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Another Canberra town centre expands pay parking

Tom McIlroy 12:01 PM   The ACT government will expand pay parking rules in Phillip from July 1.

Win a Dendy Cinemas gift card for your mum this Mother's Day

Win a Dendy Cinema's giftcard for your mum this Mother's Day.

10:56 AM   Mums love movies. Dendy Cinemas is screening some great movies for mum, so a gift card is the perfect gift. Here's your chance to win one worth $99.

Pushing symphonic boundaries

Conductor Stephen Mould

Janet Wilson 10:42 AM   The Canberra Symphony Orchestra's next concert features two major works by Beethoven and Schubert that represent a very individual take on the genre of the symphony.

Brilliant cast acts with poignancy and power

Pamela Rabe illuminates the stage as Amanda in <i>The Glass Menagerie<i>.

Peter Willkins 10:34 AM   This is as fine a production of Tennessee Williams' autobiographical play as you are ever likely to see.

Traffic, weather, cartoon: all in one spot

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7:11 AM   The news, traffic and weather to get you up to speed.

Green light for sweeping changes to ACT planning regime

The National Capital Authority will remain responsible for detailed planning in designated areas, which include Lake ...

Ross Peake 11:45 PM   The federal government will give the green light on Thursday to a major shake-up in planning laws for the ACT.

Another setback for Giants-Grocon Manuka Oval bid

The Greens' Shane Rattenbury: Moving to force the government back to the drawing board on Manuka Oval.

Kirsten Lawson 10:09 PM   Greens Minister Shane Rattenbury will move in the ACT Parliament on Thursday to force the government to go back to the drawing board on planning for Manuka Oval.

A Canberra favourite to close but it will be replaced by something even 'more'

Julie Nichols and Rachel Evagelou in Shop Handmade in 2013. The dynamic businesswomen are planning a new venture in the ...

Megan Doherty 10:08 PM   It's the end of an era for Shop Handmade, one of Canberra's favourite retail outlets.

Mr Fluffy victims suffering stress and financial disadvantage

An abandoned Mr Fluffy home in Spence.

Emma Macdonald 10:06 PM   Mr Fluffy victims have endured significant mental anguish as they have had to leave their homes, relocate their families and accept their exposure to a Class 1 carcinogen, according to an ANU study.

'My car was upside down, I was absolutely terrified'

Madeline Lewis is still searching for the a man who lay on her roof and  lay on the ceiling of her upturned car and held ...

Katie Burgess 10:00 PM   Madeline was upside down after a serious accident. Then came the kindness of strangers.

Students cheer end of fee deregulation

ANU students have welcomed the government's decision to abandon its policy of university fee deregulation.

Hugo Hodge 11:00 PM   ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt is concerned about federal funding cuts to higher education but students are pleased university fees will not be deregulated.

Budget 2016: Average families left in the dark

Rajib Bharadi, Binida and Ragyi, 10 of Harrison. Mr Bharadi thinks the 2016 federal budget favoured high-income earners ...

Clare Sibthorpe 8:54 PM   One Canberra father feels low and average income earners got only crumbs from the federal budget cookie jar.

New Aldi store in Canberra's north

Cutting the ribbon on the new Aldi store in Casey were area manager Hayden Pierce, manager Matt Hartley, assistant ...

Megan Doherty 8:49 PM   So did you buy the pizza oven at the new Aldi opening in Canberra?

Childcare worker cops $400 fine for smacking girl

Una Masters, with lawyer Peter Woodhouse (left) and a supporter (right), was told her offences were a significant breach ...

Megan Gorrey 8:47 PM   A childcare worker convicted of inappropriately disciplining two children at a north Canberra childcare centre has been fined $400 and handed a 12-month good behaviour order. 

Knife found on body of alleged murder victim Andrew Carville

Andrew Carville was last seen alive on November 4. His body was discovered on Defence land at Majura on November 19.

