Ewan Gilbert
Ewan Gilbert is a television, radio and online reporter in the ABC's Canberra newsroom. He joined the ABC as a news cadet in 2012 after completing a Bachelor of Communication majoring in science at the University of Canberra.
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'Funny, quirky' slogan ideas welcome in Australian Public Service competition
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Australia's bureaucrats are being encouraged to "let their imaginations run wild" and come up with a catchy new rallying cry, but the Australian Public Service hopes to avoid a "Boaty McBoatface" incident.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
Canberra cafe pokes fun at botched burglary attempt
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A Canberra cafe broken into last week has the last laugh by releasing CCTV footage, complete with Benny Hill music, of the burglar bumbling around the store before escaping with nothing but first aid supplies.
Topics: crime, burglary, duffy-2611, canberra-2600, act
Award-winning Canberra underpass challenges 'creepy' stereotype
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A unique pedestrian crossing beside Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra wins a major infrastructure award, and aims to challenge the 'creepy' stigma associated with similar underpasses.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
Analysis: Who won the ACT Leaders' Debate?
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Political reporter Ewan Gilbert examines who really came out on top from the ACT Leaders' Debate.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, canberra-2600, act
ACT election: Who is the real Andrew Barr?
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For a man heard on local radio almost every morning and seen on Canberra's television screens almost every night, it is remarkable how little is understood about the most powerful man in ACT politics.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act
Wealth inequality chasm key issue for Kurrajong
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From Millionaire's Mile in Red Hill to the often overlooked Oaks Estate, no other electorate in Canberra showcases the chasm between the haves and the have-nots quite like Kurrajong.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, local-government, canberra-2600, act
Liberals call for minister's sacking over child protection revelations
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The Canberra Liberals call on the Chief Minister to dump ACT Minister for Children and Young People Chris Bourke over his handling of issues in child protection.
Topics: local-government, child-abuse, community-and-society, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
Mother of allegedly murdered boy slams ACT child protection
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The mother of a Canberra boy allegedly murdered by his father criticises ACT authorities for ignoring her family's pleas for help, as the ACT Children's Commissioner calls for more resources.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, child-care, states-and-territories, canberra-2600, act
ACT Labor's rubbish election promise for free bulky pick-ups
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Bulky waste will be collected from Canberra's streets for free if Labor is returned to office after October's territory election, the party promises.
Topics: elections, local-government, canberra-2600, act
NSW property developers donating thousands to ACT Liberal Party
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A group of Sydney property developers are donating thousands of dollars to the ACT branch of the Liberal Party despite appearing to have no connection with the capital.
Topics: liberals, political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, canberra-2600, sydney-2000, act, nsw
Man who tried to use stolen prescription is refused bail
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A Sydney man is refused bail in a Canberra court after he attempted to use one of 100 stolen prescriptions to obtain powerful painkillers, used most commonly by cancer patients to numb severe pain.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, woden-2606, act, granville-2142, nsw, sydney-2000, canberra-2600
Government audits toilet paper stock for fear of theft, estimates reveal
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The ACT Government reveals it counts exactly how much toilet paper is being used in public bathrooms and by some of its staff amid concerns it is being stolen.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act
ACT light rail contracts could cost 'hundreds of millions' to cancel: Government
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The ACT Chief Minister says the Canberra Liberals' plan to cancel light rail contracts could cost $300–400 million.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, rail-transport, industry, canberra-2600, act, australia
101pc of 19-year-old Canberrans enrolled to vote, figures show
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Believe it or not, 101 per cent of 19-year-olds in the ACT and almost 102 per cent of older Canberrans are enrolled to vote in the upcoming election, according to Australian Electoral Commission figures.
Topics: federal-election, elections, federal-elections, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
Government 'probably' used illegal weapons during kangaroo cull
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A hearing into the powers of the ACT Firearms Registry is told government contractors most likely used illegally modified weapons during recent kangaroo culls in Canberra.
Topics: conservation, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
More delays on William Slim Drive upgrades
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Commuters in Canberra's north will have to wait for at least another election to pass before works to upgrade William Slim Drive begin, despite the Government in 2012 saying work was already underway.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, belconnen-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
ACT Greens embark on breaking Labor-Liberal Senate stronghold
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Since Canberrans started voting for their own senators in 1975 the result has always been the same, but this federal election, the ACT Greens believe they have a chance of finally breaking the Labor-Liberal stronghold.
Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, act
Canberra Liberals call for investigation into Chief Minister's endorsement of Labor donor
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A decision by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr to film an endorsement of a private company and party donor should be formally investigated, the Canberra Liberals say.
Topics: states-and-territories, alp, canberra-2600, act
ACT Chief Minister defends endorsing company that donates to Labor Party (video)
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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr defends his decision to film a private video endorsement for a large Canberra real estate company, one of his party's more generous donors.
Topics: states-and-territories, alp, canberra-2600, act
ACT Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe resigns
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The ACT's Work Safety Commissioner Mark McCabe says his decision to resign has nothing to do with a controversial deal between the ACT Government and the unions.
Topics: work, occupational-health-and-safety, unions, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
Canberra woman pleads guilty to abducting daughter from care home
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A Canberra woman who abducted her 18-month-old daughter from a Barnardos care house pleads guilty to unlawfully taking the child.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, batemans-bay-2536, nsw, australia
One-punch attack accused pleads not guilty in ACT court
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A Canberra man faces court over a one-punch assault in Civic during the early hours of New Year's Day.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
Owners of Ginninderra Falls hold safety fears for trespassers
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Landowners at Ginninderra Falls say their property is being invaded by carloads of people keen for a swim and they are struggling to keep the trespassers out.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, environment, community-and-society, canberra-2600, belconnen-2617, act, nsw, australia
Laws allowing ACT windscreen washers 'absurd'
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Road safety campaigners slam "absurd" legislation allowing window washers on Canberra roads.
Topics: road-transport, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
Canberra light rail: Fast track to the future or start of new set of problems?
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As the debate over light rail rages, ABC News Canberra talks to key decision makers about what this massive piece of infrastructure would mean for the ACT.
Topics: states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, act, canberra-2600
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