Boy, 15, fighting for life after Batemans Bay crash
A 15-year-old boy sustained life threatening injuries after a serious car crash at Batemans Bay.
Canberra authors of leaked Nauru files speak out
Toby Gunn chose the lesser of two evils by asking teenagers watching a 15-year-old boy threatening suicide to help him get the younger children away.
Why has a Canberra hospital ward not been used by patients for more than two years?
A level at The Canberra Hospital has not been able to accommodate patients for more than two years, but the government denies it has led to bed shortages or pressure on parts of the health system.
Rescued rations feed hundreds of Canberra families
Every week a truck rumbles into Canberra carrying food that would have otherwise ended up in a landfill. The rescued rations help the many families doing it tough in this prosperous city. And there are many of them.
Cruelty against people with disabilities continues
The federal government appears not to have ruled out a royal commission into the abuse of people with disabilities.
Branch line to re-open for grain farmers
Grain farmers win on rail freight means fewer trucks on the road.
Drug use, unemployment mar ACT youth results in new index
Canberra youth are excelling compared to young people interstate, but unemployment and illicit drug use have dragged down the ACT's results.
Yuanda supplied three Canberra buildings
CFMEU says asbestos imports from China and India are another Fluffy disaster in the making.
The wonder woman giving education in Canberra and health in Nepal
Canberra woman Bronwyn Nuske's determination to help others through juggling teaching and paramedics would be impressive to many, but to her it's human nature.
Joy Burch at loggerheads with Speaker Vicki Dunne over Liberal election flyer
Liberals refuse to say whether they will remove image and quotes from emergency doctor Michael Hall.
Queen's Birthday unlikely to be replaced with new public holiday
Queen's Birthday public holiday unlikely to be changed in Reconciliation Day plan.
Assembly scraps plan to allow six election costings to stay secret
Costings Bill introduced on Tuesday, but scrapped by Thursday.
Lyneham High School placed into lockdown after incident involving knife-wielding student
Lyneham High School was placed into lockdown on Friday after a student came to school armed with a knife.Â
Prestige childcare to open in Canberra with a side of kale and quinoa
Its owners are billing it Canberra's first "prestige" childcare centre, with a concierge, hatted-chef to cook meals and a million-dollar fit-out making it look more like a hipster resort.
Government to trial electric bikes for ACT public servants
ACT public servants will be encouraged to don the lycra and get cycling under a new government workplace trial of electric bikes to encourage them to be more active and environmentally friendly.
Hume drug cook fights bid to seize properties as criminal assets
A convicted drug cook is fighting an attempt by prosecutors to seize his family home and two other properties as proceeds of crime, arguing the move was a breach of the ACT's human rights laws.
'It looks like a hotel in NewActon'
Is this what the new Bruce Hall could look like?
Dutch treat for Canberra?
Will the Dutch royals visit Canberra?
Chifley's Whisky Bar to open at the Hotel Kurrajong
He cooked for "kings, queens and presidents"Â and now he's at the Hotel Kurrajong Canberra.
Unpaid parking fines leave ACT government $3 million worse off
One third of the $9 million worth of parking fines owed to the ACT government remain in people's wallets.
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.
Hanging Rocks
Dave Moore, one of this column's well-travelled correspondents recently stumbled upon this 'weather rock' while driving through Lithgow, near the NSW Blue Mountains.
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.