Megan Gorrey 8:47 PM   A 24-centimetre carving knife was found on Andrew Carville's dead body.

Defence votes no to pay deal - again

Defence Secretary  Dennis Richardson: "We will advise next steps over the coming weeks."

Noel Towell 8:44 PM   Union says result is a 'hammer blow' to public service industrial relations policy.

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Plebiscite funds better spent on Canberra institutions: Barr

Scott Morrison.

Tom McIlroy 12:00 AM   Some of the $160 million earmarked in the budget for a same-sex marriage vote should be invested in Canberra's national institutions

Liberals continue their pursuit of Chief Minister Andrew Barr over Brumbies land deal

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr will check the record on government land deal.

Kirsten Lawson 12:00 AM   Liberals also question who paid University of Canberra's sponsorship of the Brumbies

Opposition call for Assembly budget officer for election costings

Canberra Liberals treasury spokesman Brendan Smyth.

Tom McIlroy 12:00 AM   ACT political parties could soon have access to an independent budget officer for policy costings.

Government to park tram compound elsewhere

Business owners from the Melbourne building in July last year, upset at plans to close the London Circuit car park. The ...

Kirsten Lawson 12:00 AM   Instead, the government will use an area near the Olympic Pool in the city.

Crap Music Rave Party adds second show for Canberra

Tomas Ford, the self-proclaimed "world's worst DJ".

Jil Hogan 5:55 PM   It seems that deep down, we're all a sucker for dancing to slightly tragic music.

Liberals question why $7.5m tax was waived for Brumbies

Redevelopment at the former Brumbies' site in Griffith late in 2015.

Kirsten Lawson 5:35 PM   Liberals also question involvement of former Labor deputy chief minister David Lamont.

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What's on in Canberra's arts scene

Etched in the Sun II is showing at Nancy Sever Gallery until June 5.

Sally Pryor 5:31 PM   What's on in Canberra's arts scene from May 6.

Teen and elderly woman hospitalised after car crashes

A number of accidents have occurred on Canberra roads during Wednesday's afternoon peak.

5:13 PM   14-year-old girl and 90-year-old woman taken to hospital, with another five-car crash hurting others.

Gang-gang. Our iconic bus shelters: 'monstrosities, fungi'

Trevor Dickinson's Canberra Mug, in hand.

Ian Warden 11:45 PM   Canberra's FWWs (First World Whingers) are world class and Canberrans are so easily disgruntled by the new. And so it comes as no surprise to learn that when first introduced even our iconic 'bunker' bus shelters upset some Canberrans.

Where to next for Aldi in Canberra?

Aldi opened a new store in Casey on Wednesday morning.

Megan Doherty 12:00 AM   The German-based retailer is continuing to focus on the growing northern suburbs with its 11th store in the territory.

Gang-gang. 100 Years Ago. War's end? Germany 'already beaten'

Britannia ruling the waves.

Ian Warden 11:45 PM   Wonderful news for war-weary Australians! Because Britannia really does rule the waves, Sydney's The World's News carolled 100 years ago this week, "Britain Has Already Beaten Germany [in the Great War of 1914-1918]."

How young couples are affected by federal budget

Lisa Richards and Rob Withers welcome some of the federal budget's measures, but say young people were not winners.

Clare Sibthorpe 3:28 PM   A Macgregor couple expect most of Generation Y to be largely unfazed by the 2016 federal budget, except for cheers from the unemployed.

Bringing to life the World War I sketches of Franz Marc with music

Franz Marc.

Chris Latham 12:45 PM   For the first installment of his Flowers of War concert project, Chris Latham celebrates the work of artist Franz Marc, who was killed at Verdun in 1916.

A journey full of musical treasures

The Boccherini Trio demonstrated why they are an ensemble to watch in the coming years.

Jennifer Gall 12:15 PM   From the Bach family to Rossini, solo instrumental to choral music, the quality and diversity in these concerts was impressive.