“The ACT government inherited a fabulous urban forest. Our beloved trees are now being slowly and randomly squandered away. This is a national crime.” PAUL COSTIGAN is pulling no punches on Page 9.
AN edition of wonder: PAUL COSTIGAN wonders how the planning minister keeps his job, ROBERT MACKLIN wonders what the bloody hell the PM’s thinking and KATE MEIKLE wonders where her “boss baby” came from.
“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.’
A GRASS fire burning at the intersection of Newcastle Street and Hindmarsh Drive in Fyshwick has been extinguished. ACT Fire and Rescue and the ACT Rural Fire Service responded to the emergency with about 400 […]
POLICE have arrested a 21-year-old man in relation to two aggravated robberies this week. Police allege that on Monday (February 11) the man threatened a member of the public with a knife in a car […]
A BUSY Phillip restaurant, full of adults and children, was disturbed when more than a dozen suspected Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) members attacked four men. The suspected gang members entered the restaurant at about 8pm on […]
THE Morrison government, politically-speaking, is trying to do a loaves-and-fishes exercise with the medevac legislation, over which the parliament defied the executive this week. It is attempting to inflate Labor’s support for a modest measure […]
“THE Canberra Times” is on the auction block again with news this week that Macquarie Capital has been commissioned to find a buyer for the paper and its associated titles in the former Fairfax regional […]
