Gungahlin gears up for $2b home build
John Thistleton The ACT government forecasts more than $2 billion worth of home building in Gungahlin's new suburbs over the next 15 years.
Gungahlin offsets plan under wraps
John Thistleton In the countdown to the elections Canberra's peak environment group says a previous promise the ACT government made twice to protect rich and rare woodlands near the NSW border remains unfulfilled.
Taser fired to help subdue young man
John Thistleton A police sergeant fired a Taser to subdue a young man who had allegedly assaulted another officer, after earlier threatening an ambulance officer at a private home at Palmerston on Saturday night.
Crace scores supersized Supabarn in new retail hub
John Thistleton David Guigni will have an even bigger load of groceries to put away in November.
Grocers relaunch Woolies lease fight
John Thistleton Two Gungahlin supermarkets have launched a fresh attempt to make Woolworths at Bonner comply with its lease.
NBN deal to clear up confusion for northern suburbs
John Thistleton NBN Co's acquisition of TransACT's fibre-to-the-premises network should clear up confusion in new suburbs in Canberra's north about access to the high speed infrastructure.
Broadband equipment rollout gets a step closer
John Thistleton About 8500 TransACT customers in Canberra will be issued with new equipment in coming months to prepare for the National Broadband Network, following the sale of its fibre-to-the-premises network.
Axe to fall on councils in merger plan
John Thistleton Conceived in an unhappy local government marriage only nine years ago, Palerang Council is being lined up for another one.
Aboriginal youth reconnect to the past
John Thistleton An elder once told Adrian Brown that when Aborigines with stone axes cut away a great slab of bark from a trunk to make a canoe the old tree would sigh.
New owner for local developer
John Thistleton CIC Australia, which is developing large residential subdivisions in and around Canberra, has a new major shareholder that will eventually acquire the company.
Farmers fear ill wind in expansion of turbine plan
John Thistleton An explosion of proposed wind farms near Canberra and their divisive nature have turned communities against them, the Liberal candidate for Hume claims.
Moves on the fringe to stop the sprawl
John Thistleton Dodging blue tongue lizards and the bureaucracy, John Starr and his son Craig juggle more conflicting interests than most farmers on a growing city's fringe.
Wind farm opponents in minority: proponent
John Thistleton Grazier Charlie Prell says a noisy minority opposed to wind farms in the Canberra region does not represent more than 70 per cent of people in his shire who support them.
Woolworths stalled? Not so, say minnows
John Thistleton Woolworths' claim of not growing its market share of the Australian grocery market since 2007 has surprised smaller grocery retailers in Canberra.
Graziers protest Yass wind farm
John Thistleton Farmers are protesting on Thursday outside a private meeting between the NSW Government and a major wind farm developer at Yass.
Protesters on outer at wind farm meeting
John Thistleton The ability of wind farms to split rural communities was evident on Thursday, with farmers and their supporters protesting outside the Yass Soldiers Club barred from attending a meeting of people who...
Plan to lure native fish with reef balls
John Thistleton Canberra is nurturing Murray cod in ways that rival the national capital's affection for gang-gang cockatoos.
Birds from bush now worth two in hand
John Thistleton Budgerigars have been so mutated over the years that they dwarf the original bush budgies.
LDA's giant Molonglo sale to hit industry
John Thistleton The ACT Land Development Agency's biggest auction of residential land is set to shake up Canberra's property industry as local builders claim the size of the project will leave them sidelined.
Glut of units drives down rents
Stephanie Anderson, John Thistleton AN INFLUX of developments has pushed Canberra's rental market to new levels of supply as anecdotal reports of discounted rents begin to emerge.
