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| UpdatedWoolworths will not go ahead with plans to build at Giralang, angering local residents who blame the ACT Government for not backing the development.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, giralang-2617, act, australia, canberra-2600
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A dog inspects the fallen snow at Giralang in Canberra. (13 July 2016)
Topics: snowfall, weather, giralang-2617, act
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| UpdatedA man faces court over two carjacking incidents where he and another man allegedly threatened to stab drivers in Canberra's north.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, melba-2615, act, giralang-2617
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| UpdatedPolice hope CCTV footage will help them capture two men who threatened drivers with a gun and a knife in late December.
Topics: armed-robbery, crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, giralang-2617, kaleen-2617, melba-2615, belconnen-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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ACT police are searching for witnesses after a taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint by two men at a service station in Giralang.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, giralang-2617, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedEducators across the country are being urged to consider including a mindfulness relaxation program in schools after a trial at a Canberra school saw "overwhelming benefits" for its young students.
Topics: educational-resources, education, primary-schools, giralang-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A decision by the ACT Government to withhold a report on the impact of a Woolworths supermarket development in Canberra's north from the public is questioned in the ACT Court of Appeal.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, giralang-2617, canberra-2600, australia, act
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A man has threatened staff with a hammer during a robbery at a convenience store in Giralang in Canberra's north.
Topics: armed-robbery, crime, law-crime-and-justice, giralang-2617, canberra-2600, act
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The ACT Court of Appeal is preparing to reconsider a challenge to a controversial new supermarket development at the Giralang shops in Canberra's north.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, giralang-2617, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedTwo supermarket operators win the right to challenge the re-development of the former Giralang shops in Canberra's north after the High Court rules in their favour.
Topics: courts-and-trials, act, giralang-2617, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedTwo small supermarket owners in Canberra have taken their fight against the redevelopment of a local shopping centre to the High Court.
Topics: retail, courts-and-trials, act, giralang-2617, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedAfter 10 years of slow decay, demolition has begun at the old Giralang shops site in Canberra's north.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, giralang-2617, belconnen-2617, act, australia
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With the local shops in Canberra, it seems the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Topics: history, retail, industrial-design, act, curtin-2605, torrens-2607, giralang-2617, kambah-2902, kippax-centre-2615
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A group of Canberra supermarket operators fighting a Woolworths development has secured a hearing in the High Court.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, courts-and-trials, act, canberra-2600, giralang-2617
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| UpdatedACT Planning Minister Simon Corbell says an appeal against the redevelopment of the Giralang shops has been dismissed.
Topics: states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, act, canberra-2600, giralang-2617
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ACT police are searching for two men who robbed two Canberra services stations overnight.
Topics: armed-robbery, act, giralang-2617, calwell-2905
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The long legal battle over the future of a supermarket in Giralang has returned to the ACT Supreme Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, act, canberra-2600, giralang-2617
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| UpdatedThe ACT Supreme Court has dismissed a case against developers planning to build a supermarket at the derelict Giralang shops site in Canberra's north.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, retail, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, small-business, giralang-2617, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedOpponents of a major redevelopment of the Giralang shops have lost an application against the project in the ACT Supreme Court.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, courts-and-trials, giralang-2617, act
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| UpdatedThree men involved in a violent attack which included a baseball bat and machete in Canberra's north have had their sentences adjusted.
Topics: courts-and-trials, assault, giralang-2617, act
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| UpdatedThe ACT Government is facing court action over its approval of the Giralang shops redevelopment.
Topics: states-and-territories, courts-and-trials, urban-development-and-planning, giralang-2617
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| UpdatedThe ACT Government's problems over the Giralang shops redevelopment look to be far from over, with independent supermarkets threatening legal action.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, act, giralang-2617
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| UpdatedACT Planning Minister Simon Corbell has used his call-in powers to approve a multi-million dollar redevelopment of the Giralang shops in Canberra's north.
Topics: states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, giralang-2617, act
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A Canberra husband and wife claim that they are being forced to pay extra insurance money on potential flood damage despite not being in a flood zone.
Topics: insurance, community-and-society, floods, canberra-2600, giralang-2617
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| UpdatedA proposal for a major redevelopment of a north Canberra shopping centre has been approved by the ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA).
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, giralang-2617, act