“What must the Sydney based and essentially nameless and faceless members of the Suburban Land Agency board think of their first year’s effort?” JON STANHOPE doesn’t spare them on Page 3.
“I PARKED in front of the Coombs Community Local Shopping Centre and wondered how such a stupid thing has been allowed to happen.” More despair from Canberra Matters columnist PAUL COSTIGAN
Gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT is adamant: winter can be an exciting time for gardeners. Has he lost his marbles? No, no, he says, just think roses. All is revealed on Page 30.
“ANDREW, Shane, Yvette and the rest have ordained that it’s a south-facing, two-bedroom flat on the tenth floor for those aspiring homeowners who used to be Labor’s traditional base,” growls JON STANHOPE
FORMER army officer Jeremy Hanson has been elected new Opposition Leader by the Canberra Liberals party room. Alistair Coe, who was tipped in a front-page splash in “The Canberra Times” this morning to be the […]
POLICE will not act on a complaint of assault outside a polling booth this morning in Stirling until Monday or Tuesday, say Canberra Liberals. They claim that at 9.30, a white Subaru car mounted the […]
THE new strategic vision for the National Gallery of Australia is focused on increasing access and engagement with the national art collection – at the Gallery, around Australia and the world – through increased display […]
CANBERRA’S Tiffen & Co has been named Australian Brokerage of the Year at the 11th Annual Australian Mortgage Awards held at Sydney Town Hall. The key criteria for judging centres around the overall business perspective […]
ACT Greens have accused the Labor Government of breaching the “caretaker” convention by releasing policy documents during the pre-election period that have been prepared by the public service. Greens leader Meredith Hunter says that since […]
POLICE are looking for three men following an alleged sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl who was running along Spofforth Street in Holt at about 5.30pm yesterday, listening to music through earphones, when she was […]
Chief Minister KATY GALLAGHER has declared a war on obesity in the ACT, here she explains why
THE new Canberra Airport’s gentle progress to its March completion is not conventionally hot news, but Ginette Snow’s lovely photos are well worth a look. Here she records the airport’s last big concrete pour into […]
SEARCHERS have found an unidentified man’s body in Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve and, at this time, police don’t believe there are any suspicious circumstances. The police Specialist Response Group, together with ACT Fire and Rescue and […]
ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Paul Kelly has taken more aggressive action to contain an outbreak of scabies at the prison following further cases being reported on Friday. “Scabies is a fairly common infection in the community, […]
INTERNATIONALLY renowned graffiti artist, Vans the Omega, will be part of the TEDx celebration of ideas, art and culture tomorrow at The Playhouse. Working within the event theme of “An Optimistic Challenge”, Adelaide-based Vans the […]
POLICE are calling for witnesses to an aggravated robbery at McDonalds in Conder on Tuesday night. Police says that around 8.40pm a man entered the restaurant with a knife and demanded money from employees before running […]
AUBERGINE Restaurant at Griffith has been awarded the Regional Restaurant of the Year, Regional Wine List of the Year and retains its two chef hats rating in the 2013 “Sydney Morning Herald’s” 2013 “Good Food Guide” […]
‘No one will ever look at Canberra the same way again.’
Welcome to the new world of topic and platform editors at “The Canberra Times” as the deckchairs get shuffled… and they import a life and entertainment topic editor from WA.
AUSTRALIAN Capital Tourism is inviting 500 Australians to visit Canberra and see the city first-hand and to judge the capital for themselves. It’s the driving initiative of Tourism’s new million-dollar, social-media, destination-marketing campaign, it’s calling “The Human […]
STUDYING gemmology while recovering from cancer isn’t everyone’s idea of rest and relaxation, but for GP Danielle Klar it helped create a whole new direction. Danielle now runs her boutique jewellery concierge Plumery in Deakin […]
FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has used an address to the Labor national conference to deliver a fresh swingeing attack on the Murdoch media, declaring “it is not a news organisation, it is a political […]
A CUSTOMER was ordered to get on the floor and a staff member was threatened with a firearm when a man robbed a Nicholls supermarket on Saturday (December 15). The man allegedly drove a silver hatchback […]
CANBERRANS are being urged to be aware of measles symptoms after a case was confirmed in the ACT, according to ACT Health physician Dr Kerryn Coleman. The individual likely acquired the infection on an overseas trip […]
PASSENGERS allegedly got out of a Toyota Tarago, which was stopped at traffic lights on Hindmarsh Drive, and smashed the rear window of a Mazda with a baseball bat or metal bar. The grey Mazda […]
