Colleen and Steve Hill are two remarkable Canberrans. Well into their 60s, they foster tiny babies born into tumultuous circumstances, with disabilities or fatal diagnoses, with many addicted to drugs. Reporter BELINDA STRAHORN has the heartwarming story on Page 3.
FROM October 1 until April 30 officers at the Alexander Maconochie Centre thought it was okay to strip-search a woman prisoner, on average, every day. "Seven Days" columnist IAN MEIKLE thinks it's shameful.
TAKING time to listen to people’s stories is all part of the service for the volunteers, Canberra Hospital Auxiliary president Therese Colosimo tells KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK. “Sometimes people just need to tell someone about their day,” she says.
A CRACKING edition… columnist PAUL COSTIGAN outs the plan to build housing on a park, arts editor HELEN MUSA talks to an artist thinking big for the last time, streaming writer NICK OVERALL shares a little fantasy and gardening guru CEDRIC BRYANT admits to being a softie for blossoms… And more. Lots more.
INDIGENOUS leader JULIE TONGS writes that we have to face the awful truth – the worst-performing government in Australia, when it comes to locking up Aboriginal peoples, is the ACT government. And enough is enough.
"IN the few days after my AstraZeneca shot, I was suddenly aware that my lungs felt much more expansive. The 50 laps in the pool – previously a bit of a struggle towards the end – were easy as pie." Why ROBERT MACKLIN can't wait for his second shot.
ROBERT MACKLIN continues his account of being robbed while asleep in bed and discovers he's not alone – there are around five burglaries and three cars stolen every day in Canberra. But what about the mental wellbeing of the victims?
IAN MEIKLE, editor, here: I want to highlight our letters page (P18) this week. We love publishing the views of our readers and over recent months the number of letters to the paper has gone nuts. Don't stop! Write to editor@citynews.com.au
“I PROBABLY don’t care what people think any more,” thespian John Bell tells arts editor HELEN MUSA. “When you get to 80, you’ve got nothing to hide." He's about to bare his soul on stage. Story Page 19.
"JUST how much money can one agency spend on pop-ups, temporary thingys and events that deliver nothing substantial when so much of the urban infrastructure is being run down?" PAUL COSTIGAN would like to see the back of the City Renewal Authority.
WITH 24 apartment towers and about 10,000 residents due to appear in the Woden Town Centre, the ACT government has not prepared the area for this new high-rise suburb, says "Canberra Matters" columnist PAUL COSTIGAN.
MARION Mahony Griffin was the less celebrated half of the husband-and-wife architectural team that won the job to design Canberra. February 14 marks the 150th anniversary of her birth and, on Page 18, BELINDA STRAHORN takes a closer look at her legacy.
THERE'S more to migraine than headaches. In fact, "migraine warrior" Victoria Williamson would argue it's not a headache. "It can be a stabbing pain behind the eyes, plus nausea, vomiting and light sensitivity." She tells her painful story on Page 5.
THIS is our Christmas edition and each year we squeeze a cluster of seasonal cartoons to pepper the paper out of dear scribbler PAUL DORIN. He's done us proud again.
AND the outlook for summer? Expect to see above-average rainfall and severe thunderstorms in the ACT over the next few months, the Bureau of Meteorology tells reporter DANIELLE NOHRA.
Since March, assistant editor DANIELLE NOHRA has relentlessly been analysing the way the ACT Community Services Directorate manages and awards its multi-million-dollar contract budget. What she discovered shouldn't fill any taxpayer with much confidence.
FEARS are looming that the nine-hectare strip along Yarra Glen at Curtin will fall victim to high-rise development, reports BELINDA STRAHORN.
"I JUST want the Barr government gone. All Alistair Coe needs to do to be an effective leader is to listen… and not yield to the grubby, greedy developers systematically stripping away our precious bushland replacing it with concrete and sardine-tin residential development." Letter writer BEC HENSON, of Hughes, pulls no punches.
HE'S back: "If the first intro I’ve written since COVID-19 blighted our lives is a bit enigmatic, please trust me. I’m glad I saw 'Bellbird', a delightful, sensitive and informative film set on a NZ sheep and dairy cattle farm." DOUGAL MACDONALD is reviewing movies again. On Page 20.
