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Nominate your top Aussies for awards
8:08 PM Who are your local heroes?
$20 million windfall for Gungahlin schools
Christopher Knaus 7:38 PM Gungahlin schools in Amaroo, Harrison, Palmerston, and Bonner big winners in next week's budget.
Bank boss calls out sexist dog-whistlers
Claire Stewart 6:51 PM Big names are targeting the way language perpetuates outdated attitudes.
Queanbeyan tech start-up creates the online shopper's dream
Jil Hogan 6:48 PM The days of trekking to the post office to collect parcels are about to end thanks to a clever Canberra company.
ADFA cadet charged with sexual assault
Clare Colley 6:34 PM Teen allegedly sexually assaulted another teen while she was sleeping.
Cusack Centre in Kingston given a fresh breath of life
Jil Hogan 6:27 PM Upstairs at the Cusack Centre in Kingston has been revived thanks to three creative ventures moving in.
Canberra artist paints NRL star Johnathan Thurston for the Archibald Prize
Jil Hogan 6:24 PM Canberra artist Peter Engel has painted two portraits with plans to enter one into this year's Archibald Prize - although he's looking for help to decide which one.
Canberra Truffle Festival 2016 launches
Natasha Rudra 5:51 PM Three months of truffling have begun in the capital.
Singer Julie Kerr sings for local charity Send Hope Not Flowers
4:51 PM Save June 17 for some musical distraction from the election and winter's chill.
'I pretty much went ... straight to a stage-four cancer'
Megan Doherty 3:29 PM In the space of a week, Rob went from believing he was a fit, healthy 38-year-old to being diagnosed with incurable cancer.
Warnings over coastal areas during weekend deluge
Alexandra Back 3:19 PM The highest tide of the year and a deluge of rain will combine over the weekend.
Celebrating women in contemporary art
Peter Haynes 1:20 PM This is a gathering of strong, resolved works that are sometimes clever, sometimes subversive and sometimes beautiful.
Craft as political commentary
Kerry-Anne Cousins 12:45 PM These artists are using traditional crafts and skills to create work that is relevant in a contemporary context.
Architects Awards 2016: Seamless extensions
Rachel Packham 12:37 PM Canberra's best architectural projects will be recognised this month at the ACT Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects Awards.
Holding celebrates Australia's landscape
Sasha Grishin 12:02 PM This is a more coherent and unified exhibition than many of her earlier shows at this gallery.
Dean Bowen's art shows sophisticated primitivism
Sasha Grishin 11:52 AM His paintings, prints and small bronze sculptures amuse without becoming senseless eye candy.
Let's Misbehave: a Cole Porter Soiree
Ron Cerabona 10:41 AM The New York performer brings a cabaret about the great American songwriter to Canberra.
One click: Traffic, weather and what's on in Canberra
10:27 AM The news, traffic and weather to get you up to speed.
Smart rubbish bins dumb say conservationists
7:31 AM The government's new "smart bins" only manage waste, not reduce it, says ACT Conservation Council.
Canberra weather: Rain, rain, rain on the way for the weekend
Alexandra Back 7:04 AM The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a dumping of rain on the weekend.
Emergency departments face gridlock, but Canberra's marathon waits fall
Henry Belot and Christopher Knaus 9:54 PM Canberra emergency departments have received a rare endorsement.
Education Directorate hits snags in autism cage reforms
Emma Macdonald 9:54 PM The roll-out of reforms to schools arising from the autism cage scandal have hit bureaucratic snags within the ACT Education Directorate – including timelines not being met, meetings not being attended, expertise not being available and information being double handled.
Marilyn a colossus in Bendigo
Ian Warden 11:45 PM Who is Canberra? Yes, we really do mean who rather than what because Who is Canberra? Yes, we really do mean who rather than what because Sean Costello of the indispensable Capital Yarns (his online and zine fictional yarns about Canberra, inspired by Canberrans) has invited people to imagine Canberra as a person.
Cashier stole $60,000 from her employer
Clare Colley The owners of a Canberra fruit and vegetable business were forced to sell their family home after one of their cashiers stole $60,000 cash in thousands of transactions since 2010, a court has heard.
Last man on the moon Gene Cernan pauses for special reunion
Henry Belot It was a special reunion on a cold day in the shadow of their past achievements.
Three-month inquiry launched following death of Indigenous inmate
Christopher Knaus Inquiry to urgently examine inmate's death, following public outcry.
