CityNews” has received an overwhelming response to its prison exclusive that revealed allegations of a drug-taking culture among some corrections officers at Canberra’s jail.