After refereeing soccer games in Canberra for more than 40 years, 82-year-old Henk Thijssens reckons he might be the oldest soccer referee in Australia.
Danielle Nohra
Danielle Nohra is a former "CityNews" editor.
As a child, Queanbeyan’s Stephen Peios would imitate great boxing announcers... and now he’s an announcer for boxing legends in real life on the world stage, reports DANIELLE NOHRA.
These days two-thirds of jobs in the territory are in the private sector, Canberra Business Chamber’s new CEO Dr Michael Schaper tells DANIELLE NOHRA.
When Sue Oliver made a one-off $200 donation to a Nepalese family about three years ago, she didn’t realise it would be enough to give them a long-term income, writes DANIELLE NOHRA.
From Canberra to Sydney to New York and back again, Danielle Harmer has been part of some huge projects around digital products for iconic news outlets such as "The New York Times" and "The Sydney Morning Herald", reports DANIELLE NOHRA.
Until former world-champion runner Robert de Castella established the Indigenous Marathon Foundation in 2010, no indigenous Australian had ever run an international marathon, writes DANIELLE NOHRA.
Sixty-five years ago St Edmund’s College was the first Catholic secondary boys’ college in the region and now it’s making history again by appointing its first female chair, writes DANIELLE NOHRA.
FIVE years ago, Campbell couple Helen and Eugene Holzapfel were on a dream holiday when Eugene tumbled down a staircase in the dark and their lives changed forever, reports DANIELLE NOHRA.
FORMED in 2017 to lobby the ACT government for a light rail stop in Mitchell, the Mitchell Traders Association has now been promised a stop in 2020 but that doesn’t mean it’s quietening down anytime soon, reports DANIELLE NOHRA.
When Victor Croker ran away from beekeeping about 30 years ago he would have never thought it would take ballet, a good bottle of fortified wine and a garage to get him back into the game. DANIELLE NOHRA reports.
When Canberra author Jack Heath was a kid he decided he wanted to write at least 100 novels. He's well on his way as reporter DANIELLE NOHRA found out.
Almost 20 years ago Helen Oakey decided to get off the sidelines and join in the fight for climate change. And as the new chief of the ACTs Conservation Council, she's still fighting, reports DANIELLE NOHRA
