Canberra mornings: Traffic, weather and what's on in one click
The news, traffic and weather to get you up to speed.
These school shoes are made for walking
For anyone who's ever driven down Limestone Avenue during morning peak hour, it's hard not to notice the children converging on Ainslie Primary School.
Litbits August 13-14 2016
Literary news and events in Canberra.
Autism cage details emerge as United Nations investigates abuse of children
Disturbing new details of a Canberra school placing a 10-year-old boy with autism in a cage have come to light.
Autism student in cage, now isolated and transfered from school
The ACT Education Directorate has defended its decision to isolate the child at the centre of the autism cage scandal from his classmates and to transfer him to high school early, saying it had to balance the rights to a safe environment for students and staff.
Autism cage timeline: from Canberra classroom to the United Nations
The impact of the discovery of a cage in a Canberra school almost eighteen months ago is still being felt today.
Med Shed continues push for medical cannabis dispensary
Canberrans will be able to visit a 'medical cannabis information centre' in September as an advocacy group steps up its push to open a dispensary in the ACT where marijuana is sold from a store, the group claims.
Delays loom at airports as border staff strike
Immigration and Border Force officers will be joined by quarantine and biosecurity staff.
Pair's home saved by triple 0 call firefighter's quick thinking: union
Firefighters will be replaced by civilian call-takers under a major restructure of the ACT's triple zero call centre.
Time is running out to enter The Canberra Times 2016 winter photo competition
The mornings are getting less frosty, the days longer and the nights gradually warmer in a sign Canberra's winter is nearing its end.
Too early for reform after crane death, workplace safety minister says
The ACT Government will wait until the investigation into the death of a man at the University of Canberra public hospital next week is over before committing to reform.
ACT government to help local greyhound owners 'transition' after NSW ban on racing
The ACT government will turn its attention to helping greyhound trainers "transition".
ACT set to pass a Bill to allow six election costings to be kept secret
Liberals say the change will allow them to drop promises if they're too expensive
Budget bottom line $60m healthier than expected
Budget bottom line improves, but net debt grows.
'Outright racist' responses to Reconciliation Day public holiday plan
Ugly response from a minority of Canberrans to Reconciliation Day public holiday plan.
Queanbeyan truck driver fined $3000 for Acton Tunnel crash
A Queanbeyan man who crashed his truckload into the roof of Acton Tunnel last year has been fined $3000.
"The shock is necessary": Mike Parr opens major retrospective at NGA
Mike Parr says shock is a vital part of modern art, and makes no apologies for his controversial work.
Sun sets on Simon Corbell's 19-year career
There was a moment in the early 2000s when Simon Corbell thought his political career was over.
Sneak peek of Clonakilla's 2015 Shiraz Viognier
Want to get first taste of the Canberra region wine as good as Penfolds Grange?
Brumbies Man and Brumbies Boy to walk for Lealiifano
Brumbies Man and Brumbies Boy are showing their support for Brumbies player Christian Lealiifano.
Man allegedly damaged car in Canberra road rage incident
Police are looking for a man who was allegedly speeding, swerving in and out of traffic, cutting off vehicles and breaking heavily in Deakin and Hughes on Tuesday.
Could something free be the answer to solving one of our biggest and most expensive health burdens?
Chronic pain disorders occupy nearly four of the top 10 health burdens, but the answer to solving the problem could be cheaper than we think (literally).
Former Canberra Comancheros bikie boss charged with possession of illegal drugs in jail
A former Canberra Comancheros bikie boss and current prisoner has pleaded not guilty to possessing illegal drugs while in prison.
Funny Girl musical coming to the Q
The musical is based on the life of the stage star Fanny Brice with a score featuring the hit songs People and Don't Rain on My Parade.
Winter drawings by Lucienne Rickard evocative and vivid
Each drawing becomes a diary of creativity, a record of the artist's journey in the work where the debris on the battlefield has not been cleared.
Mozqueira's Dawn and Dusk evokes romantic landscape painters
Mozqueira is a young artist who, in this ambitious exhibition, sets out to take on the grand tradition of landscape painting.
Community helps police find Tuggeranong graffiti spree culprits
The public has helped police identify two men involved in a graffiti spree in Isabella Plains on Saturday morning.
Canberrans can soon tap and go to pay for parking
Parking machines across Canberra will soon have a pay wave option, the ACT government has said.
Canberra mornings: Traffic, weather and what's on in one click
The news, traffic and weather to get you up to speed.
Ask Fuzzy: Finding the fault
Question: How does ActewAGL detect underground faults?
