Tom Lowrey

• Australian women exercise more than men, report finds

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted January 24, 2017 18:07:58 | Updated January 24, 2017 18:32:26

  Australian women are outperforming men when it comes to keeping active across the country, with the difference starkest in Queensland, according to data from the Australian Sports Commission.

  Topics: exercise-and-fitness, health, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Worst mass murder of police in Australian history remembered

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted January 09, 2017 12:57:34 | Updated January 09, 2017 17:32:53

  Police gather in a remote forest near the southern New South Wales town of Braidwood to mark 150 years since the worst mass murder of police officers in Australian history.

  Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, history, braidwood-2622, nsw, act

• Boxers look to high-tech sensors for new, 'low-impact' sport

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted January 03, 2017 12:22:08

  Coaches and academics come together to create a safer alternative to boxing in which all the emphasis is on "skill rather than on brute force".

  Topics: boxing, sport, health, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Government should consider privatisation to save Canberra jail: Stanhope

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted December 18, 2016 10:55:06 | Updated December 18, 2016 10:59:07

  Former ACT chief minister Jon Stanhope says it is time to consider privatising the Alexander Machonochie Centre, as it has failed to become a "human rights jail" as originally intended.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, hume-2620, act

• International students breathe new life into uni cricket team

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted December 01, 2016 19:43:05

  A legion of new female cricketers from India and Singapore save a Canberra cricket team facing the prospect of folding.

  Topics: sports-organisations, sport, community-and-society, cricket, women, education, university-and-further-education, community-organisations, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Canberra man jailed over sex offences against daughters, other girls

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted November 08, 2016 21:02:13

  Two daughters of a man jailed for at least five years for multiple child sex offences in the 1980s and 1990s tell of feeling "trapped and terrified" as a result of the abuse.

  Topics: sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Woman charged with mother's murder mentally ill, lawyers argue

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted November 07, 2016 19:10:28

  A Canberra woman charged with the murder of her mother in 2014 should not be held responsible for the crime because of her longstanding mental health conditions, defence lawyers will argue at her trial.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia

• National museum buys Michelle Payne's Melbourne Cup breeches for $40,000

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 31, 2016 17:34:49

  The breeches worn by Michelle Payne when she became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup are set to go on display alongside Phar Lap's heart at the National Museum of Australia.

  Topics: horse-racing, sport, library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Convicted child sex offender jailed pending sentencing hearing

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 18, 2016 19:14:50

  A Canberra man convicted of multiple historic child sex offences loses his bid to remain a free man while his appeal is heard.

  Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, canberra-2600

• Witnesses 'tarnished' in alleged kidnap case: lawyer

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 18, 2016 18:49:27

  Lawyers for a man accused of kidnapping and assaulting a man in Canberra's south warn a jury not to trust "tarnished witnesses" and described the victim as an "ice addict".

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, assault, crime

• Man jailed for role in ACT car jacking, liquor store hold up

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 17, 2016 19:05:59 | Updated October 17, 2016 19:14:42

  A Canberra man who wiped away tears during a sentencing hearing last week over his role in an armed crime spree is sentenced to more than two years in jail.

  Topics: armed-robbery, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, nicholls-2913, melba-2615, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Asbestos assessor has case dismissed despite 'reprehensible conduct'

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 10, 2016 15:22:29

  A licensed contractor charged with producing a document that falsely stated a home contained Mr Fluffy asbestos escapes conviction and is awarded costs on a legal technicality.

  Topics: asbestos, health, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act

• 'I don't know if I'll be back': Alleged kidnapping victim describes moment he was taken

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 04, 2016 18:44:53 | Updated October 04, 2016 18:51:17

  A man who was allegedly beaten and tied to a chair during a kidnapping in Canberra's south tells the Supreme Court of his "dread" as he was loaded into a car by his assailants.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, assault, act, richardson-2905

• Why are bears tied to trees along the Kings Highway?

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 03, 2016 08:10:26 | Updated October 03, 2016 10:54:07

  Along the Kings Highway near Bungendore, a peculiar form of wildlife has taken up residence in the roadside trees.

  Topics: community-and-society, bungendore-2621, nsw, canberra-2600

• Man threatened to kill wife, drove car into lake with her inside

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted October 01, 2016 08:21:33 | Updated October 01, 2016 11:19:30

  A Canberra man who drove his car into Lake Ginninderra with his wife in the passenger seat during a heated argument pleads guilty to threatening to kill her.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, belconnen-2617, act

• Man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting sex workers

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted September 30, 2016 09:40:59 | Updated September 30, 2016 14:22:23

  A man pleads not guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court to a string of charges relating to the alleged sexual assault of three ACT sex workers.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, canberra-2600, act

• Victim 'kidnapped, tied to stool, assaulted over backyard dispute'

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted September 23, 2016 18:37:59

  A Canberra man and woman who allegedly kidnapped another man, tied him to a stool and assaulted him appear on trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, assault, canberra-2600, act

• Two million years of history explored at National Museum of Australia

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted September 08, 2016 16:08:29

  A new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia aims to use 100 objects, including extraordinarily rare artefacts, to tell the story of two million years of human history.

  Topics: arts-and-entertainment, art-history, history, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia

• People with dementia among the 'loneliest' in Australia

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted September 01, 2016 06:19:28 | Updated September 01, 2016 07:40:18

  Advocates for people with dementia are calling for a change in attitude towards the disease, after new research found those with the illness are among the nation's loneliest.

  Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, health, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Calls for review of gun laws after rifle permit refused over 'military-like' appearance

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted August 26, 2016 06:25:53

  Shooting groups call for a change to ACT laws that allow firearm permits to be refused based on the appearance of a gun, rather than its function.

  Topics: activism-and-lobbying, local-government, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act

• Canberra GP facing allegations of 'grooming' patient to be chaperoned

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted August 23, 2016 06:21:16

  A Canberra GP fighting allegations of inappropriate behaviour during a consult with a female patient will have to be chaperoned when seeing patients.

  Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, medical-ethics, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia

• Robot carnage in Canberra as Robowars comes to town

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted August 21, 2016 10:31:10 | Updated August 21, 2016 10:44:21

  Australia's most deadly robots descend on Canberra determined to prove they are the most fearsome of all.

  Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, human-interest, clubs-and-associations, canberra-2600, act

• Online NAPLAN organisers aim to avoid census-style debacle

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted August 19, 2016 18:35:10

  Testing is underway across the country to ensure next year's online NAPLAN exams do not suffer similar issues to the census.

  Topics: education, educational-resources, schools, canberra-2600, act

• Test for drug cheats in sport developed by Australian researchers

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted August 18, 2016 18:39:52 | Updated August 18, 2016 18:55:51

  Australian scientists develop a new system for catching drug cheats in sport which they say could be available in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

  Topics: community-and-society, sport, olympics-summer, canberra-2600, act

• Frisbee golfers look for new home as expanding cemetery encroaches on course

  By Tom Lowrey

  Posted August 15, 2016 07:51:40

  The sport of Frisbee golf is growing in popularity and enthusiasts in Canberra are looking to expand the sport, as the only permanent course looks set be swallowed up by a neighbouring cemetery.

  Topics: other-sports, sport, canberra-2600, act, australia

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