Local students to make up half University of Canberra 2017 intake
ACT students will make up half the intake accepted into the University of Canberra this year.
Clare Sibthorpe is a reporter for The Canberra Times
ACT students will make up half the intake accepted into the University of Canberra this year.
The Taylors Creek Road fire near Tarago continued to grow overnight and has burnt 3300 hectares.
Faces of despair still linger in the mind of one police officer who remembers the fierce fires that killed four people, injured hundreds and gutted several Canberra suburbs fourteen years ago.
The ACT's first fire ban of 2017 has been declared, as firefighters from across the region join forces to tackle a fierce blaze near Tarago that had burned 3,300 hectares by Wednesday morning.
Mick Koppie last spoke to his 36-year-old son Joel two hours into the new year.
Ten days out from Australia Day, the ACT government has announced it will stage its own concert following the cancellation of the annual national event in August.
The NRMA is urging Canberrans to reward petrol stations that consistency offer the lowest prices to prevent the gouging of already "outrageous" costs.
Discounted entry to a pool in a landlocked city on a 37-degree day is the perfect recipe for lengthy queues, but the 1.5 hour wait was too much for some.
Canberrans filling up their cars on Friday ahead of heading to the coast for some heat relief could be paying 15 cents more than the last time they filled up.
The ACT government hopes a funding boost to the local renewable sector will take the territory one step closer to its green future.
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